Villoo Morawala-Patell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Founder & Managing director of Avesthagen Ltd
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Place of Birth: Navsari, Gujarat, India
About Villoo Morawala-Patell
- Villoo Morawala-Patell is the founder and current Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Biotechnology company Avesthagen.
- She earned a Master of Science degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Mumbai, then a PhD from the Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes (IBMP-CNRS), University of Strasbourg, France.
- Prior to obtaining her doctorate, Morawala-Patell worked as a Research Associate at ICRISAT (International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) for 10 years.
- After receiving her PhD, she returned to India, becoming a post-doctoral Rockefeller Fellow at the University of Ghent.
- Morawala-Patell was next a Visiting Scientist and Rockefeller Fellow at NCBS-TIFR, and Professor Emeritus at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Morawala-Patell founded Avesthagen Limited in 1998.
- The company model is based on the convergence of food, pharmaceuticals and population genetics, leading to Predictive Preventive Personalized Healthcare and Food Security.
- During the last two decades, Avesthagen has raised 70 million USD in venture capital and strategic global funding, operating through five subsidiaries: Avesta Nordic Research Pvt.
- Ltd, Avesta Good Earth Foods Pvt.
- Ltd, AQUAS Pvt.
- Ltd, AVA Seeds Pvt.
- Ltd and The Avestagenome Project International Pvt.
- Ltd.
- Investors in Avesthagen Limited include ICICI Ventures, Fidelity (FID Funds Mauritius), New York Life, GLG Partners, Citibank, Tata Industries, Godrej Industries, CIPLA, Danone, Groupe Limagrain, and Institut Mérieux.
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