Creating a Learning Environment Where Students Grow Through Academics, Arts, and Sports.
Education in India has always carried high expectations. Families invest their hopes in it, students carry pressure through it, and society measures success through it. Yet the most important question remains simple: what should school truly prepare a child for? Academic scores matter, yet a student also needs confidence, discipline, creativity, and the ability to adapt when life shifts. A strong school education should help a child perform well in exams, while also helping them grow into a capable person who can handle the real world with clarity and courage.
With this belief at the centre, Dr. Suresh Reddy has worked towards an education system that strengthens academic foundations while nurturing each student’s wider potential. As the Founder and Chairperson of the Saketh Educational Trust, Dr. Reddy established Candor International School in Bengaluru, Karnataka, with a clear purpose: help students develop their full potential, including their strengths in Arts and Sports, and support their ability to move comfortably between Indian and Western schooling systems through structured exchange programmes for both students and teachers.
His approach is direct. Education should prepare students for life, not only for the next exam.
Dr. Reddy’s perspective on schooling comes from a life lived across systems and industries. He is a successful entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of a leading IT company in the United States, where he lives with his family. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and work across multinational environments, including organisations such as US Bank, Volvo, and Prudential Insurance, he understands what global workplaces demand from young professionals.
Those experiences formed a clear belief: students need a strong academic foundation, yet they also need communication skills, confidence, adaptability, and practical exposure that helps them succeed in different environments.
It is this global viewpoint that influenced his aim of creating smoother transitions between schooling systems. Many students face difficulty when moving from one curriculum style to another, especially when the approach to learning changes. Dr. Reddy’s vision includes exchange programmes that allow students and teachers to experience different academic cultures, broaden their learning mindset, and build comfort with change.
Candor International School was established under the Saketh Educational Trust with a focus on academic quality and overall student development. Dr. Reddy’s intention has been consistent: build a school where students develop in more than one direction. A child may be strong in academics, yet they may also carry a gift in sports, music, drama, art, or leadership. When those strengths are supported early, students grow with confidence and balance.
This is why the school’s foundation includes a deliberate emphasis on Arts and Sports alongside classroom learning. Dr. Reddy views these areas as essential to discipline, emotional health, teamwork, creativity, and self-belief, qualities that stay valuable throughout life.
His larger goal has always been to create an environment where students feel prepared, both for academic demands and for the real challenges that come with growing up.
Dr. Reddy’s work in technology has cultivated the way he thinks about education. Building an IT company teaches discipline, long-term planning, and the importance of strong systems. It also teaches the value of problem-solving, because businesses grow only when leaders learn to handle complexity without confusion.
His company received recognition, including an honour as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Achievements like these reflect years of consistent execution, strong teams, and a mindset focused on improvement.
That same mindset appears in how he approaches education. Schools also require systems. They require structure, standards, and continuous progress. They require leadership that protects quality while adapting to what students need. Dr. Reddy’s strength lies in building institutions with clarity, where the purpose stays stable even as the world changes.
Dr. Reddy also serves as a Director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Consortium (SMEC), a consortium of over 300 technology companies. SMEC promotes sustainable development for small and mid-sized businesses and continues to grow across India and the United States.
This role reflects another important part of his thinking: growth should be sustainable, and progress should support more people. In every sector, whether business or education, long-term development depends on strong foundations, reliable support, and consistent learning.
His involvement with SMEC shows his commitment to community and collective advancement, values that also align with education leadership.
In 2012, Dr. Reddy joined Apex as their Director of Pharmaceuticals. During this period, Apex achieved progress such as an accepted ANDA filing by the US FDA, facility upgrades to meet cGMP conditions, and work in contract manufacturing and pilot bio-study manufacturing.
While pharmaceuticals may seem far from schooling, the underlying discipline is similar. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals demand responsibility, compliance, process quality, and precision. Those qualities form a leader’s approach to standards, systems, and accountability.
Dr. Reddy’s professional journey across sectors shows his ability to handle different kinds of complexity and lead within high-expectation environments.
One of Dr. Reddy’s most meaningful contributions is his role as Director and COO of Learnbeyond, an online learning platform designed to improve access to quality education through technology and structured content.
The platform began as hotschools.net, originally built as an exam engine to support students preparing for competitive college admission tests. As the platform gained popularity among students for its usefulness, it evolved and was later rebranded as Learnbeyond.
The purpose remained consistent: help students learn better through a single platform that brings together technology, interface, and content in a way that supports a strong online learning experience.
