“Education through self-help is our motto”
KARMAVEER BHAURAO PATIL INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH,
SATARA
Year 2006-07
ON
THE ENTREPRENURE
-Dr. KIRAN MUZUMDAR (SHAW)
Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited
Submitted By-
Name:-Miss. More Ashwini N.
Class:-B.C.A. II
Sub:-Entrepreneurship &small
Business Management
Guided By-
Prof. A. D. Adsul
Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (b. 23 March 1953 in Bangalore) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Ltd. In 2004, she became India’s richest woman.
She was educated at the Bishop Cotton Girls School and Mount Carmel College at Bangalore. After obtaining a B.Sc. Honours degree in Zoology from Bangalore University in 1973, she joined the Ballarat University in Melbourne, Australia and qualified as a master brewer in 1975 to become India's first woman Brew master. Her father encouraged her in this profession, as he himself was a master brewer in India. Her professional career started with the position of trainee brewer in Carlton & United Beverages in 1974. During 1975-77, she worked in technical positions in Kolkata and Vadodara. In 1978, she joined as Trainee Manager with Biocon Biochemicals Limited in Ireland.
One of the most successful businesswomen in India, Kiran had received several awards during her career of over 25 years. She founded Biocon as an enzyme extraction company in a rented garage in 1978. By 2004, Biocon had emerged as the #1 biotech company in Asia, and #16 in the world in terms of revenues and market capitalization.
THE ENTREPRENEUR
Kiran was born and brought up in Bangalore in the...