Founder, Biocon
The founder of Biocon was not merely proactive in speaking up against the government when needed, but also in ensuring that Itolizumab, medication to battle psoriasis, was found effective in mitigating the cytokine storm of Covid-19
India’s richest self-made woman, with a net worth, according to Forbes, of $4.7 billion (`34,310 crore), is also one of its proudest and loudest. Refusing to shy away from controversy, she makes her views on government policies well known. Despite testing for Covid-19 herself, she kept her business going, all the while following the mantra that affordability is the bedrock of innovation.
Her Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) is the country’s first corporate hospital-based Technology Business Incubator, which hopes to kickstart 10 startups in the healthcare sector in 2021 in association with Dr Devi Shetty of Narayana Hrudayalaya.