My father was a brew master. He was the one who I was very close to, he influenced me in many many ways including my pursuing a career as a brew master.

I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.

If you think about brewing, it is biotechnology. And I would say that I was a technologist at heart. So whether I... fermented beer or whether I fermented enzymes, the base technology was the same.

As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.

An entrepreneur's life is always a continuous journey.

Today anything can be done - we have the techniques

I have never let gender get in my way.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

I have never let gender get in my way. It has taken me over 30 years to get from a garage to the huge campus that we have today. And it's been a long journey.

I have a great team who has helped me build Biocon, I was very fortunate to be able to share my vision with a group of people who really were as excited about challenges as I was.

I hate the title of being called the richest woman in India, but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur and that makes me very, very proud.

To retain our dignity, we must sometimes refuse to live life at any cost

I can resist everything but love.

It was. It will never be again. Remember.

I've chosen jobs that were sexy because I wanted to do them.

There are a lot of things we don't want to know about the people we love.

I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands.

When people come over to my house for dinner, I always have a vegetarian option. They can make do, or they can **** off!

The most important thing for me is honesty. Just be honest and up front. I think that's the hardest.