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Vision builder: Habil Khorakiwala

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Habil Khorakiwala, chairman,Wockhardt Group is the new Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi. He speaks about his vision for the University, the gaps in the Indian higher education sector and the importance of hard work in a conversation with Prachi Rege

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What is your vision for Jamia Hamdard University?
Primarily, my responsibility is to give the University a direction. I will not be involved in the academics and everyday functioning of the institute. As a Chancellor, it will be my responsibility to give them a reality check of what they are doing and how relevant it is to things happening around them. Since we are responsible for creating the future workforce of the country, it is important to stay relevant to the aspirations and requirement of students. I am not fundamentally an academician, so it becomes easier for me to present the University with a broader perspective of things from the other side of the fence.

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Habil Khorakiwala and the power of calm

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Habil Khorakiwala, founder chairman, Wockhardt. His tenacity and calm helped the pharmaceutical company tide over recent crises

“In your darkest hour you have two options: One, you get overwhelmed by the massive extent of the problem and it paralyses you from any action; the other, you anticipate the worst case scenario and deal with it the best way you can. I choose the latter.” This choice—to fight back and swim against all odds—has brought Dr Habil Khorakiwala, 73, back from the brink. Twice.

The first time was in Wockhardt was incorporated in and had done well for itself, growing steadily into one of India’s leading pharmaceutical companies. But, during the heady days of the stock market boom of the mid-noughties, it had bet heavily on foreign exchange and derivatives. The global financial meltdown caught many—including Khorakiwala—unawares: Cross-country derivative deals unravelled and Wockhardt declared a loss of Rs 1, crore in FY The company experienced near bankruptcy and speculation was rife that it will be sold out.

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Being different and making a difference. That sums up the vision, philosophy, conviction and driving force behind Dr. Habil F Khorakiwala who revels in venturing down the road less travelled.

He founded Wockhardt in Today, the Wockhardt Group is India’s leading research-based, global healthcare enterprise with relevance in the fields of Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and Super Speciality Hospitals.

From daring to be the first pharmaceutical company to establish manufacturing facilities in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against familial advice to the contrary, to focusing on new drug development in the antibiotics space over two decades ago; from venturing early into biotechnology to acquiring pharmaceutical companies across Europe and USA; it is the unique vision, strong passion and deep conviction of Dr. Khorakiwala that has steered Wockhardt to emerge as a research-based, global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with interests across the healthcare value chain.

Wockhardt’s New Drug Discovery programme has focussed on unmet need of Anti-bacterial drugs that are effective against the menace of untreatable superb

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