Villoo Morawala-Patell

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Dr. Villo Morawala-Patell
Born (1955-06-18) June 18, 1955 (age 68)
Navsari, India
Residence Bangalore, India
Education Osmania University, Bombay University, Louis Pasteur University, University of Ghent.
Occupation Chairperson of Avesthagen
Notes

Dr. Villoo Morawala-Patell is the founder and current Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Biotechnology company Avesthagen.[1][2] She obtained her Master of science degree from the University of Mumbai and her PhD from the Pasteur Institute. Her post-doctoral work was at the University of Ghent.

Awards

  • 2004
  • 2005
    • The GR8! Women Award for Science & Technology by the Indian Television Academy[5]
    • Outstanding Women Entrepreneur for the Year 2005-06 from FICCI[6]
  • 2006
    • Entrepreneur of the Year[7][8]
  • 2008
  • 2009
    • Karmaveer Puraskar award as a Corporate Citizen for her contribution in the field of agriculture and healthcare in by iCONGO for Citizen Action and Social Justice.[17]
    • Outstanding Zarathushti Entrepreneur Award from World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce[18]

Memberships

  • Advisory Board Member of the Global Health working group for the Clinton Global Initiative[19]
  • Part of International effort to sequence Rice Genome[20]
  • Member of the New York Academy of Sciences[21]
  • Member of the Plant Protein Club, York, UK
  • Member of the Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of Association of Seed Industry
  • Member of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
  • American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB)
  • Member of the Advisory Board for Biotechnology at Mysore University
  • Key Member of Task Force & Vision Group of Biotechnology Instituted by Government of Karnataka
  • Founding Member of ABLE India

References

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  3. http://saffron.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=35415&sectionid=50
  4. http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2008/meeting_annual_focusareas_bio.asp?id=villoo_morawala_patell
  5. http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_itawa_details.php?year=2005
  6. http://www.ficciflo.com/awards.html
  7. http://www.expresspharmaonline.com/20070115/market02.shtml
  8. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/villoo-m-patell-receives-entrepreneurthe-year-2006_256793.html
  9. http://parsikhabar.net/individuals/villoo-patell-bags-top-french-award/1007/
  10. http://pharma.financialexpress.com/20080515/pharmalife04.shtml
  11. http://ambafrance-in.org/France-honors-Dr-Villoo-MORAWALA
  12. http://www.businessgyan.com/node/2691
  13. http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/other/2008120116161.htm
  14. http://parsikhabar.net/news/wzcc-confers-outstanding-entrepreneur-of-the-year-to-dr-villoo-morawala-patell/1465/
  15. http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/biotechnology/2008090112610.htm
  16. http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/bline/2008/09/05/stories/2008090550810200.htm
  17. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/avesthagen-founder-dr-villoo-morawala-patell-wins-karmaveer-puraskar/378109/
  18. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/17867558/World-Zarathushti-Chamber-of-Commerce---ME
  19. http://re.clintonfoundation.org/page.aspx?pid=2236
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