Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is an Indian billionaire connepreneur. She is the Founder chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore. Biocon's pioneering spirit paved the way for biotechnology in India, and it continues to apply the same spirit in finding novel approaches to improve patient outcomes today for a better tomorrow. Its R&D focuses on prevention, alleviation, treatment, and our medicines improve the lives of millions of patients in over 120 countries.

HER Contribution to Healthcare Landscape in India ;

Ms Kiran has looked for opportunities to develop cost-effective techniques and low-cost alternatives. She has also proposed that drug companies be cost-sensitive in marketing to developing countries so that people can afford the drugs they need, particularly for chronic therapies. When the patent of the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin expired in 2001, Biocon got involved in its development. Biocon's major areas of research now include cancer, diabetes, and other auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

Change-Making Positions Held ;

* Former Chairperson of Indian Institute of Management (IM), Bangalore.

* She is a member of the board of governors of the Indian School of Business.

* She is a past member of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Technology

(TIT), Hyderabad.

* She is an independent director on the board of Infosys.

Laurels Brought to Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw ;

* Conferred Padma Shri by Government of India in 1989.

* Conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of India in 2005.

* Awarded the Other Gold Medal for outstanding contributions in chemistry in 2014.

* She is on the '2011 Financial Times' top 50 women in business list.

* She is listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

* She was named 'EY World Entrepreneur of The Year' for 2020.

# TIME magazine named her in the list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2010.

Impact Brought in the Lives of Common Indians ;

The Biocon Foundation is involved in numerous health and education outreach programs to benefit the economically weaker sections.