Background
Acharya, Anuradha was born on June 27, 1972 in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Daughter of Har Narayan and Sarala Devi Acharya.
Acharya, Anuradha was born on June 27, 1972 in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Daughter of Har Narayan and Sarala Devi Acharya.
Bachelor of Science in Physics with honors, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1993. Master of Science in Physics with honors, Indian Institute of Technology, 1995. Master of Science in Management Information Systems, University Illinois, 1996.
She was awarded Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011. She is also a board member for the Association of Biotech Enterprises, is on the Advisory board for the Action for India and on the board of mentors at IvyCap Ventures. 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.
Acharya was named by Red Herring Magazine to the list of 25 Technical Titans under 35 in 2006. and the Astia Life Science Innovators Award in 2008. Acharya has been honoured as a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
She also serves as a member of the governing body of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, on the board for the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics based in Kalyani, West Bengal, on the Global Agenda Council on Genetics 2011 in the capacity of Vice Chair.
Married Subash Lingareddy, June 19, 1997. Children: Neha Acharya Lingareddy, Akhila Acharya Lingareddy.