Anuradha Acharya
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Anuradha Acharya | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Known for | Genomics |
| Awards | Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum |
| Website | Anu Acharya's blog [1] |
Anuradha Acharya (born 1972) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions and Mapmygenome.[2] She was awarded Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]Acharya was born in Bikaner but spent most of her life in Kharagpur. Acharya graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1995.[3] She then moved to Chicago in 1995 and acquired Master of Science in Physics and MIS (Management Information Systems) from the University of Illinois at Chicago.[4]
Positions held
[edit]Acharya is the founder and was the CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions, a genomics outsourcing company for discovery, development and diagnostics, headquartered in Hyderabad, India from 2000 to 2013. She also serves as a member of the governing body of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research,[5] on the board for the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics based in Kalyani, West Bengal,[6] on the Global Agenda Council on Genetics 2011 in the capacity of Vice Chair.[7]
Acharya is the founder and CEO of Mapmygenome- A molecular Diagnostic company that offer personal genomics and diagnostics products.[8]
She is also a board member for the Association of Biotech Enterprises,[9] is on the advisory board for the Action for India[10] and on the board of mentors at IvyCap Ventures.[11] The Maryland-based company Gene Logic's Genomics division was acquired by Ocimum in 2007 and in 2012 Ocimum sold a portion of the business (BioRepository), to Transgenomics and moved the rest of the business to India.
Prior to founding Ocimum, Acharya held positions in a consulting company called SEI Information and a telecommunications software company called Mantiss Information which has since been acquired by Dynegy Corporation.
Recognition
[edit]Acharya was named by Red Herring Magazine to the list of 25 Tech Titans under 35 in 2006.[12] Acharya has also received the Entrepreneur of the year award by Biospectrum magazine.[13] and the Astia Life Science Innovators Award in 2008.[14] Acharya has been honoured as a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[15] Acharya was awarded ET Women Ahead honor by the Economic Times in 2015.[16] She was named in the 2018 W-power trailblazers by Forbes.
Acharya has a book on Poetry published called "Atomic Pohe- Random Rhymes at odd times- On Science, Non Science and Nonsense."[17] Acharya has written a chapter on Research as a Service (RaaS) in the book Pharmaceutical Outsourcing: Discovery and Preclinical Services (Pharmaceutical Outsourcing, Volume I).[18] Acharya also published an article in Nature Biotechnology called "What mergers can do for you"[19] and is an active contributor to various other magazines and newspapers like the Hindu Business Line.[20]
Personal life
[edit]Acharya was born to a professor and lived early years of her life in a campus town. Acharya is married to Subash Lingareddy, founder and CFO of Ocimum Bio Solutions.[21] They have two daughters, Neha and Akhila.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Janampatri to Genomepatri – Anu Acharya". Janampatri to Genomepatri – Anu Acharya.
- ^ Dronamraju, Soundarya (12 December 2022). "INTERVIEW: People keen on preventive healthcare, says Mapmygenome founder Anu Acharya". www.newstap.in.
- ^ A toast to IIT Kharagpur Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Movers and Shakers with Anuradha Acharya". frost.com.
- ^ "CSIR Members of the Governing Body" (PDF). csir.res.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ National Institute of Biomedical Genomics: Members of the Governing Body Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Global Agenda Council Members 2011 Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mapmygenome Official Website India". Default Store View.
- ^ ABLE Executive Council Archived 1 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Advisory Board for Action for India Archived 8 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Board of Mentors IvyCap Ventures Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Titans in Waiting Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Biospectrum Biotech Industry Awards declared". ciol.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ Astia Award Winners Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ocimum Biosolutions's CEO Anuradha Acharya honoured as 2011 Young Global Leader Archived 2012-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ www.ETtech.com. "ET startup awards: Anu Acharya becomes the "Women Ahead" – ETtech". The Economic Times.
- ^ Acharya, Anu (6 October 2015). Atomic Pohe: Random Rhymes between the lines. On Science, Non Science and Nonsense. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5176-2669-3.
- ^ Outsourcing: Discovery and Preclinical Services (Pharmaceutical Outsourcing, Volume I)
- ^ Acharya, Anu (2011). "What Mergers can do for you". Bioentrepreneur: 1–3. doi:10.1038/bioe.2011.4.
- ^ "Musical ability—it's all in the genes". thehindubusinessline.com. 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Disclosure". www.ifc.org.
External links
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Media related to Anuradha Acharya at Wikimedia Commons- Anuradha Acharya on Twitter
- 1972 births
- Living people
- IIT Kharagpur alumni
- Businesspeople from Rajasthan
- Biotechnologists
- Indian biotechnologists
- People from Bikaner
- University of Illinois Chicago alumni
- Businesswomen from Rajasthan
- Women biotechnologists
- Engineers from Rajasthan
- Indian women biologists
- 21st-century Indian biologists
- 21st-century Indian engineers
- Women scientists from Rajasthan
- 21st-century Indian businesswomen
- 21st-century Indian businesspeople
- 21st-century Indian women engineers