When you're dealing with a very sick person and you're doing something to them, an intervention, be it a procedure or a medication, safety is critical.

You can have an epidemic in a state. You can have it in a region. You can have it in a country where the critical level of disease passes a certain threshold, and we call that an 'epidemic threshold.'

It is now widely recognized that any attempt at malaria eradication must be a long-term commitment that involves multiple interventions, disciplines, strategies and organizations.

The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.

I have been described by one of my colleagues as a 'militant agnostic' with my tagline, 'I don't know, and neither do you!' I take this hard-line, fence-sitting position because it is the only position consistent with both my scientific ethos and my conscience.

Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go.

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.