KIRAN
                     
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – Founder of Biopharma firm Biocon
Greater will be the obstacles then greater will be the 
success. Yes, today’s story is all based on a self-made 
Indian billionaire entrepreneur woman – Kiran 
Mazumdar Shaw. She is the chairman of Biocon, the 
one lady who has no past in any kind of business but 
still she is the one who is opened her own company and 
now it is known by almost all the world.
Early Life
Kiran was the daughter of Rasendra Mazumdar and was 
birthed on 23rd march 1953. She completed his school 
at Bishop’s Cotton Girls High School in 1968 and after 
that, she pursued B.sc in Zoology at Mount Carmel 
College in 1973. Both School and college were in 
Banglore only. Her father was always her strength as he 
was a head brewmaster at the United  Breweries 
Limited. 
Starting of Her Career
After completing her studies she did training at Carlton and United 
Breweries in 1974 and at Barrett Burston in Australia. But after coming 
to India she did not get a job in her field because she was a woman & 
in India, everyone thinking of a woman cannot do this job.
In the mid of 1970s, Leslie Auchincloss who is the initiator of Ireland’s 
base Biocon Biochemical Company was in search of an entrepreneur 
that could help him open a company in India. Then Kiran Mazumdar 
Shaw was the first who was offered to open his company but her 
reaction was no because firstly she was a woman, second, she had no 
experience in the business and third, she has no money.
Hurdles in the path of Sucess
Operating this company was not an easy task as 
Biotechnology was a new field for her and taking loans 
and approval from the bank was a challenging job. Even 
no one was ready to join her startup company as an 
employee. Although convincing people to join her was 
not at all easy. Her first employment was as a former 
garage mechanic
How did she make Biocon successful?
First, her company started to Manufacture Enzyme and 
then started exporting from the India to United State 
and Europe. Afterward, the company started making 
profits and become the Biopharmaceutical Company. 
In the future, the company has even invented many 
other techniques which lead them towards success.
Personal Life
Kiran, India’s biotech queen, met John Shaw who is the 
firm’s managing director, and chairman, at Madura 
Courts’ headquarters. After seven years of dating, John 
and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw decided to marry, and the 
wedding coincided giving them the opportunity for 
Kiran’s firm to become totally
independent and purchase back its shares from 
Unilever. When John provided his complete support to 
Kiran, she, unfortunately, lacked funds.
Accomplishment
• Kiran got so many awards given below:-
• Padma Shri (1989), Padma Bhushan (2005).
• The award of EY World Entrepreneur of the Year in 
2020 is really a proud moment for his father. 
• Order of Australia recipient (2020).
• Winner of the AWSM Award for Excellence (2017).
• Got no other than Othmer Gold Medal Recipient (2014).
• She also got a Global Economy Prize for Business 
Education (2014
Conclusion
Kiran always wanted to be a doctor but she don’t get 
admission to medical college. So, from this point also 
our coming generation can understand that if you got 
to fail at one thing don’t get stressed there are many 
other options open for you. Like Kiran Mazumdar 
Shaw, many other people can get a lesson and start 
doing something in their life.
The Success Story of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw makes 
the biggest impact on people’s life.
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