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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wins science award in US

The first Indian woman to win this prestigious award and she received the award at a function in New York on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson & Managing Director of Biocon, has won the 'AWSM Award for Excellence 2017' by the Advancing Women in Science and Medicine wing of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, USA. She is the first Indian woman to win this prestigious award and she received the award at a function in New York on Thursday.

In her address Kiran said it was a great privilege to be in the company of inspiring women scientists "who have made deep and path-breaking contributions in the field of science and medicine".

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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