Biotech Entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has said the demonetisation of high-value currency notes is an opportunity to leapfrog into a digital cashless economy, even as she called for a effective monitoring to prevent accumulation of fresh black money. The CMD of Biocon Ltd, which was rated among…
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Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw backs two cancer start-ups
Nearly four decades after launching Biocon, one of India’s earliest biotech companies, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is ready to be part of the country’s startup ecosystem. On October 3, she invested $1.6 million (around Rs 11 crore) in Philadelphia and Mumbai-based UE Lifesciences, the developer of an aff…
Entrepreneurs Academy to catch them young
Here’s a chance for Indian children as young as 11 to learn how to start a company. The US-based Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) is set to launch its first programme in India in August as it looks to groom budding entrepreneurs between the ages of 11 and 18. The 25-day course, with three-…