Dr. Raj Reddy is an outstanding person and is the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He initially worked as an Assistant Professor at Stanford in 1966 and later on joined the Carnegie Mellon as an Associate Professor of Computer Science in 1969 and became a Full Professor in 1973.

He then became University Professor in 1984 and was named as the Simon University Professor in 1992 and is the Director of Carnegie Mellon West. Raj Reddy was the founding Director of Robotics Institute from 1979 to 1991 and was the Dean of School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University from 1991 to 1999.

Dr. Raj Reddy's research interests include the study of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. His current research projects include spoken language systems; invisible computing, gigabit networks; universal digital libraries; and distance learning on demand.

Raj Reddy is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was president of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence from 1987 to 1989. To his credit Dr. Reddy was awarded the Legion of Honor by President Mitterand of France in 1984 and the ACM Turing Award in 1994. He is a member and co-chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC).

Not only Dr. Reddy received awards and recognition abroad India but also he was conferred with Padma Bhushan Award for outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and information technology. The award was given by the then President of India K.R Narayanan, it is one of the prestigious awards in India.