Pankaj Patel
Pankaj Patel
Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel is an Indian businessman, the chairman and managing director of Cadila Healthcare, the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India. Patel was tied for 26th place on Forbes magazine's first annual list of the 40 richest Indianswith an estimated net worth of $510 million...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryIndia
academic award continues form granted high life points recall received studying
The first award that I recall having received was in the form of a scholarship when I was studying in the 5th standard. I was granted this scholarship for achieving academic excellence, and it continues to be one of the high points in my life.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
What we do tomorrow is more important than what we did yesterday.
defensive equally sucked vortex
During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
aims chemical developing entity launch million outside spend spent
Cadila, India's sixth-largest drugmaker by sales, spent $250 million developing Lipaglyn, a new chemical entity or new discovery, and aims to spend another $150 million to $200 million to launch the drug outside India.