Awards & Recognition: 1982-2017

2020

  • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Named EY Entrepreneur of the Year India 2019

 

  • Honoured with the Order of Australia, Australia’s Highest Civilian Honour, for her significant service to advancing Australia’s bilateral relationship with India, particularly in promoting commercial and educational links.

 

  • Awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Healthcare by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

 

2019

  • Awarded Business Leader Award at Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award 2018-19.

 

  • The Giving Pledge Letter by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ‘1 of 6’ chosen for display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

 

  • Received ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) during FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards 2019 for her valuable contribution and exemplary work in the field of Healthcare.

 

  • Conferred with Business Woman of the Year at the Economic Times Prime Women Business Leadership Awards 2019

 

  • Conferred With Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University, Australia for her pioneering entrepreneurial role in the field of biotechnology and for her sustained significant contribution to Industry-Academia collaboration between Australia & India.

 

  • Elected as a member of the prestigious U.S. based National Academy of Engineering for her contribution to the development of affordable bio-pharmaceuticals and the biotechnology industry in India.

 

2018

  • Ranked Number 2 in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business 2018. Featured on the list since inception of MPW in 2011.

 

  • Ranked Number 1 in Barclays Hurun India Rich List 2018 – Top 10 self-made Women in India

 

  • Ranked Number 38 on Top 100 overall Hurun India Rich List 2018.

 

  • Ranked Number 39 on Forbes India Rich List 2018.

 

  • Ranked Number 5 on the list of Most followed Business Leaders on Social.

 

  • Ranked Number 4 in Kotak Wealth Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women 2018

 

  • Awarded with the Precious Daughters of India Award by National Health Mission, Department of Medical, Health & Family welfare, Government of Rajasthan.

 

  • Ranked No. 1 in Business Captians Category by the Medicine Maker Power List; Consequtively among Top 10 since 2015.

 

  • Felicitated with the honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (D.Phil) from Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon

 

  • Felicitated as an exceptional woman achiever by Ministry of Women and Child Development for being the first Indian business woman to reach USD 1 billion net-worth.

 

2017

  • Felicitated with the honorary Doctorate of Science (D.Sc., honoris causa), from Presidency University, Kolkata

 

  • Felicitated with ‘AWSM Award for Excellence 2017’ by The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, USA

 

  • Featured among Top Ten in Global ‘The Medicine Maker Power List’ 2017 published by UK-based – The Medicine Maker magazine. Ranked 3rd under the Business Captains Category.

 

  • Featured in Forbes ‘The World’s 56 Self-Made Women Billionaires: The Definitive Ranking’

 

  • Featured in Hurun Global Rich List India 2017

 

2016

  • Conferred with ‘The Global Leadership in Engineering 2016’ Award by USC Viterbi, School of Engineering based in Los Angeles, USA for Excellence in Biotechnology worldwide

 

  • Conferred with the Highest French Distinction – Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour)

 

  • Featured on Forbes Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen 2016 list

 

  • Featured on Forbes 2016 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • Featured in Forbes India’s 100 Richest People

 

  • Featured among Top Ten in Global ‘The Medicine Maker Power List’ 2016 published by UK-based – The Medicine Maker magazine

 

2015

  • Featured in ‘The Worldview 100’ list of prestigious U.S based Scientific American magazine

 

  • Ranked 2nd in Global ‘Medicine Maker Power List’ 2015 published by UK-based The Medicine Maker magazine

 

  • Ranked No. 14 in Global list of ‘Top 30 Social influencers in Biotech & BioPharma’ by HuffingtonPost

 

  • Honorary fellowship of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2015 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • ‘Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2014’

 

  • Appointed Honorary Ambassador to Federation University, Australia

 

  • Delivered the 17th Dr KR Narayanan Oration at the Australian National University, Canberra

 

  • Featured in Hurun Global Rich List India 2015

 

  • Indo American Chamber of Commerce confers Kiran Mazumdar Shaw with the ‘Women Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award

 

  • Feautred on Richtopia Social Media Plan 2015 list ‘The 250 Most Influential Women Leaders’

 

2014

  • Named among the ‘100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014’ by US-based Foreign Policy magazine

 

  • Global Economy Prize for Business by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel

 

  • Othmer Gold Medal by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2014 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • ‘Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Asia-Pacific 2014’ (Source: Fortune)

 

  • Feautured in ‘World’s 25 Most Influential People in Biopharma by Fierce Biotech


2013

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2013 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2013 list of Asia-Pacific’s 48 ‘Heroes of Philanthropy’

 

  • ABLE 10th Anniversary Leadership Award

 

2012

  • Global Indian Woman of the Year at 5th Annual Pharma Leadership Summit & Business Leadership Awards

 

  • Honorary Doctorate of Science by the Trinity College, Dublin

 

  • Honorary Doctorate of Science by the National University of Ireland (NUI)

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2012 list of ‘Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen’

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2012 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • Featured on Fierce Biotech’s list of ‘25 Most Influential People in Biopharma’

 

2011

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2011 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • Featured on Financial Times’ list of ‘Top 50 Women in Business’

2010

  • Featured on TIME magazine’s 2010 list of ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’

 

  • Featured on Forbes’ 2010 list of ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

 

  • Featured on Financial Times’ list of ‘Top 50 Women in Business’

 

  • Featured in Forbes’ 2010 list of Asia-Pacific’s 48 ‘Heroes of Philanthropy’

 

2009

  • Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun

 

  • Express Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit Award for Dynamic Entrepreneur

 

2008

  • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

 

  • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Glasgow

 

2007

  • ‘Veuve Clicquot Initiative For Economic Development for Asia’ Award

 

  • Honorary Doctor of Technology from the University of Abertay, Dundee

 

2006

  • The Wharton-Infosys Business Transformation Award

 

2005

  • Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honours, from then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

 

  • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

 

  • The Indian Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award

 

  • Honorary Doctorate from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)

 

  • Rotary Award for Corporate Citizenship

 

  • Business Leader of the Year Award – Biotechnology, Chemtech-Pharma Bio Awards

 

2004

  • Honorary Doctorate of Science from Ballarat University

 

  • Business Woman of The Year Award by The Economic Times

 

2003

  • Alumni High Achiever Award, Australian Alumni Association

 

2002

  • Karnataka Rajyotsava Award for pioneering biotechnology in India, the Government of Karnataka

 

  • Best Entrepreneur: Healthcare & Life Sciences Award, Ernst & Young

 

  • Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award from the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry

 

1999

  • Woman of the Year Award, International Women’s Association, Chennai

 

1998

  • Golden Jubilee Felicitation, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore

 

1989

  • Padma Shri for pioneering biotechnology in India from the then President of India, R Venkatraman

 

1987

  • Outstanding Young Person Award, Jaycees India

 

1983

  • Best Small Scale Industry in Karnataka Award, Rotary Club, Karnataka

 

  • Best Model Employer Award, Rotary Club, Karnataka

 

  • Outstanding Contribution Award, AWAKE

 

1982

  • Best Woman Entrepreneur Award, National Institute of Marketing Management, India