Biotech Pioneer - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started her own venture- Biocon in 1978. Today she is ranked 60th on the Forbes’ list of most powerful women in the world and is the richest self-made woman billionaire of India.

She is currently the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited (one of the largest biotechnology/biopharmaceutical companies in India) and the Chairperson of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

She is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and has been given due recognition for her achievements from the Government of India, who conferred her with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.