Kallam Anji Reddy (born 1940) is an Indian entrepreneur in the pharmaceutical industry, the founder-chairman of Dr Reddy's Labs, which he established in 1984, and chairman of Dr Reddy’s Foundation (DRF), the corporate social responsibility arm of the group, established 1996.
He spent his early years in the village of near suryapet nalgonda in nalgonda District, where his father grew turmeric. He studied in Anapothana ZPHS School in Nutakki until Tenth Class.
Reddy after graduating from the local high school, went on to get his first Bachelor of science degree from A.C. College at Guntur in 1958.[3] Thereafter he, did his B.Sc.-Tech in Pharmaceuticals and Fine chemicals from Bombay University followed by a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1969
He started his career in the state-owned PSU, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) (1969–1975), when he left he job to found Uniloids Ltd in 1976 of which was also the and managing director of till 1980, when he founded Standard Organics Limited , before founding Dr Reddy's Labs in 1984 with an initial capital of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million). Over the years, it transformed Indian bulk drug industry from import-dependent in mid-80s to self-reliant in mid-90s and finally into the export-oriented industry.
