Dilip Shanghvi is one of India's most influential pharmaceutical entrepreneurs and the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Beginning with a small medicines business in 1983, he built the organization into India's largest pharmaceutical company and a major global specialty and generic medicines enterprise. His leadership has been defined by disciplined acquisitions, international expansion, specialty-drug development and the creation of globally competitive pharmaceutical capabilities from India.
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