International journal, Nature Biotechnology poll, has voted Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman as the most influential person outside US and Europe. Other notable winners, in other categories, include Bill & Melinda Gates, Dan Vassella (Novartis) and Arthur Levinson (Genentech)"

In January, Nature Biotechnology's e-mail registrant list and website visitors were asked to vote for the people they viewed as most influential in eight categories of biotech. These categories were: society and ethics; policy and regulations; biopharmaceuticals; agricultural, environmental and industrial biotech; technology; US bio-business; European bio-business; and bio-business in the world. The poll, posted online from January 12 to 31, 2006, included 291 nominees, short-listed by the editors of Nature Biotechnology.

"This international acknowledgement is a recognition of the potential and promise that Biotechnology holds for our country and I accept this on behalf of the entire Indian Biotech community," stated Shaw.