A successful technocrat of global standing, Ms. Shaw heads India’s leading Biotechnology enterprise, Biocon. She is highly respected in the corporate world and has been named among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Recently, Economic Times placed her at India Inc’s top 10 most powerful women CEO for the year 2012. Her pioneering efforts in biotechnology have drawn global recognition both for Indian Industry and Biocon.
Ms Shaw chairs Karnataka's Vision Group on Biotechnology and also served on the Board of Science Foundation, Ireland. She presently serves on the Advisory Council of the Government’s Department of Biotechnology where she has been instrumental in bringing government, industry and academia together, to chart a clear and progressive growth path for Biotechnology in India. She is also part of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry in India and the US-India CEO Forum. Ms. Shaw serves as Member, Governing Body and General Body of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, an Autonomous Body of the Government of India. She is also a member of the Union Commerce Ministry-instituted committee to advise the government on India's export promotion strategy. She is a member of committee of Indian National Corporate governance policy to prepare a draft for a concept paper. She serves as a Member of the Eminent Persons Group of the Competition Commission of India, New Delhi. She is a Member of India Advisory Board for the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. She’s also on the honorary Board of advisors of The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), USA

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairman & Managing Director Founder Entrepreneur, 1978

Mr. John Shaw, Vice Chairman of Biocon Limited. John has been with Biocon since 1999.
John plays an important role in the Corporate Governance of the company. He also plays a key role in the financial and strategic development of the group. John is a member of the Biocon board and the company’s key management team.
John worked for over 30 years with Coats Viyella plc. He served in financial and General Management positions in Latin America, Africa, and Europe. He was Chairman of Madura Coats Ltd from 1991-98.
He completed his M.A. (Hons.) in History and Political Economy at Glasgow University in 1970. John was educated at Glasgow High School.
John is an avid art lover and in his spare time enjoys Golf, Football, Rugby and Cricket.
He is married to Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited.

Mr. John Shaw
Vice Chairman with Biocon since 1999

Dr. Arun Chandavarkar is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Biocon Limited, Bangalore, one of India’s leading bio-pharmaceuticals companies with a therapeutic focus in the areas of diabetes, oncology and cardiovascular disease. Biocon’s subsidiaries, Syngene and Clinigene, are India’s leading providers of custom research and clinical research services respectively.
Dr. Chandavarkar completed his B Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1984, and was awarded a Ph.D. in BioChemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA in 1990.

Dr. Arun Chandavarkar
Chief Operating Officer, Biocon with Biocon since 1990

Dr. Abhijit Barve is the President R&D for Biocon since Nov 2011. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Clinigene International Limited, a Biocon subsidiary considered to be amongst India’s premier Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) for 18 months. Prior to joining Clinigene he was with Astellas Pharma Inc in Deerfield, IL, USA. Abhijit has over 15 years of global drug development experience covering preclinical, early and late stage clinical development, clinical operations, regulatory and safety functions. During this timeframe, he has filed at least a dozen IND applications and has led the team that successfully negotiated the original and expanded labeling for Vaprisol. He has extensively interacted with various divisions of the FDA and also with EMEA and PMDA. At Astellas, he headed their Global Cardiac Safety Task Force. His clinical trial experiences span across the globe, where he has successfully managed diverse global teams in a highly matrix organization across multiple therapeutic areas.

Dr. Abhijit Barve
President, Research & Development with Biocon since 2010

Mr. Rakesh Bamzai, President, Marketing, has played an integral role in establishing the Pharmaceutical Marketing division of the company. Rakesh has ensured that this new area of business has grown from strength to strength under his able leadership. He has been instrumental in establishing a global presence for Biocon in all major markets including the US and Europe. Rakesh has also secured a strong presence for Biocon in India. Today Biocon’s products are sold in over 70 countries and the company has witnessed more than 50% growth in revenues over the past 5-7 years.
Rakesh began his career in May 1989 with Venky’s (I) Ltd, Pune. In June 1990, he joined Agritech Foods Ltd. as the Processing Plant Manager. Prior to joining Biocon, Rakesh was General Manager, Marketing at Advanced Biochemicals Ltd.

Mr. Rakesh Bamzai
President, Marketing with Biocon since 1995

Mr. Ravi C Dasgupta Group Head, Human Resources, Biocon Limited
Qualification: PGD (PM&IR) XLRI; LLB B.Sc. (Biochemistry) St Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad
Ravi has two decades of experience in Human Resource Management and has worked in various sectors like Paints and Engineering in the initial part of his career before moving to the Pharmaceutical industry in 1995. He has handled a specialist HRD role in a Pharmaceutical Multinational (SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals India Ltd) looking after Recruitment, Training, Performance Management, Compensation and Job Evaluation before taking on the role of HR Director in another Pharmaceutical MNC (Allergan India Pvt. Ltd) in the year 2000. Ravi joined Biocon in Jan’07 and is responsible for corporate human resources as well as mentoring the HR teams of our group companies.

Mr. Ravi C.Dasgupta
Group Head, HR with Biocon since 2007