Reddy grew up in India. Born to middle-class parents, her father was a government employee. She finished her Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from
MGM'S College of Engineering, Nanded under
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Maharashtra and stood second. After her graduation, she moved to
Nagpur along with her parents and then briefly worked helping
Yashavant Kanetkar with the programming examples in his books to illustrate key concepts. She then moved to
United States and did her Master's in business administration from
Stanford University and an M.S. in computer engineering from
Syracuse University. Reddy has worked with established companies such as
Silicon Graphics and
Motorola. During her tenure at Silicon Graphics, she was the youngest director of engineering and the only woman at that level in her team. In 2008, Reddy moved back to India and started working with the US-based
Phoenix Technologies. In July 2010, Reddy Joined
Facebook. As the first employee of the company in the country, not only did she start the India operations from scratch but also had to actually open the office shutters on day one. Under her leadership, Facebook India has managed to not only grow its user base but also made significant contribution to its global business through ad sales with major tie-ups like
Coca-Cola India and
Yepme. On 12 February 2016, In her post in Facebook, she wrote: "When my family relocated to India, we knew that we would move back to the US some day. It's a bittersweet moment to share that the return timeframe is coming up in the next 6-12 months. Our two daughters start high school and middle school this coming year— which serves as a natural transition point to make this move back" == Personal life==