Manni Kantipudi has been named president, GVK Biosciences and will be based out of the corporate office in India. Mr. Manni will be responsible for operations and helping the company grow as a service provider to global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Mr. Manni Kantipudi joins the company with more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry where he held several leadership positions. Mr. Kantipudi was with Intel Corp. since 1992 and was the first director of Intel India from 2000-2003 where he was responsible for strategic and operational aspects of starting, growing and sustaining its R&D development center in Bangalore. From 2003-2004, he was chief information officer Asia responsible for all internal IT for the Greater Asia region including Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines and South Asia.

Most recently, Mr. Kantipudi was based in the U.S. as director of software and validation for Intel’s WiFi technology Centrino laptop product line where he managed a global team of engineers and was responsible for innovative product designs and bringing key Intel products to market in high volume.

G.V. Sanjay Reddy, GVK Bio’s chief executive officer, said, “With several years of strong operational and management experience in one of the largest global companies, we are confident that Mr. Manni will be a very valuable addition to GVK BIO.”