This part of Dr. Reddy’s journey matters because it demonstrates his belief that education should expand with the times. Students today learn in many formats. Digital learning is no longer optional, and quality online tools can support students who need guidance, preparation, and structured study.
Learnbeyond represents Dr. Reddy’s effort to connect technology with education in a way that stays practical and student-focused.
Alongside business and education leadership, Dr. Reddy also serves as a Director of NATA (North America Telugu Association). The organisation supports the Telugu Indian-American community through activities, meetings, and conventions celebrating Telugu culture and traditions.
NATA also supports exchange programmes for students, scientists, artists, and professionals. Its work includes sponsoring cultural and educational events that enrich society, and extending support back home for education, business, and community development.
This role shows another side of Dr. Reddy’s leadership: staying connected to culture while working globally. It reflects a belief that progress and identity can grow together, and that communities thrive when people invest back into education and development.
Dr. Suresh Reddy’s story is built on balance. He is a technology entrepreneur with global experience, yet he chose to invest deeply in education. He understands the discipline required to build organisations, yet he also understands the human side of growth, especially in students.
His work through Saketh Educational Trust and Candor International School reflects a clear view of what modern education should provide: academic excellence, opportunities in arts and sports, global exposure, and the confidence to move between different learning systems without fear.
He has built his journey across industries, countries, and communities, yet the purpose stays consistent. He is driven by the belief that education must help students grow into capable, responsible adults, ready to step into the world with clarity.
In a time where schooling is often reduced to competition, Dr. Reddy continues to stand for something deeper and more lasting: schools that build people, and learning that prepares students for life.
INBIOAR has been committed to investigating and creating novel active ingredients specifically for the agroindustry since 2010. The organization has painstakingly created a methodical procedure by combining a synergistic strategy that incorporates field work, careful observation, laboratory tests, and rigorous greenhouse and field trials. This procedure is intended to efficiently locate, assess, and choose plant extracts with the most promising potential to improve crop protection methods.
Through the use of this thorough technique, INBIOAR is able to carry out its purpose of developing cutting-edge solutions to meet the changing needs and problems of contemporary agriculture. This pledge emphasizes how important it is for the company to continue advancing crop protection techniques that are both efficient and sustainable in the agriculture industry.
Gustavo and his team have developed a cutting-edge discovery platform to find novel active ingredients for bio-herbicides. This method is powerful enough to determine the presence of bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, and bio-stimulants, giving a comprehensive approach to crop protection.
It all began when Gustavo was a third-year forest engineering student. During that period, he discovered that Prosopis alba, a type of tree, was growing as a monoculture in the wild. Through numerous experiments, Gustavo identified seed germination inhibitors in the tree’s fruits. The soil beneath these trees was littered with the fruits. He hypothesized that the tree protected itself from other plant species by releasing a chemical. Interestingly, Prosopis alba seedlings thrived around the “mother” tree, supporting his theory.
Since other Leguminosae species were not affected by the inhibitor Gustavo found, he postulated a more generalized allelopathic process related to prosopis. Over the course of two decades, this concept developed, and when he created Genetica Vegetal SA, he pitched it to potential investors. In less than two months, he was fully engaged in the purification of the inhibitor, pinitol, a seven-carbon sugar that is widely found in the Leguminosae family as an osmolyte. Promising initial lab tests led to the submission of a patent. A multinational German business, however, determined that the inhibitor was not suitable for use in agriculture.
Gustavo was unfazed and planned to significantly broaden the scope of his studies. After founding INBIOAR, he set himself the lofty goal of gathering 100 plant samples per month for two years, resulting in a total of 2400 samples. This massive endeavor resulted in a second patent application that was approved this time.
Gustavo’s discovery platform turned out not to be patentable, a typical occurrence where elegance conceals minute features that are essential to success. The efficiency of the platform depends on painstaking numerical analysis made possible by accurate sample localization and screening procedures. Almost 4,000 samples have been gathered so far, and it is only because of the sizeable dataset that conclusive findings have surfaced.
Because of its intrinsic simplicity, the platform is resilient and flexible in a variety of geographical locations. In the end, its use has produced important discoveries for the crop protection sector.
INBIOAR benefited greatly from a cooperative collaboration led by the USDA under Gustavo’s direction, which supplied crucial cooperation and global institutional support. Close collaboration with USDA scientists improved their approach and provided an incredibly rich learning experience.
As a result of the partnership, INBIOAR was able to join a multinational group that is well-positioned to have a significant worldwide influence. The team’s study into greenhouse experiments advanced because of the methodological advancements made possible by the insights obtained from this partnership.
