Only person from India in prestigious ranking of global life sciences influencers
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson of Asia’s premier biopharmaceutical enterprise Biocon has received another global recognition. She has featured in ‘The World view 100’ of the prestigious US-based Scientific American magazine, which has drawn a spot light on the visionaries who continue to reshape biotechnology—and the world. Kiran is the only person from India on this list, making all of us extremely proud!
Mazumdar-Shaw appears on the list alongside scientists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, legislators, administrators and key media figures. Scientific American says the “The World view 100” list is a “collection of extraordinarily talented and effective people” and describes them as “seminal figures” who are “as complementary to the emergence of the field (of biotechnology) as two parents are to a child.”
The magazine quotes Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, “My philosophy has been one of differentiation. Look at what’s there and keep challenging yourself to be different: If everyone is after generic products, how can you get into novel programs? If you can do that, then you stand apart and you can do things more effectively.”
The list was compiled from nominations by dozens of leaders in biotechnology and biosciences globally. The nominators were encouraged to select living experts currently working in the sector from a range of contributing areas, including industry, academia, public policy, finance, law and beyond.
The top 10 on this exclusive list include Bill and Melinda Gates, Francis Collins, Bob Langer and Craig Venter.
The list also includes seven Indian Americans, however Kiran is the only one from India; Sangeeta Bhatia, Atul Butte, Anita Goel, Ganesh Kishore, Raju Kucherlapati, Ram Sasisekharan and Rajiv Shah are the Indian Americans.
