Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
PROFILE
Mr. Konda Vishweshwar Reddy is an entrepreneur with an engineering background.
He had spent more than a decade in United States, working initially as a
Design engineer in a defense electronics firm in United States. He later promoted
Reddy Electronic Corporation which manufactures electronic subassemblies for
Defense & Aerospace industry. In 1991, he sold his business and returned back to India.
Back in India, he founded two technology and innovation related businesses and has
been a serial entrepreneur ever since. He divested the major stake in Health Care
India to the Apollo hospital group. He sold the major IPR’s of Citadel Research
and Solutions (formerly known as Citadel Health) to GE and Wipro. He has been MD &
CEO of GE-MSIT (1999-2003) and MD & CEO of Wipro-HCIT (2003-2005). With his deep
knowledge in Healthcare Informatics, he was a significant contributor to Health
Unite, the Government of India project on Standardization in Health Informatics.
Mr. Reddy is currently the Managing Director of Citadel Research and Solutions, a
company in which he holds significant stake. Citadel owns a major stake in Medvarsity,
an Apollo- NIIT joint venture company. He has also invested and acquired a major stake
in Emedlife, a Delhi based Insurance broking firm from the Dabur group. Mr. Reddy is an
angel investor in startup companies including Sristek, a CRO and Adventure trails India.
Mr. Reddy is also a founder Director of Apollo Health Street – an IT, ITES Company. His
other businesses include real-estate, algorithmic trading, mechanical design and
retirement homes.
Mr. Vishweshwar Reddy has academic interest in Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering
and appropriate technologies. Besides this, Mr. Reddy is involved in several Not for Profit
organizations and NGO’s like:
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Institute of Health Systems – Executive Committee member
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JKMR foundation, Hyderabad – Founder & Secretary
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Hyderabad 10K run – Founder Trustee
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Hyderabad Yacht Club – Founder Member
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AV Education Society - Member Managing Committee
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Apollo Education Research Foundation – Member Managing Committee
Areas of Interest :
- IT Products & Services.
- High End BPO.
- New Media & Education.
- Appropriate technologies for rural India.
- Alternate Energy.
Phone: 040 23301959 23301960