The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion.

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.

Thank Life For Happening, Thank Every Twist And Turn, There Is A Reason For Every Single Thing, There Is A Reason For Every Worry And Concern.

We are, after all, human. There is something wild in those opposable thumbs.

Use your voice for good in this world, it may not seem like it is getting you anywhere, but in the end good wins.

Only you are yours.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

There's something interesting about being really intimate and familiar with Israel, but still being American - that really thin piece of glass between me and my experiences.

A negative attitude toward others can never bring me success.

Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the unknown.

Is there a spiritual element to creativity? Hell, yes. Our mightiest ally (our indispensable ally) is belief in something we cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or feel.