Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a pioneering biotech entrepreneur, a healthcare visionary, a global influencer and a passionate philanthropist. She is a pioneer of India’s biotech industry and founder of Biocon. She is the proud recipient of two of India’s highest civilian honours, the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.  She has been conferred with the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2020 Award, which is a testimony to her entrepreneurial journey of over four decades.  She has also been appointed as the Vice Chair of the US-India Business Council in 2021. She has many other international accolades to her credit including the Order of Australia (2020); France’s Knight of the Legion of Honour (2016); and the Othmer Gold Award (2014).  She serves on the board of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Pure-Tech Health; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre; and Infosys and Narayana Health in India, apart from holding key positions in various government and professional bodies globally.

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