Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes

"I have never let gender get in my way"

"Everyone at work calls me Kiran, which is a very different kind of a culture to have especially in a country like India where people are very reverential about the heads of companies"

"I wanted to attract the best brains in the business and provide them a work environment where merit and talent was nurtured to the fullest and duly rewarded"

"I've always believed that you've got to treat people in a very very egalitarian manner in the sense I like to treat people on a one-to-one basis"

"My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model and the policies around it"

"I like people to take on a lot of responsibilities because I think with a sense of responsibility also comes a sense of purpose"

"As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears"

"The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success"

"An entrepreneur's life is always a continuous journey"

"I managed to do things with a lot of common sense, a lot of determination, and a lot of foolish courage"

"Keep trying to find a differentiated model, don't just try to do what others are doing.... that's where innovation comes"

"Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement"

"Today anything can be done - we have the techniques"

"Whether I, fermented beer or whether I fermented enzymes, the base technology was the same"

"The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion"

"No one can browbeat me into making unviable concessions"

"I encourage a lot of informality in our workplace"