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Sri Subhash Bagaria (1952 – 2010) embodied the bold entrepreneurial spirit of someone who dreamed to make a difference to the world we live in.
At the age of 27, Subhash Bagaria started off as a distributor for Sigma Aldrich, Becton Dickinson, Pharmacia (now Cytiva), Waters and Millipore.
He bought IPCL in 1980 and changed the company to Kemwell – a 100% contract manufacturing company for pharmaceutical dosage forms. He was also the joint venture partner for Millipore (now Merck KgAA) Corporation, USA where he ran the Indian venture for 20+ years.During the course of his entrepreneurial mission, Subhash invested in life science start-ups that are on the cutting edge of technology in the US and India.
Sri Subhash Bagaria (1952 – 2010) embodied the bold entrepreneurial spirit of someone who dreamed to make a difference to the world we live in. At the age of 27, Subhash Bagaria started off as a distributor for Sigma Aldrich, Becton Dickinson, Pharmacia (now Cytiva), Waters and Millipore.
ReaMetrix, Pluromed and Hemogenomics are a few of these. In 2009, Mr. Bagaria was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Analytical Instruments Association.
During his life time Subhash was a firm believer of giving back to the community and society. With all his businesses, the most important factor for Subhash was creating jobs and a livelihood for his colleagues. His philosophy in philanthropic activities was to always try and make things self sustainable while ensuring the best outcome for the beneficiary.
Among his philanthropic efforts are charity foundations that provide scholarships to deserving students and medical support to needy patients. Out of many, some highlighted initiatives the foundation has set up include - the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India, a Tibetan Medical Center in Bangalore, India, in association with His Holiness The Dalai Lama's Tibetan Medical Center, and infrastructure support over many years to SVYASSA (Deemed University).
Subhash Bagaria is survived by his wife Kumkum, his sons Anurag and Karan Bagaria who are now running Kemwell, and daughter Shivani Dugar. For them he still remains an icon, a role model to be emulated.
