2. School
Bishop Cotton’s High School (1968)
Education
BSc Zoology Hons, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University
(1973)
Worked
Trainee Brewer in Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne; Trainee Malster at Barrett
Brothers and Burston, Australia; Technical Consultant at Jupiter Breweries Ltd, Calcutta;
Started Biocon in 1978
Awards
Padma Shri (1989); Padma Bhushan (2005); Lifetime Achievement
from Indian chamber of Commerce; Time Magazines 100 most
influential people; Forbes list of 100 most powerful women
3. Upgraded Biocon’s in house research
program based on propriety
fermentation technology
Initiatives in human healthcare
through a dedicated manufacturing
facility
Entered into more than 2200 high
value R&D licensing and other deals
within the pharma and bio-pharma
space
4. Sensing the right opportunity
Futuristic Orientation
Ethical Governance
Strategy Architecture
5. Entrepreneur
Risk Taker
Determined to succeed
Innovation and Strategy – Indeed the perfect combo
For the employees
Socially Responsibility
Confidence Level
