True Grit: The phenomenal growth of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit
From JRD Tata to Dhirubhai Ambani and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, how entrepreneurs helped India through its transition from an agrarian economy to state-controlled industry and on to an era where unicorns have taken the centrestage
By: Madhu Kapparath
Dr. Anji Reddy is a pioneer in pharmaceutical research in India, founding Dr Reddy’s Laboratories in 1984. The company transformed the Indian bulk drug industry, from being import-dependent in the mid-1980s to self-reliant in the mid-1990s, and finally into the export-oriented industry that it is today. Starting a full-fledged R&D laboratory in 1992, DRL invested about ₹1.12 billion in R&D over eight years, providing research facilities in areas like inflammation, metabolic disorders and infective diseases.
