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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|02|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Aragonda]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India)

| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Stanley Medical College|Stanley Medical College, Chennai]]|[[Madras Christian College|Madras Christian College, Tambaram]]}}

| occupation =[[Businessman]]

| spouse = Sucharitha Reddy

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'''Prathap Chandra Reddy''' (born 5 February 1933)<ref>[https://www.apollohospitals.com/news-detail.php?newsid=319 The first 'Apollo Isha Vidya Rural School' at Aragonda!], Apollo Hospitals press release, 25 December 2012, retrieved 2015-04-03</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://healthcare.financialexpress.com/200901/50pathfinders02.shtml |title=The Trailblazer |journal=Express Healthcare |access-date=2015-04-04 |date=January 2009}}</ref> is an Indian entrepreneur and cardiologist who founded the first corporate chain of [[hospitals in India]], the [[Apollo Hospitals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mybtechlife.com/the-list-of-great-entrepreneurs-in-india-2015/|title=The List of Great Entrepreneurs of India in 2015|publisher=MyBTechLife|author=Srikar Muthyala|date=29 September 2015|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114000446/http://mybtechlife.com/the-list-of-great-entrepreneurs-in-india-2015/|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' ranked him 48th in its 2017 list of India's 50 most powerful people.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=14 April 2017}}</ref>

==BackgroundEducation==

Dr Reddy received his medical degree from the [[Stanley Medical College]] in [[Chennai]] and later trained as a Cardiologist in the UK and USA. He did his Fellowship from the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], Boston and went on to head several research programs at the [[Missouri State Chest Hospital]], USA where he worked for several years before returning to India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apolloclinic.com/our-chairmans-profile|title=Our Chairman's Profile|website=apolloclinic.com}}</ref>

Reddy was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> and received the [[Padma Vibhushan]], which is India's second-highest civilian award, in 2010.<ref name="Padma">[http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 "This Year's Padma Awards announced", Pib Nic, Jan 25, 2010], 25 January 2010</ref>

==Personal life==