Bengaluru, Jan 19: Australia has conferred its highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia honour, on Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw for her contribution towards advancing the country's relationship with India.
Australia's High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu invested Mazumdar-Shaw as an Honorary Member within the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division at a ceremony in Bengaluru on Friday, the Australian High Commission said in a statement.
An alumnus of Federation University Australia, Mazumdar-Shaw is the founder of Biocon, one of India's largest bio-pharmaceutical companies.
She contributes immensely to promoting women in STEM through the joint research programmes developed between Biocon and Deakin University, Australia, as part of her deep and long-standing commitment to gender equality, the statement said.
Mazumdar-Shaw - an Australian Global Alumni Ambassador - is also recognised for her sustained and significant contribution to industry academia collaboration between Australia and India, it said.
The ceremony was attended by representatives from Indian and Australian business, the diplomatic corps, and family, friends and peers of Mazumdar-Shaw, the statement said.
Speaking at the event, Sidhu said, "Dr Mazumdar-Shaw is a tireless champion of the commercial, educational, and people-to-people links between our two countries, and this award recognises her commitment to progressing the Australia-India partnership."
Honorary appointments in the Order of Australia are made to foreign nationals who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia or humanity at large.
Mazumdar-Shaw is the fourth Indian citizen to be awarded Australia's highest civilian honour.
This follows the conferment of superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar in 2012, Former Attorney General of India Soli Jehangir Sorabjee in 2006, and Mother Teresa of Kolkata (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in 1982.
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They broken their Pitha's Leg!!!!????
Merciless goons, Terrorists.
A day will come when this horse will do the same to U over & over... it might be wierd but in the court of ALLAH (one who gave this life to this MLA & the horse)... it can take the revenge.
what is the use of putting him in jail. he might be there for few days in jail with royal treatment. and once he come out from the jail i am sure he will get good post in party.
When BJP saffron goons cannot spare a animal, how can they spare Muslims. The act of atrocities are in their DNA.
Down Down Ganesh Joshi.
Poor Horse. Cruel People.. Where is our Madam Menaka Ghandi...Lets see what action she will take on him.
These Goons are worst than animal... How come our people who support them doesnot UNDERSTAND their evil acts.
PLEASE BREAK MLA,S LEG PLEASE.. ,
IF HE WAS IN FRONT OF MY EYES I WOULD HAVE SLAPPED HIM FOR SURE .. NO HUMANITY.. WHAT TYPE OF MLA HE IS.. KICK OUT OF INDIA.. IF U SEE THE LEG OF HORSE ,,, REALY... PUT HIM IN JAIL.
wht the hell! then I think his leg should also be broken with a stick. then he will come to know about the pain
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