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This award was presented for his outstanding contribution in steering his company through a successful internationalisation programme and for transforming it into a global enterprise. Its capability and commitment in pursuing Intellectual Property has been recognised by the Government of India for three years in a row, with an award for the maximum number of ‘Patent filings and Grants from India’.

• Wockhardt was also the first mover in Biotechnology in India, and became the first Asian company and the third in the world to synthesise, manufacture and successfully market recombinant insulin. It acknowledges and recognises an Indian who has demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and business success in the UK • The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Pharma Excellence Awards 2006 – an Express Pharma initiative of the Indian Express Group of Newspapers.

Born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1942, Dr. Habil Khorakiwala is the eldest son of the Late Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala, Chairman of the erstwhile Akbarally’s chain of departmental stores and a former Sheriff of Mumbai. It has joint business councils with 79 countries in the world. He was the Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, which is an outstanding institution of higher learning with distinct and focused academic programmes.

In 2017, Dr.

Khorakiwala authored ‘Odyssey of Courage’, a book chronicling his entrepreneurial journey, and in 2018, he established the Wockhardt School of Courage, a unique mentorship programme for young and budding entrepreneurs, which was based on tenets, principles and insights drawn from the book.

Dr. Wockhardt’s biotech park in Aurangabad was formally inaugurated by the then President of India, Dr.

APJ Abdul Kalam. 4 • The Life Time Achievement Award by the International Medical Integration Council (2003). Involved in Industry & Nation Building • • • • • • Chairman, Board of Governors, Centre for Organisation & Development, Hyderabad. 5

Past President of Rotary Club, Bombay North Past President of IDMA (Indian Drug Manufacturers Association) Past Chairman of the Pharmaceutical committee of both, FICCI and CII 3 Nominated by Government of India • Member of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council set up by Dr.

Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India • Nominated by Govt. The company’s products are sold in over 100 countries. It has the rare distinction of being the only pharmaceutical company in India to win this coveted recognition and twice in a row. Dr. France Cordova, President said, “This doctorate is given very rarely and only to the most deserving individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to humanity.” And Dr.

Craig Svensson, Dean, Pharmacy College, Purdue University very proudly mentioned, “This honorary doctorate becomes extra special because for the first time in the last 125 years since the institution of this college has an international non-American been awarded this most prestigious honour and award. • The Giants 2003 Award for outstanding contribution to business and industry.

Past President of IPA (Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance), the leading association of research-based Indian Pharmaceutical Companies. His visionary and astute leadership resulted in Wockhardt emerging as a leading pharmaceutical and biotech conglomerate, driven by research and strategic thinking on a global scale.

Dr.

Wockhardt is the only company in the world where USFDA has given QIDP Status (Qualified Infectious Disease Product) for 6 of our Anti-bacterial discovery programmes – 3 of them are Gram Negative and 3 Gram Positive effective against untreatable “Superbugs”. His Management Style Dr. Habil Khorakiwala strongly advocates that the only way towards fast growth is to be 'Customer Focussed'.

Habil Khorakiwala is the Founder Chairman & Group CEO of Wockhardt Limited, a company he founded in the early 1960s. • Wockhardt is amongst the top Indian pharmaceutical companies with a multidisciplinary R&D programme and quality products with international alliances and joint ventures.