“Not Australia…”: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw says India rejected her brewing career because she was a woman, pushing her to build Biocon

Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw corrected a viral post claiming Australia denied her a master brewer role due to gender. She clarified that it was India that rejected her, prompting her to establish Biocon in 1978. Despite facing significant gender-based discrimination and hiring challenges, Shaw built Biocon into a global biopharmaceutical giant.

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