Global Lifesciences company, Zydus Lifesciences Limited, announced the appointment of Akhil Monappa and Upasana Kamineni Konidela as Independent Directors on the company’s Board, with effect from November 29, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “we hereby inform that the Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held today i.e. November 29, 2022, based on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and subject to approval of shareholders by way of special resolution, approved the appointment of Mr. Akhil Monappa and Ms. Upasana Kamineni Konidela as the Independent Directors of the Company for the first term of 5 (five) consecutive years.”
Akhil Monappa has a background in technology in both investing and operating roles. As an investment professional, he has invested in both early stage technology companies (while at Atlas Venture, London) and global public market companies (while at Generation Investment Management, London) where he has advised boards and management on strategy and capital allocation decisions. As an operating executive at C-Bridge Internet Solutions in Cambridge, USA, he has developed go to market partnerships with some of the leading technology companies as well as held various technical and pre-sales roles.
He holds graduate degrees from Harvard in business and international development and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
Upasana Kamineni Konidela is a third generation entrepreneur and philanthropist from the Apollo Hospitals family in India. She believes in creating sustainable businesses rooted in social welfare that create a deep, longterm impact. Her heritage of healing and building community infrastructure, is reflected in her business ventures and her giving practices.
URLife is built on the idea of urban wellness and productivity, while the Apollo Foundation is based on founder-chairperson of Apollo Hospitals, Dr Prathap C Reddy’s model of womb-to-tomb care.
Upasana’s professional life is an extension of herself, her values, and the way she lives her life. She believes that the world can #HealInIndia and that it is possible to #TrasnformURLife. Today URLife has the highest number of occupational health centres in India, along with venturing into the food and fitness space, while Apollo Foundation works across the country in the urban, rural, and tribal context. Her philosophy is based on kindness: to herself, her family, her community and the world she reaches through her social media presence. This fosters respect and empathy in the work she does and the communities she impacts, according to the statement.
While her education, at Regents University, UK, and Harvard University, USA, has given her the skills to run businesses, her energy comes from working with people, especially those who may not have the opportunities and access to reach their full potential. Upasana received the Femina Award for Recognition in Healthcare in 2017.
She was recognized as one of the Tycoons of Tomorrow, and felicitated by Forbes in 2018. In 2019 she was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for Philanthropist of the Year. She was also one of GQ magazine’s Heroes 2021, for leading work on the war against Covid-19. She is also a member of the YPO Hyderabad chapter and of CII, Telangana, the statement said.
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