Biocon's chairman and managing director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has been featured in ‘The Worldview 100’ of the prestigious US-based Scientific American magazine, which has drawn a spotlight on the visionaries who continue to reshape biotechnology and the world. She is the only person from India on this list.

The CMD of Biocon appears on the list alongside scientists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, legislators, administrators and key media figures.

'Scientific American worldview 100 list' is a collection of extraordinarily talented and effective people who are complementary to the emergence of biotechnology.

The list was compiled from nominations by dozens of leaders in biotechnology and biosciences globally. The nominators were encouraged to select living experts currently working in the sector from a range of contributing areas, including industry, academia, public policy, finance, law and beyond.

The top 10 on this exclusive list include Bill and Melinda Gates, Francis Collins, Bob Langer and Craig Venter. The list also includes seven Indian Americans, however Kiran is the only one from India; Sangeeta Bhatia, Atul Butte, Anita Goel, Ganesh Kishore, Raju Kucherlapati, Ram Sasisekharan and Rajiv Shah are the Indian Americans.