under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan , an overarching scheme and the umbrella programme of Government of India for the school education. KGBV started as a scheme for bringing never-enrolled and dropout girls from rural, remote and disadvantaged sections of the society into school education till elementary level in residential schools. The scheme now has been extended till Class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education. All the girls enrolled in KGBVs study the Bridge Course for preparing them for the entry level.
The entry level in KGBVs for these girls is Class VI. The KGBVs have been opened in backward blocks of each district. This scheme also helps in the implementation of ‘Right to Education Act’ (RTE) of the Government of India. Woman Entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (a Biotechnologist), the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon India Ltd., is an eminent woman entrepreneur.
She started her professional career as a trainee brewer in Carlton & United Beverages and in formed her own company, Biocon India Ltd. Under her leadership, Biocon has transformed to an integrated biopharmaceutical company with strategic research initiatives. Today Biocon is India’s pioneering enterprise. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw received many prestigious awards such as ET Business Woman of the Year, Leading Exporter, Technology Pioneer and Best Woman Entrepreneur.
In she was honoured with Padmashri and in with Padma Bhushan. She continues to be a model entrepreneur and a successful technocrat of global understanding.