My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at it.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scientists to pursue a vocation.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I want to be remembered as someone who put India on the scientific map of the world in terms of large innovation. I want to be remembered for making a difference to global healthcare. And I want to be remembered as someone who did make a difference to social economic development in India.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I hate the title of being called 'the richest woman in India,' but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur, and that makes me very, very proud.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Once you start succeeding, you start dreaming big. For me, it was that way.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I don't know whether I can call myself a visionary.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Pioneering companies always try out new things and experiment with new concepts and new things.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I belong to the breed of first-generation entrepreneurs who have basically created our enterprises with very frugal resources.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Being in a field like healthcare, for me, as someone who is basically on a mission to make a global impact in terms of affordable access to healthcare, I am very, very concerned about the fact that there are a large number of people in this world who need to have some access to basic rights, whether it is in education or healthcare.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but he was very concerned about the underprivileged, about the people who didn't have equal opportunities.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I think there's a certain paranoia about science because there is a certain risk related to science which people are very wary about, and therefore, there is an inherent risk aversion to science and technology or, at least, science and technology of unknown.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

In India, I personally believe yes, there is a clear fear of unknown; there's a lot of risk aversions in science and technology. They want predictability in everything they do, and it starts from people. It starts from investors. It starts from the regulators. You see that mindset across the society.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

In Vedic times, we had the great quest for the unknown. We did wonderful things; we celebrate our past vigyaan and our wonderful heritage of science and technology of the Vedic times.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I am very passionate about India's place in bio-pharmaceuticals, and that is what I really want to drive and create leadership for in India because I really think it is possible.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I was all set to take up a brewing job in Scotland when a chance encounter with an Irish entrepreneur led me to set up a biotech business in India instead.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

Indian business women like Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Naina Lal Kidwai, Shikha Sharma, Swati Piramal, Anu Agha, Swati Piramal, Sulajja Firodia Motwani and Zia Mody have put India on the global firmament.

As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at it.

What really got me focused on cancer was when my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, and even though she was a well-to-do person, I found that her treatment costs were crippling.

It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I partnered this Irish company in setting up India's first biotech company.

One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scientists to pursue a vocation.

I want to be remembered as someone who put India on the scientific map of the world in terms of large innovation. I want to be remembered for making a difference to global healthcare. And I want to be remembered as someone who did make a difference to social economic development in India.

I hate the title of being called 'the richest woman in India,' but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur, and that makes me very, very proud.

Once you start succeeding, you start dreaming big. For me, it was that way.

I don't know whether I can call myself a visionary.

Pioneering companies always try out new things and experiment with new concepts and new things.

I belong to the breed of first-generation entrepreneurs who have basically created our enterprises with very frugal resources.

Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but he was very concerned about the underprivileged, about the people who didn't have equal opportunities.

My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.

I think there's a certain paranoia about science because there is a certain risk related to science which people are very wary about, and therefore, there is an inherent risk aversion to science and technology or, at least, science and technology of unknown.

In Vedic times, we had the great quest for the unknown. We did wonderful things; we celebrate our past vigyaan and our wonderful heritage of science and technology of the Vedic times.

I am very passionate about India's place in bio-pharmaceuticals, and that is what I really want to drive and create leadership for in India because I really think it is possible.

I call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I was all set to take up a brewing job in Scotland when a chance encounter with an Irish entrepreneur led me to set up a biotech business in India instead.