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Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus Poonawalla (born 1941) is an Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist, best known as the founder and chairman of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of
...Read more- Dr Poonawalla did outstanding work in vaccine manufacturing, says Pawar; seeks Bharat Ratna for him
It is reasonable to expect the government to seriously consider honouring Poonawalla with Bharat Ratna, Pawar said.
- Govt likely to finalise production linked incentive scheme for garments early next year
The government has already announced a PLI scheme for man-made fibre garments and technical textiles.
- Gautam Adani tops IIFL Wealth Hurun list of richest Indians, startup founders make a big entry
Adani's wealth has more than doubled by 116 per cent in the last one-year and added Rs 5.88 lakh crore in absolute terms.
- India is now home to 7 of the 100 richest people in the world
As Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani overtook legendary investor Warren Buffett to become the fifth richest person globally, here's a look at the 7 Indians who made it to the list of the 100 richest people in the world.
- Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes 2022 list of India's 10 richest billionaires
RIL chairperson Mukesh Ambani is also the richest person in Asia and the tenth richest in the world
- Watch: 3 generations of Poonawallas talk vaccines, business and life
When asked to describe some qualities in his son Adar, Cyrus Poonawalla said: “Outspoken, honest to the core and speaks his mind.”
- 2022 Hurun global rich list: Mukesh Ambani only Indian in top 10 list
Serum Institute of India chief Cyrus Poonawalla, D-Mart founder RK Damani and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal are three new Indian entrants in the list of top 100 global billionaires.
- SII makes available vaccines at price of 'cup of tea' to poor nations, says Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus Poonawalla was speaking at the Pune International Business Summit, organised by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), where he was felicitated for receiving the Padma Bhushan Award.
- Adar Poonawalla's warm note and a throwback pic as father gets Padma Bhushan
Republic Day 2022: Soon after Cyrus Poonawalla's Padma Bhushan was announced, Adar Poonawalla posted a warm message for his father, along with an old family photo.
- COVID-19 vaccine | Serum Institute's Cyrus Poonawalla says booster dose of Covishield is needed
Serum Institute of India (SII) Chairman Cyrus Ponawalla said he and several employees have taken a third dose of Covishield
- Had to fall at bureaucrats' feet 50 years ago, but red-tape, licence raj came down under Modi govt: SII's Dr Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus Poonawalla also said that in the past, he had to "fall at the feet" of bureaucrats and drug controllers in order to get permissions, and added that the situation has changed now, which resulted in quick launch of SII's COVID-19 vaccine - Covishield.
- COVID-19 vaccine | Mixing of Covishield and Covaxin is 'wrong', warns SII's Cyrus Poonawalla
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on August 11 accepted a proposal that a research be conducted to analyse mixing a dose each of the two vaccines against COVID-19, Covaxin and Covishield.
- Wealth of Serum's Poonawalla grows fastest in India during coronavirus pandemic: Hurun Research
Poonawalla has climbed 57 places to be the 86th richest person in the world as of May 31 on the back of a 25 per cent rise in his net worth during the four months of the pandemic, the report said.
- Biggest challenge is obtaining clearances from regulators: Cyrus Poonawalla
"PM has promised over and over again that we will have a single-window clearance mechanism. In my view, it is being done but not as much as required,” he said.
- Generosity of Indian rich on decline? Only 27 make it to Hurun's Philanthropy list in 2016
Generosity in India seems to be on a decline as each year the number of philanthropists are going down as well as the donation amount.
- Market likely to be on wait & watch mode ahead of Fed meet
Tata Group stocks will be keenly watched as Cyrus Mistry is removed as director of TCS with over 93 percent votes for his ouster, 100 percent of promoter group votes and 57 percent of public institutional shareholders voted to remove him.
- Flipkart founders debut on Forbes billionaire list
Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, the co-founders of India's largest e-commerce firm Flipkart debuted on Forbes billionaire list on Wednesday, each boasting a personal fortune of USD 1.3 billion.
- Mukesh Ambani richest Indian for 8th yr; Gates on top
Among the 90 Indians on the Forbes Rich List 2015, published on Monday, Ambani (39th globally) is closely followed by pharmaceuticals business tycoon Dilip Shanghvi (44th rank with networth of USD 20 billion) and Azim Premji (48th with USD 19.1 billion).
