One of my objectives when I started Biocon was to make sure that I create a company for women scientists to pursue a vocation.

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.

The way to be happy is totake pleasure in what you do and how you do it, not inimagining that happiness is some place at the end of the road.

There are graceful ways of accessing your purpose and success, with time, invitation, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.

I haven't don anything wrong." At least, not for a few hours

The unwritten novel has a basilisk’s stare.

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

I do try and wear stuff by unknown designers, and I make sure I pay because if nothing else I have money.

Doors lead to things and I've never met one I haven't wanted to open.

Jack was balancing a spoon on his nose when I walked in. "You," I said knocking it off his face. "Me!" He answered cheerfully.

It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.

Self-love helps me make positive changes easily