Kiran, a highly decorated pioneering biotech entrepreneur, is the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon, Asia's leading biopharmaceuticals enterprise. Named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, she is recognised as a global thought leader. She has been appointed 'Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour' by the government of France for her outstanding contribution to the world of biosciences. Since 2010, she has been on Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women in the world and recently has been recognised as the only Indian on Forbes' list of 'World's Self-Made Women Billionaires.'