Desh Bandhu Gupta

Desh Bandhu Gupta

Question- Desh Bandhu Gupta, who passed away recently, was the founder and president of which major pharmaceutical company?
(a) Cipla
(b) Ranbaxy
(c) Lupin
(d) Sun Pharma
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-

  • On June 26, 2017, the country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer Lupin founder and President Deshbandhu Gupta passed away. He was 79 years old.
  • He was born in February, 1938 in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
  • He founded the Lupin Company in 1968.
  • Mr. Gupta also set-up Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation in 1988 to eradicate poverty by encouraging sustainable development at the grass root level in rural India.

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