Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited announced the appointment of Dr. K P Krishnan to its Board of Directors, effective January 7, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “we would like to inform you that Dr. K P Krishnan (DIN: 01099097) has been appointed as an Additional Director, categorized as Independent, on the Board of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., for a term of five consecutive years, effective January 7, 2022.”
For nearly 37 years, Dr. K P Krishnan served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He superannuated from the IAS on December 31, 2019. In his IAS career he has served in various field and secretariat positions in India in the Government of India, Government of Karnataka and at the World Bank. Besides field positions like District Collector Mangalore, in the Government of Karnataka he served in the departments dealing with agriculture, co-operatives and marketing, urban development and infrastructure, commercial taxes and finance.
In parallel with his government career, Dr. Krishnan has been a strong researcher/academic. Besides being visiting faculty at IIM Bangalore, ISB and Ashoka University, he held the prestigious Bok Visiting Professor of Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012-13. From 07/08/2020 till 31/12/2021, he served as the IEPF Chair Professor of Economics at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NAER) New Delhi.
At present, he is an Independent Director on the Boards of Tata Consumer Products Limited and Shriram Capital Limited, a statement said.
Dr. Krishnan was educated in Economics at St. Stephens College and Law at the Campus Law Centre University of Delhi. He joined the IAS in August 1983 and belongs to the Karnataka cadre. He joined IIM Bangalore in 1999 and was awarded FPM (Ph.D) in Economics in the 2003 graduation ceremony.
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