Adar Poonawalla
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Adar Poonawalla confirms RCB interest, promises 'strong and competitive bid' to own franchise
Cricket | January 22, 2026 20:45 ISTAdar Poonawalla has confirmed plans to place a “strong and competitive” bid for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. United Spirits is reportedly seeking $2 billion, a valuation that could make RCB the most expensive franchise in cricket history.
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Poonawalla's Serene Productions, Karan Johar's Dharma forge Rs 1,000 cr partnership, check details
Business | October 21, 2024 15:17 ISTSerene Productions, led by Adar Poonawalla, has partnered with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, investing over Rs 1,000 crore for a 50% stake.
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Serum Institute 'hopeful' of producing Mpox vaccine, says CEO Adar Poonawalla
India | August 21, 2024 8:46 ISTThe Serum Institute of India is working on a vaccine for Monkeypox, with CEO Adar Poonawalla expressing optimism about its development within a year. The initiative follows the World Health Organization's declaration of Monkeypox as a global health emergency.
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Adar Poonawalla conferred with Udyog Mitra award by Maharashtra government
Maharashtra | August 20, 2023 21:36 ISTLast year Adar Poonawalla was also included in the list of 100 influential people by Time magazine.
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Covid vaccine Covovax to get approval as booster in 10-15 days, says Adar Poonawalla
India | January 09, 2023 7:45 ISTSpeaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event at Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Poonawalla, when asked about states and districts not getting Covishield vaccines, said there are ample stocks with the Union government for supply.
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SII stopped Covishield production last year; says Poonawalla; claims 100 mn doses expired
India | October 21, 2022 7:30 ISTSII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said booster vaccines have no demand as there is general lethargy among people and also because they are fed up with the pandemic.
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Fraudsters send fake WhatsApp messages in CEO Adar Poonawalla's name, dupe SII of over Rs 1 crore
India | September 11, 2022 7:38 ISTPune news: The fraudsters duped the SII in the name of the institute's CEO Adar Poonawalla. The incident came to light only after a hefty amount of Rs 1.1 crore was transferred by one of the directors, Satish Deshpande.
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Best investment you'll ever make: Poonawalla woos Musk to invest in making Tesla cars in India
Business | May 08, 2022 18:24 ISTElon Musk, who has made a successful USD 44 billion acquisition bid for Twitter, had in the past asked India to reduce import duties to sell Tesla electric cars but the government has insisted on local manufacturing.
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Millions of COVID vaccines unsold; stopped production since Dec 2021: Poonawalla
India | April 23, 2022 3:45 ISTOn the need for vaccinating kids in the 5-11 age bracket, he said, "My point is we can't put a price tag on the life of a person. Also if an additional dose of vaccine can prevent a 1,000 hospitalisation, so let's do that as was evident from the third wave."
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Serum Institute's Covishield precaution dose priced at Rs 600 per shot
India | April 08, 2022 19:23 ISTSII CEO Adar Poonawalla also welcomed the government’s move to allow precaution dose of the vaccine to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres, saying it will further provide long-term protection against the virus, and aid ease of travel.
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Covishield could soon be available at medical stores as SII seeks full market authorisation nod
India | December 31, 2021 14:12 ISTCovishield has been one of the main Covid-19 vaccines used in India for inoculation. Around 90% population have got Covishield.
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WHO approves Covovax for emergency use: Adar Poonawalla
India | December 17, 2021 20:53 ISTThe DCGI office had granted SII permission to manufacture and stock Covovax on May 17.
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Vaccine for children aged 3 years and above to be launched in 6 months: Serum Institute
India | December 14, 2021 17:23 ISTSpeaking about the Omicron variant, Poonawalla said, "On the back of enough data, it is safe to say that booster vaccine doses are a proven strategy to get antibodies up to a great extent".
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Unethical to give Covid-19 booster doses now: Adar Poonawalla
India | September 17, 2021 22:32 ISTThe government and drug controller's office will have to take a decision on the third booster dose based on data and cases as time goes on and including how effective the vaccine is on the Delta virus variant, Poonawalla added.
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PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Adar Poonawalla among Time Magazine's top 100 influential people
News | September 16, 2021 8:20 ISTIndia shows its might yet again. PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Adar Poonawalla have been ranked among Time Magazine's top 100 influential people in the world.
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Out of 65 crore Covid vaccine doses given so far, SII supplied over 60 cr Covishield doses: Sources
India | August 31, 2021 21:48 ISTThe daily COVID-19 vaccinations crossed the 1 crore mark on Tuesday for the second time in five days, taking the total number of doses administered in the country to over 65 crore.
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Time gap between both doses of Covishield may be reduced, say sources
India | August 26, 2021 21:33 ISTThe government thinks that this move is feasible now because there are many vaccines available for the people, apart from Covishield and Covaxin, and also because there is a sufficient amount of vaccines available in the country.
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Hopeful of launching Covovax for children in early 2022: Adar Poonawalla
India | August 06, 2021 18:52 ISTHe also thanked the government for all the support provided to Serum Institute and said the company is always trying to expand its Covishield production capacity to meet the demand.
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Adar Poonawalla meets Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, discusses ramping up Covishield supply
India | August 06, 2021 16:22 ISTThe meeting was held to discuss the Covishield supply and to ramp up the production in India. Minister Mandaviya assured the government's support in Covishield production.
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Adar Poonawalla likely to meet Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tomorrow
India | August 05, 2021 18:42 ISTAdar Poonawalla, CEO-Owner of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), is expected to meet Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Delhi on Friday.
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