Kallam Anji Reddy

Kallam Anji Reddy is an Indian entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, the founder of Dr Reddy's Labs.

Education

He spent his early years in the village of Tadepalli in Guntur district, where his father grew turmeric. Reddy graduated from the local high school and went on to get his first bachelor of science degree from A.C. College at Guntur in 1958 [ [http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aPXP80nuYooI Bloomberg.com: Exclusive ] ] .

Dr. Reddy holds a B.Sc.-Tech in Pharmaceuticals and Fine chemicals from Bombay University and a PhD in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (1969).

Career

He served in the state-owned Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (1969-1975), was founder and managing director of Uniloids Ltd (1976-1980) and Standard Organics Limited (1980-1984), before founding Dr Reddy’s Labs in 1984.

Dr Reddy's Labs

Dr Reddy’s Labs has been credited with turning the Indian bulk drug industry from dependence on imports in the mid 1980s to self reliance in the mid 1990s and finally into the export-oriented industry that it is today. It was the first company to take up drug discovery research in India (in 1993). In April 2001 Dr Reddy’s Labs became the first Asian pharmaceutical company outside Japan to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has revenues of $546 million (Rs.2,427 crore) during the fiscal year 2006 and is India’s second largest pharmaceutical company.

Further posts

Dr Reddy is a serving member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry and has been nominated to the board of the NIPER Mohali. He is also a member of the board of governors of the Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai. Dr. Reddy chairs the governing body of Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation and also serves on the board of Vision Research Foundation, Chennai.

ocial causes

Naandi Foundation, a not-for-profit development institution that strives for eradication of poverty has Dr Reddy as its founding father. He is also founder-chairman of Dr Reddy’s Foundation for Human and Social Development, a social arm of Dr. Reddy’s Labs.

Awards and honors

Dr Reddy has been the recipient of several awards and honors. Notable among them are the Sir PC Ray award, twice conferred on him by the Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association (1984, 1992) and the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA)’s FAPA-Ishidate Award for Pharmaceutical Research in 1998. He was voted Businessman of the Year by India’s leading business magazine "Business India" in 2001. The CHEMTECH Foundation bestowed on him the Achiever of the Year award in 2000 and the Hall of Fame award in 2005. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri.

References

External links

* [http://www.drreddys.com/coverview/popups/biography_chairman.htm Biography of Dr Anji Reddy]
* [http://www.drreddys.com Corporate website]