India, May 5 -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has responded to a tweet about Claire Mazumdar being her successor. Claire, the founding CEO of Bicara Therapeutics, is the niece of the Biocon founder and chairperson. She is the daughter of Ravi Mazumdar, brother of Mazumdar-Shaw.

The tweet that started it all involved an article about Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw outlining a succession plan for her biotechnology group and identifying her niece as her successor.

Reacting to the post, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw clarified that her niece would indeed succeed her but not immediately. She tweeted, "Claire will transition into my role at the right time so not planning to hang up my boots just yet!!"

"I am the sole owner of Biocon, and I need to make sure that I put it i...