International Women’s Day 2019: 10 amazing Indian women you need to know about

#3 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has put the Indian biotechnology sector on the global map. This Bengaluru-based businesswoman founded Biocon in 1978 and since then, has turned the company from just a manufacturer of enzymes to India’s largest manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals. Biocon targets diseases ranging from diabetes to cancer. She is one of the many self-made businesswomen in India, but Ms. Shaw calls herself an “accidental entrepreneur.”