Knowing Yusuf a privilege and honour'

I woke up in Barcelona to the sad news of Yusuf's passing away this morning. I vividly remember the day I met Yusuf Arakkal, a budding artist who was exhibiting his works at ITC Windsor Manor in November 1980. Biocon is also adorned with wonderful murals and sculptures that I commissioned over the years on various scientific themes like 'Genomic inspiration' to 'Recombinant Revolution' I even commissioned him to make the breath catching mural of kites at the Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre called 'Hope'. Biocon also donated a Yusuf Arakkal sculpture to the city of Bengaluru near Koshy's on MG Road called 'DNA'. Most recently, I supported Yusuf's dream of creating a sculpture called 'Flight into the future' which he wanted to install at the Minsk Square near the HAL offices to pay tribute to his first employers.