This bio-tech entrepreneur learnt the importance of self-reliance and personal re-invention at an early age. That philosophy has held her in good stead through her life
Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw
Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon
Principles in Life
• Do not make judgment on things, people, and issues with half information
• Listen to the little drummer in you who keeps saying break free, become large, build something memorable.
“It is about bottoming out, Subroto. Every time I had the feeling that I was at the bottom, I have risen to fulfil a larger design. I remember the first time I felt that way. I was a little girl in school. I knew that my father was a ‘brewer.’ I knew somewhere deep down that my father worked for the liquor industry. It brought me deep embarrassment. I felt he belonged to a tainted profession.
(This story appears in the 11 September, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)