Dr. Y K Hamied is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company. He represents the second generation of Cipla’s founding family. A world-renowned scientist, Dr. Hamied obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1960 from the University of Cambridge under the tutelage of Nobel Laureate Lord Alexander Todd.
Dr. Hamied has been an insightful R&D leader, a courageous industry captain, and an outspoken statesman of global pharma. From affordable drugs in HIV to enabling one of the world’s largest portfolios of drugs and devices in inhalation therapy, his pioneering work and immense contribution to healthcare have been celebrated around the world.
In 2005, Dr. Hamied was conferred the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his distinguished service to the pharmaceutical industry. In 2013, he was named as one of India’s 25 Greatest Global Living Legends by NDTV, and in 2014, the University of Cambridge honored him with a DSc the highest honor that the University can bestow. In 2017, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health conferred the ‘Public Health Hero Award’ on Dr. Hamied, and in 2018 India Today named him one of the ‘20 Global Indians’ who have challenged convention and created history.
Dr. Hamied has also been the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr. Hamied has a frequent presence on high-level international panels on healthcare.
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