West Bengal Corporate Stalwarts release biography of Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy 11/01/2014

Noted Industrialists and corporate Leaders, Mr. Sanjiv Goenka, Mr. Harsh vardhan Neotia, Mr. Y C Deveshwar and Mr. Sumit Mazumer Jointly released the Biographyof Dr Prathap C Reddy,the architect of corporate healthcare in India. Present during the release were the MD of Apollo Hospitals, MS Preetha Reddy, CEO of Apollo Gleneagles, Dr Rupali Basu, Group DMS of Apollo Hospitals, Dr Anupam Sibal and author ,MrPranay Gupte.

The WB Governor Shri M K Narayanan was presented the first copy of the biography on Dr.Prathap C Reddy at Raj Bhawan earlier during the day. In presenting the book to Governor Narayanan, Dr Reddy-Founder and Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group -noted that Mr.Narayanan has been actively associate with encouraging the growth of West Bengal's healthcare sector. Later during the GAPIO conference at the Kolkata leg of book launch, Dr Reddy also presented a copy of the biography to Shri Amit Mitra, Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Commerce and Industries, Govt.of West Bengal.

The 600-page biography, "Healer: Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy and the Transformation of India," is authored by Pranav Gupte, veteran international journalist, biographer and historian and published by Penguin, the world's largest publisher. The book was two years in the making, and its publication comes on the occasion of Dr.Reddy's 80th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of Apollo Hospitals.

Author Pranay Gupte shared his experience of two years which he spent with Dr.Reddy to an audience comprised of doctors,Consulate officers,industrialists and eminent journalists.

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