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Dr. Reddy's Foundation for Human and Social Development
Background Note
Dr. Anji Reddy, Chairman of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and founder of DRFHSD was born in an agriculturist family.
He did his graduation in pharmacology and doctoral studies in chemical engineering from Bombay University. After obtaining his doctorate, he came back to Hyderabad and in 1960, joined Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL)3 as a scientist. He established Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) in 1984. DRL became a public limited company in 1985. |
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In 1996, Dr. Reddy set up DRFHSD, with Nalini taking over as the Executive Director. DRFHSD focused on 'poverty alleviation' targeting children, youth and women. DRFHSD's philosophy: "The Foundation assumes the role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction. It promotes conditions that lead to desired results. It is the forum for pooling ideas from the best of minds in our society to better design the social experiments woven through appropriate networks and resources by foundation."5The Foundation derived its guiding principles, and they were termed the three pillars of the foundation (Refer Table I).....
