Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta

Who is Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta?

Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta is the Founder and Chairman of Lupin Limited, a pharmaceuticals company he founded in 1968 with a seed capital of just Rs. 5,000.

A professor, a scientist, and an entrepreneur, Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta is an honorary Doctor of Science and holds a Master's degree in Chemistry. Dr. Gupta, started his career as an Associate Professor at Birla Institute of Science and Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan. His dream to fight life-threatening infectious diseases and manufacture drugs of the highest national priority led to the formation of Lupin. Under his stewardship Lupin has achieved the distinction of becoming India's second largest pharmaceutical major by market capitalisation, and a leadership position in the anti-tuberculosis and Cephalosporin antibiotics segments.

On 2 October 1988, with an objective to provide an alternative sustainable, replicable and ever evolving model of rural development, Dr. Gupta launched the Lupin Human Welfare & Research Foundation. The LHWRF program, run on professional lines, has won wide acclaim, both at the national and international level. In 2003, Lupin was presented with the top Corporate Social Responsibility award instituted by FICCI & Business World.