C.S. Reddy (creddy@apmas.org) is the Founder and CEO of APMAS and President of Sadhikaratha Foundation,
a non-profit national level technical support organization with a vision for “Sustainable Women Self Help Movement in India”.
He has over 30 years of experience in the development sector, particularly in the microfinance and livelihood sectors focusing
on community-based model of microfinance and livelihoods. CS Reddy has been a Visiting Professor at the Coady International
Institute, Canada for the past eight years teaching international certificate courses on community-based microfinance in Canada,
Ethiopia and India. Mr. Reddy works closely with Government of India and State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha,
Telangana, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh on various policy issues and advise them on various program implementation.
C.S. Reddy
Mr. Reddy has extensively written and spoke about the women SHG movement in India and the strategies to sustain this movement.
Mr. Reddy worked with CARE International in India for a period of 12 years. He is an advisor and consultant to the IFAD, World
Bank, DFID, CGAP, GIZ Germany, DGRV Germany, CARE, CRS, Raks Thai Foundation of Thailand, State governments and many NGOs in India.
He is lending his support to many of the developing countries in Africa with special focus on networking & linkages for the
informal savings groups.
Mr. Reddy has provided leadership in promoting self-regulation of SHGs & SHG federations, and farmer producer organizations
(FPOs) as viable business entities engaged in agricultural value-chains and facilitating government – NGO collaboration to
maximize impact. Under the leadership of Mr. Reddy the initiative of national network of major SHG promoters called ENABLE to
engage in evidence-based policy advocacy. Mr. Reddy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Commitments NGO, member of the
Managing Committee of Stree Nidhi, a State Level Apex Financial Cooperative of women SHG federations, of Government of Telangana.
Mr. Reddy is on the Executive Committee of the Smart Andhra Pradesh Foundation, established by Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Reddy is engaged in several national & regional level networks of NGOs on themes related to financial inclusion and
livelihoods promotion.