The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has chosen an influential Indian business leader, GV Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman GVK, as the keynote speaker for Commencement.

GV Sanjay Reddy will address 1,200 graduate and undergraduate students at the Ross Commencement on May 1, 2015 in Ann Arbor. He will also share his views on the power of positive business, and how it creates a social impact on society.

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GV Sanjay Reddy is the Vice Chairman of GVK (www.gvk.com), a conglomerate with interests in Energy, Airports, Transportation, Resources, Real Estate, Hospitality and Life Sciences. He was instrumental in making GVK the largest private airport operator in India, by owning, developing and operating the Mumbai and Bengaluru airports, which handle over 50 million passengers per year. He founded GVK Biosciences, which is one of Asia’s largest contract research organizations employing more than 2000 scientists. He is involved with GVK EMRI 108 service (www.emri.in), which is the world’s largest ambulance service offered free of cost to over 800 million people across India and having saved more than one million lives until date.

“I believe that the purpose of business is not only to make money but also meaning. In every one of GVK’s businesses, we always ensure that there is a significant positive impact on the community where we work,” said GV Sanjay Reddy. “In addition, under the GVK Foundation, which is our not for profit organization, we employ more than 40,000 people running the world’s largest ambulance service, 108 GVK EMRI, which is provided free of cost to more than 800 million people across India.”

Michigan Ross’ mission is to develop leaders who make a positive difference in the world. GV Sanjay Reddy’s message resonates with the school’s future leaders; all of whom participate in action-based projects including the Multidisciplinary Action Projects, the Ross Impact Challenge, and the Social Impact Challenge. Ross has been a leading institution in utilizing business to create not only profits, but purpose. To learn more about Spring Commencement ceremonies and GV Sanjay Reddy, visit michiganross.umich.edu.

About Michigan Ross

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a vibrant and distinctive learning community grounded in the principle that business can be an extraordinary vehicle for positive change in today’s dynamic global economy. The Ross School of Business mission is to develop leaders who make a positive difference in the world. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improves business and society.

Ross is consistently ranked among the world’s leading business schools. Academic degree programs include the BBA, MBA, Part-time MBA (Evening and Weekend formats), Executive MBA, Global MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Supply Chain Management, Master of Management, and PhD. In addition, the school delivers open-enrollment and custom executive education programs targeting general management, leadership development, and strategic human resource management.