One achievement of which Mazumdar-Shaw is particularly proud is helping to reverse India's brain drain of scientists.
The deal will bolster revenue as Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon's ambitious boss, continues to invest in new biotech drugs.
"I felt there was a crying need for a comprehensive cancer center which also addresses affordability, " said Mazumdar-Shaw.
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Indu Jain are some of the best-known names of female successes on the subcontinent.
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started one of India's first biotech companies, Biocon (otcbb: BCLTF - news - people ).
Mazumdar-Shaw originally qualified as India's first master brewer, but became an entrepreneur after failing to find a job in brewing.
Having built up a leading company from scratch, many would expect Mazumdar-Shaw to have her mind fixed solely on the business.
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started one of India's first biotech companies, Biocon.
For 30 years Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Nilima Rovshen were best friends, since their days as single professional women in Bangalore at a time when Indian career women were rare.
However, in the last 30 years, a handful of businesswomen in India, including Lalita Gupte, Kalpana Morparia, Anu Aga, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Simone Tata, have quietly broken through the barriers of social conformity--both at home and in the workplace--to become successful entrepreneurs and professionals.
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