These efforts produced two seminal papers: the first focused on chemical changes, while the second strengthened their experimental framework in greenhouse environments. This stage highlighted how chemistry can be used to optimize the effectiveness of agricultural chemicals.
Gustavo and his team investigated how weather-adaptable plants are, with a special emphasis on Argentina’s semi-desert areas. Since plants cannot move to escape environmental difficulties, they conjectured that plants in semi-desert regions could have biochemical adaptations that aid in their survival.
Their research showed a strong correlation: when samples were taken from semi-desert areas, almost 70% of the samples had positive herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, or growth stimulant test results. This high success rate demonstrated how well the area fit their study goals. On the other hand, areas with colder or more humid conditions produced little to no positive test results.
Based on this discovery, INBIOAR predicted that plants actively producing chemicals of interest, especially growth inhibitors, are found in semi-desert environments.
The team has achieved good results in Argentina which has opened doors for more funds. Although, it is still difficult to gather funds, which Gustavo believes is common for any business, but he is optimistic with the results. The team is also planning to install its project in Texas which is not far from the current location. Gustavo highlights that good results are the best tool to convince the investors and the industry.
Gustavo gained a pivotal insight into the symbiotic relationship between science and business during a conversation with a scientist from the Weizmann Institute in Israel. He learned that while fundamental scientific research forms the foundation, successful commercialization hinges on effectively bridging the gap between science and business. This lesson inspired Gustavo to integrate similar principles at INBIOAR, emphasizing that technological transfer to industry must be meticulous and strategic.
Understanding that exceptional scientific research is fundamental to business success, Gustavo highlighted the importance of maintaining high scientific standards. This approach ensures that innovations are not only scientifically robust but also commercially viable. By applying these principles, Gustavo aimed to elevate INBIOAR’s research efforts, ensuring they were not only impactful in scientific circles but also positioned to thrive in the competitive landscape of industry.
The recognition that genetic resources and ancient knowledge are inherently tied to specific countries and regions led INBIOAR to adhere strictly to the Nagoya Protocol. This international agreement safeguards biodiversity and traditional knowledge, requiring authorization from each state office in Argentina before collecting plant samples. Without these permits, technology transfer becomes impossible, as companies must obtain authorization prior to conducting any testing.
From a scientific standpoint, the strategy is straightforward: INBIOAR focuses on semi-desert regions globally, which offer ample genetic diversity suitable for their research objectives. Securing financial resources is equally crucial, although prioritizing the selection of the region precedes financial considerations. Human resources are developed through training initiatives for recent graduates, reinforcing INBIOAR’s commitment to nurturing talent capable of contributing to their scientific and business endeavors.
Gustavo and INBIOAR found a big vacuum in the field of agricultural innovation: there are no reliable bio-herbicides for large-scale crops grown in the world, including organic and small-scale farming. Bio-fungicides, insecticides, and stimulants that come from natural sources are widely available, but bio-herbicides are still in their infancy and not advanced enough to meet the demands of the agricultural industry.
INBIOAR uses a strategic approach, concentrating their efforts on bio-herbicides. After obtaining a sample, it is put through a series of tests, one of which is an assessment of its bio-nematicidal qualities. Its main area of study is bio-herbicides, but it also includes secondary findings like bio-nematicides in their extensive program.
INBIOAR works in close partnership with prestigious organizations in the US and Argentina. Utilizing alliances with the National Council of Research (CONICET) and the National University of Rosario, it makes use of their advising and service support in Argentina. On the other side of the Atlantic, INBIOAR works with organizations that are well-known for their proficiency in agricultural science and technology: Bioceres and the USDA.
Leading the charge in the creation of a novel bio-herbicide for large-scale crops, INBIOAR is keeping a close watch on the movement in agricultural trends worldwide toward sustainability. H004 is a bio-herbicide that was developed in partnership with Bioceres and is intended to work gradually, much like glyphosate. The business is currently working on the critical purification stage and expects great things from this novel active component.
This strategic alignment with key partners and dedication to advancing sustainable agricultural solutions positions INBIOAR at the forefront of agricultural innovation, poised to capture the burgeoning market demand for eco-friendly herbicides.
Gustavo draws attention to how many opportunities there are right now in the agricultural industry. He highlights the need for new concepts in order to increase the variety of instruments that farmers can use, emphasizing how crucial it is to match innovations with the real-world requirements of farmers. Gustavo suggests that the industry may flourish and successfully fulfill the changing demands of modern agriculture by concentrating on improving competitiveness and providing products that directly address farmers’ expectations.
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