ABOUT 40 YEARS ago, when Prathap C. Reddy undertook the arduous journey to transform the basic need of healthcare into a successful business, he had strong hands to fall back on. His four feisty and capable daughters, who have together created an enviable legacy after facing myriad challenges, from raising capital to running the organisation to sustaining the momentum amidst stiff competition in current times. Suneeta Reddy, Shobana Kamineni, Sangita Reddy, all winners in the BT Most Powerful Women in Business 2022 listing, and eldest daughter Preetha Reddy, 66, who is in the MPW Hall of Fame (comprising seven-time winners), have been major pillars for the father who believed in them, and for the group that they have grown to what it is today.
“When we started, the notion of a corporate
