She started with Rs 10,000 and a rented garage after career rejection, then built Biocon into a global biotech leader

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw founded Biocon in 1978 in Bengaluru with Rs 10,000 in a rented garage.

Biocon is an innovation-led biopharmaceutical enterprise supplying medicines to over 120 countries.

Shaw initially qualified as a master brewer but was denied brewing jobs due to gender bias.

Her journey transformed rejection into a global biotechnology success story.

Biocon made India a recognised force in global biotechnology.