Dr. K. Anji Reddy

Personal Profile

• Birth Name:

  Kallam Anji Reddy

• Nationality:

  Indian

• Education:

  B.Sc in Pharmaceuticals and Fine chemicals from Bombay University. Completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, in 1969

Family

Career

• Profession:

  Industrialist

• Claim to Fame:

  Founder-chairman of Dr Reddy's Group of Companies

Awards

Sir PC Ray award (conferred twice, in 1984 and 1992); Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA)'s FAPA-Ishidate Award for Pharmaceutical Research in 1998; leading business magazine Business India voted him Businessman of the Year in 2001; CHEMTECH Foundation bestowed on him the Achiever of the Year award in the year 2000 and the 'Hall of Fame' award in 2005, for his Entrepreneurship, Leadership and thrust on Innovation; and in 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.