Women in Chemistry: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

In 1978 Mazumdar-Shaw became managing director for Biocon India, a business she referred to in newspaper ads as a "multinational company." What she neglected to tell applicants, however, was that Biocon India was operating out of her home garage. With just two unlikely employees, a master brewer's certificate, and her father's blessing Mazumdar-Shaw began a business specializing in industrial enzymes for food and textile makers around the globe.

0:45 A Charmed Childhood in the Garden City, Bangalore
1:37 Life at United Breweries
2:45 A Father's Wisdom
3:49 Becoming a Brew Master
4:44 Drinking with the Boys at Ballarat
6:24 A Chance Meeting with Leslie Auchincloss of Biocon Biochemicals
8:30 New Beginnings at Biocon India
12:02 Biocon Expands to Pharmaceuticals
13:28 Changing the Face of India

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