D. Bap Reddy

Reddy was among the earliest Indian Reddys to come to United States of America and arrived in September 1946. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley,[2] United States in 1950. He was elected as President of the association for the Indian students studying at the University of California, Berkeley. This association was called Hindustan Students Association and was headquartered at the International House. He was also a Member of the Student Advisory Council of the International House.[3][4]

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the primary worldwide non-governmental organization responsible for food and agricultural issues. Reddy served as the Deputy Regional Representative[5] of Asia and Pacific, for the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, Phra Athit Road, Bangkok[6] from 1978 to 1982 with rank of Director. He was appointed as the Deputy Regional Representative by the Director-General[1]. In FAO appointment for posts ranked Director and above is the prerogative of the Director-General[1]. As FAO Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and Pacific, he had administrative and budgetary responsibilities for the FAO Regional Office of Asia and Pacific which has 46 Member countries, he was Secretary of 5 FAO Regional Conferences for Asia and Pacific from 1974 to 1982 in Tokyo, Manila, Kaula Lampur, New Delhi and Jakarta[7]. He served as Acting Regional Representative[8], for the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, Phra Athit Road, Bangkok[6] in 1980, Maliwan Mansion was built in 1917 as the palace of Prince Nares, son of King Rama IV and was designed by the Italian architect Ercole Manfredi[9]. As Acting Regional Representative he acted in a position whose Diplomatic rank is equivalent to National Deputy Minister[10][11] and privileges and immunities same as UN Agencies' heads, complete immunities similar to the immunities enjoyed by diplomatic agents under International law[12][13][14] the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of Specialized Agencies had been signed by 91 nations[15][12]. Secretariat members within the UN system enjoy Diplomatic rank if their posts are ranked P-5 or higher[16]. He served as FAO Representative[17] in Indonesia for the FAO Office in Indonesia, Menara Thamrin, Jalan M.H. Thamrin, Jakarta[18] from 1982 to 1986 with rank of Director. He was appointed as the FAO Representative by the Director-General[1]. As FAO Representative in Indonesia, he represented FAO and its programmes, policies and strategies, advised FAO on policy matters with special reference to Indonesia and advised and assisted the government in planning, programming and strategies in Food and Agriculture[7]. With rank of Director in FAO he had Diplomatic rank at roughly Executive Level 5 of the organizational structure of National Ministry of Agriculture[16], he had Diplomatic rank equivalent to Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture in Thailand. He had privileges and immunities in the section 19, 27 and 28 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of Specialized Agencies for 10 years, the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of Specialized Agencies had been signed by 91 nations[15], in Thailand in addition he had for 15 years following privileges and immunities, according to the, Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the FAO regarding the Far East Regional Office of the FAO: "immunity from personal arrest or detention" and "immunity from legal process of any kind with respect to words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity, such immunity to continue notwithstanding the fact that the persons concerned might have ceased to be officers of FAO". He served as ad interim FAO Representative in Nepal in 1987 with privileges and immunities same as UN Agencies' heads similar to diplomatic agents[12][13]. For the FAO, he assisted the governments in formulating 50 country level and 19 regional level programmes and projects, about 19 countries benefited.

During his service he met dignitaries, leaders and heads of government of several countries. He met Japan: Prime Minister E. Nishimura, Indonesia: President Soeharto, Nepal: Prime Minister Kirtinidhi Bista, India: President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, India: Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, Philippines : President Ferdinand Marcos, Thailand: Prime Minister General Kriangsak, Thailand: Prime Minister General Prem Tinsulanand, Fiji: Prime Minister Ratu kamisese Mara, Bangladesh: President Sheik Mujibur Rahaman. He met the King and Queen of Thailand, and the Royal Family. He received blessings from Somdej Phra, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. He visited 56 countries during studies and service. He visited Egypt, Kenya, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan (East & West), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam (South), Vietnam (North), Belgium, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Iran, Israel, Canada, USA, Fiji.

Prior to serving with the FAO, he was an active researcher with more than 200 papers and articles to his credit. He was directly involved in the establishment of the plant protection counters at Indian ports of entry, a vital element in protecting India's food supply. In 1964 he was appointed by the Government of India to a Ministerial level Committee on the Harmful Effects of Pesticides. The Committee was headed by M.S Thacker, a Member of the Planning Commission. Apart from making many useful recommendations, the Committee advocated the introduction of National Pesticide Legislation. He served as the Deputy Agriculture Commissioner, for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi from 1964 to 1965.

• "The Plant Protection Agreement for Asia and Pacific Region is an intergovernmental treaty and administered by the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission. The Commission consists of representatives of all member countries and elects among them a Chairperson who serves for a period of two years. The Director-General of FAO appoints and provides the secretariat that coordinates, organizes and follows up the work of the Commission"[19]. Reddy served as Executive Secretary[20] for the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission, for the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, Phra Athit Road, Bangkok[6] from February 1967 to November 1979. During the Eleventh Session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission, which has a membership of 24 countries, the member nations paid a tribute to his contributions: "Dr. Reddy has been a driving force in plant protection throughout the Region. For extended periods he has carried out extensively and efficiently a wide range of activities, with little permanent assistance. In so as this Committee is concerned he has effectively organized six of the biennial meetings of the Committee as well as numerous projects on plant protection in the Region have received his continuing attention. Members of the Committee join in thanking Dr. Reddy for being the enthusiast who placed Plant Protection in South East Asia and the Pacific Region in a position where it is now receiving due consideration".
• Award presented by the Government of Republic of Korea.
• In his honor, the Plant Protection Association of India has instituted a national award, the Dr. D. Bap Reddy National Award for Integrated Pest Management, which is awarded once in two years to entomologists.[21][22]
• Invited by the Royal Society of London to deliver a Special Lecture on Food Production (1965).
• Plant Protection News, Philippines published a Profile in recognition of Contributions (1975).

Reddy was married to D. Vidyavathi Devi. His younger son Vijay Reddy did B.S, M.S, PhD in electrical engineering with Honors from Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.[23]