Prudhvi Teja

About Prudhvi Teja

Across a grass-root refinery, a venture-backed startup, and a global pharma manufacturer — each chapter taught me something different about what it takes to lead at scale.I started as a reliability engineer at Reliance Industries\' Jamnagar refinery — the world\'s largest grass-root refinery — where I learned what operations failure looks like up close. That engineering rigour shaped everything that followed.At Detect Technologies (SAIF + Accel backed), I joined at seed stage and scaled the business to $12M Series B across 9 industrial sectors in 4 years — including through COVID. I built the sales team, pivoted the product portfolio, and expanded into SEA and Middle East markets.At Dr. Reddy\'s Laboratories, I own end-to-end digital transformation and process excellence across 18 global manufacturing sites — India, Mexico, UK — delivering over ₹20 Cr in annualised savings through AI/ML, Industry 4.0 and advanced analytics programmes. Recognised as Outstanding Digital Innovator in the Chairman\'s Excellence Awards.My edge: I bridge strategy and execution across functions — digital, operations, commercial, and P&L. I don\'t just design roadmaps — I deliver results that show up in the bottom line.IIT Bombay (B.Tech + B.Minor Industrial Design) · IIM Calcutta Gold Medalist, PGPEX-VLM — Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing

Experience

1. Senior Principal Digital & Process Excellence Global Pharma Manufacturing Director Equivalent

   Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

   Apr 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Elevated to lead Digital/AI value delivery across 18 GMO manufacturing sites globally — covering the major revenue-contributing operations of Dr. Reddy\'s business — with a mandate to make GMO the most productive and cost-effective manufacturing organization in the industry- Delivered one of the most significant operational improvements in GMO — reduced batch review time from days to hours through Review By Exception, now live across 7 sites; in regulated pharma manufacturing, faster batch release directly impacts revenue, supply continuity, and customer commitments- Building and executing a formally approved and funded Digital & AI strategy and roadmap at GMO level — covering selected high-impact use cases across efficiency, productivity, and manufacturing excellence across 18 global sites- Championing three enterprise-wide AI programmes — Review By Exception, Zero Product Failures, and Capacity Unlock — eliminating manual intervention, reducing batch failures, and unlocking latent manufacturing capacity across API, OSD, and Parenteral operations- Identified as one of 22 High Throttle leaders across the DPEx function — a selective internal cohort driving the next phase of digital capability at Dr. Reddy\'s- Driving value creation through Gen AI and simulation pilots across manufacturing operations — translating emerging technology potential into production-ready solutions at regulated pharma scale- Owning end-to-end solution delivery — managing vendors, system integrators, and solution providers across 18 sites with varying digital maturity, ensuring customised solutions are delivered on time and within cost

Education

• Kanna English Medium School

  S.S.C, 10th standard

  2004 — 2005

• Gowtham Junior College

  Intermediate, Maths,Physics,Chemistry

  2005 — 2007

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  B.Minors, Industrial Design Centre

  2007 — 2011

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2017 — 2018

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Piping
• Epc
• Petroleum
• Pro Engineer
• Pv Design
• Boilers
• Gas
• Refinery
• Metallurgy
• Microsoft Excel
• Corrosion
• Heat Transfer
• Factory
• Ultrasonic Testing
• C
• Oil & Gas
• Engineering
• Finite Element Analysis
• Inspection
• C++
• Mechanical Engineering
• Microsoft Office
• Manufacturing
• Asme
• Maintenance & Repair
• Tanks
• Matlab
• Petrochemical
• Autocad
• Materials
• Heat Exchangers
• Project Engineering