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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

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Early life :

She was born in Bangalore, and educated at the BishopCotton Girls School and Mount Carmel College at Bangalore.After completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoologyfrom Bangalore University in 1973, she went to BallaratInstitute of Advanced Education (nowUniversity of Ballarat),

Born March 23, 1953 (age 57)Bangalore, India

Residence Bangalore, India

Occupation

Email ID

Chairperson of Biocon

kiran.mazumdar@biocon.com

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Australia to study brewing and qualified as a master brewerin 1974.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw started her professional career as

trainee brewer in Carlton & United Beverages in 1974. In1978, she joined as a Trainee Manager with BioconBiochemicals Limited in Ireland.

In Biocon:

Collaborating with the same Irish firm, she founded BioconIndia with a capital of Rs. 10,000/- in 1978. The initialoperation was to extract an enzyme from papaya. Her

application for loans was turned down by banks on twocounts biotechnology was then a new word and thecompany lacked assets.

Over the years, the company grew under her stewardship andis today the biggest biopharmaceutical firm in India. In 2004,Biocon went for an IPO and the issue was over-subscribed byover 30 times. Post-IPO, Shaw held close to 40% of the stockof the company and was regarded as Indias richest woman

with an estimated worth of Rs. 2,100 crore (~U.S.$ 480 million).

Personal life:

She is a civic activist, especially with respectto municipal administration in Bangalore. She is also an artcollector. She has authored 'Ale and Arty,' a Coffee table

book about brewing beer illustrated by paintings of some ofIndia's renowned artists. Famous brewing families and beerfirms are the subject of the book.

In 1998, she married John Shaw, an expatriate managerand Indophile from Scotland at Madura Coats. John Shawresigned as the managing director of Madura Coats the same

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year and joined Biocon as its Director for InternationalBusiness and the Vice Chairman of the Board. She is also agreat enthusiastic trekker.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF MS.SHAW:

She was termedIndia's Biotech Queen by TheEconomist and Fortune, andIndia's mother ofinvention by New York Times. One of the nine Indians to belisted in the 100 most influential persons of the world in the2010 Time Magazine. Some of the major awards won by herare:

Nikkei Asia Prizes - Regional Growth by Nikkei Inc. (2009)

Interviewed by Channel NewsAsia in programmeConversation with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, series 3

Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award (2006)

Padma Bhushan (2005)

Honorary Doctorate from Manipal Academy of HigherEducation (MAHE) (2005)

Lifetime Achievement Award from Indian Chamber ofCommerce (2005)

Honorary Doctorate of Science, from Ballarat University(2004)

The Economic TimesBusiness Woman of the YearAward(2004)

Whirlpool GR8 Women award for Science and Technology(2004)

Australian Alumni High Achiever Award from the IDPAustralian Alumni Association (2003)

Ernst & YoungEntrepreneur of the Year AwardinHealthcare & Life Sciences Category (2002)

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Woman of the Year from the International Women'sAssociation, Chennai (19981999)

Padma Shri (1989)

Outstanding Young Person Award by Jaycees (1987) Rotary award for the Best Model Employer (1983)

Outstanding Contribution Award (AWAKE) (1983)

Gold forBest Woman Entrepreneur, Institute of MarketingManagement (1982)