The COVID-19 pandemic has brought in its wake a tsunami of mental health concerns. A bad situation has been made worse by the limited healthcare resources available for people with mental illnesses as the entire focus is on containing the coronavirus situation. Children and older people, frontline health workers, people with existing mental health issues … Continue reading We must step up philanthropy for mental health: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
India Has Potential to Increase Covid Testing 10-Fold, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Says
India has the ability to aggressively ramp up coronavirus testing capacity, a move that will help it check a wave of new active cases hitting hospitals and skirt an economically unviable lockdown, according to Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder and chairman of Biocon Ltd. With pooled testing that can include as many as 10 people in one … Continue reading India Has Potential to Increase Covid Testing 10-Fold, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Says
Webinar on “Compassionate Capitalism” with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
TiE Austin, the Austin chapter of TiE, the largest global entrepreneurship organization conducted a webinar with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon on the topic of "Compassionate Capitalism," where she spoke about her journey from an accidental entrepreneur to a self-made billionaire. In the webinar, she also speaks about her volunteering and non-profit initiatives and on … Continue reading Webinar on “Compassionate Capitalism” with Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
A ‘Contain, Control, Cascade’ Mantra to Tackle Our COVID-19 Crisis
By Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon The first COVID-19 case in Karnataka was reported on March 9. Strict containment measures ensured the total number of cases were contained to approximately 3,200, with 1,950 active cases and just over 50 deaths till May 31 when the nationwide lockdown started to be eased. Since then the situation … Continue reading A ‘Contain, Control, Cascade’ Mantra to Tackle Our COVID-19 Crisis
Rebooting India with a Low-Carbon Economic Growth Strategy
By Kiran Mazumdar Shaw The coronavirus pandemic has led to the loss of thousands of lives, put brakes on economic growth and pushed the world into a recession. At the same time, the crisis has forced us to pause and reflect at our lives, our economic priorities and our consumption patterns. It has revealed that … Continue reading Rebooting India with a Low-Carbon Economic Growth Strategy
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Featured as a Trailblazer in the First Annual Issue of Chemical & Engineering News Magazine
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Considered one of the most powerful businessperson in the world, the entrepreneur is focused on affordable healthcare. From a 25-year-old seeking finances for a small start-up to a billionaire businesswoman, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has come a long way. That small start-up in India, Biocon, is now a globally recognized biotech company, and Mazumdar-Shaw … Continue reading Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Featured as a Trailblazer in the First Annual Issue of Chemical & Engineering News Magazine
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw EY Entrepreneur of the Year India 2019 Award Acceptance Speech
Biocon Chairperson & Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year India 2019 and will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) in Monte Carlo from 4 – 6 June 2020. EY Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) India Award recognizes entrepreneurs, who, with their … Continue reading Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw EY Entrepreneur of the Year India 2019 Award Acceptance Speech
A Well-intentioned Budget, But Needed to Do More to Jumpstart the Economy
By Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2020 was directionally sound but needed to do more to jumpstart a stalling Indian economy. The Budget aims to boost business confidence for India Inc. through various measures, including the proposal for a tax payers’ charter to prevent harassment by officials, increasing the investment limit … Continue reading A Well-intentioned Budget, But Needed to Do More to Jumpstart the Economy
Invest in Innovation
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on Expectations from the Union Budget 2020 The budget provides a great opportunity to promote research and innovation in India. The country needs to invest in innovation to harness its potential for tackling the economic challenges confronting us today. This year's budget can provide adequate funding for the development of the kind … Continue reading Invest in Innovation
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Promises to Enable Universal Access to rh-Insulin by Reducing Prices to Less than 10 US cents/Day for LMICs
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw speaks at the UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange Meeting on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly, held in New York on 25th September 2019. Your Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, We have just witnessed the first UN High Level meeting on Universal Health Care on Monday. Governments have a collective moral responsibility … Continue reading Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Promises to Enable Universal Access to rh-Insulin by Reducing Prices to Less than 10 US cents/Day for LMICs
