India's "Mother of Invention", Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, discusses the founding and growth of Biocon Ltd., Asia's largest biotech firm

Published: April 28, 2006, 11 p.m.

b"Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder and co-chair of Biocon, Ltd., Asia's largest biotech firm, started her journey by learning to brew beer. She became a master brewer in Australia and went home to India, where the brewing community promptly rejected her. On the rebound, she came across an Irish biotech entrepreneur who asked her if she'd like to start a biotech company in India."