-Anu Acharya , 19th November 2012
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There was once a gene,
With oh! so many alleles
If you looked at one,
You hoped to run,
Unlike the other one,
Who seemed to have fun?
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It was just another day,
I met them both on the way,
They came to a locus,
And fought till they went out of focus,
Where the dominant one won,
In the heterozygous race that had begun,
Yet the recessive one smiled,
Its phenotype was being filed,
For the future to come.
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The future it came,
Where the wild one was tame,
And the mutant was the one,
That changed the game.
Ms Anu Acharya is the co-founder and CEO of Mapmygenome, a company that pioneered the field of personalised, preventive healthcare by making personal genomics tools available to the masses. With a vision to “Touch 100 million lives”, Mapmygenome was established in 2013, heralding the advent of improved healthcare through genomics-based personalised, precision medicine starting with India and other neglected populations.
Under her leadership, the company has been achieving several milestones, awards and honours. From the ET startup Awards to NASSCOM Emerge 50, WSJ’s Top global startups’ award, Red Herring Asia and Global to the recently conferred Pride of Telangana award; Mapmygenome has certainly become a force to be reckoned with.
A fiercely respected entrepreneur, she also serves as a governing board member and/or mentor for various high profile institutions such as the NIBMG, NIAB, IIITHyderabad, IvyCap Ventures, CSIR and ABLE. She is also a distinguished alumna from IIT Kharagpur.
Janampatri to Genomepatri - Anu Acharya 