September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 53m
English
1953–
Founder of Biocon, the largest biopharmaceutical firm in India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has developed cost-effective ways of providing people in poorer countries with affordable health care.
Born in Bangalore, India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw gained a degree in zoology and initially hoped to go to medical school. Encouraged by her father, who was head brewmaster at United Breweries, she instead attained a master’s degree in brewing from the University of Ballarat in Australia. On returning to India, however, she found that, as a woman, it was difficult to secure a managerial position. ...
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