Mazumdar-Shaw: Biocon was the first startup in India
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw · Ep #7 | Who is Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Really? And WTF is Biotech? · Nikhil Kamath · Jul 23, 2023 · at 32:02
Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw reflects on building her biotechnology venture from a garage shed in India in 1978.
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“Of course, a few years later, I was very lucky that I was able to get the brightest minds to join me, and I therefore consider myself really the first startup in the country.”
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