Mr. K. Shyam Prasad

Mr. K. Shyam Prasad

Founder/ Managing Director, Vidya Herbs Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. K. Shyam Prasad

A Firm believer in the concept of 2 F’s “Faith in oneself” & “No Fear”

Mr. K. Shyamprasad is the founding member of Vidya Herbs Pvt Ltd. He is a first-generation entrepreneur, who made a humble beginning, starting his career as a chemist in a pharmaceutical company in 1990 and then, quit his job after five years to get into the field of Natural Chemistry. K. Shyamprasad is the Founder, President and Managing Director of M/s Vidya Herbs Pvt Ltd, started in the year 2004. He is a Post Graduate (Gold Medalist) in the field of natural chemistry with an outstanding academic record. Before starting the business, he has worked with Bangalore Pharmaceutical Research Limited in the field of natural chemistry for a period of 6 years. Mr. Shyamprasad did his Masters in natural product chemistry and wanted to apply the knowledge into business, thus began his journey of establishing a trading firm for the buying and selling of botanical extracts.

In the year 2001, he eventually ventured into manufacturing by setting up Vidya Herbs. He started a small manufacturing facility on a 10,000 sq.ft land with a shed. With constant growth, today, Vidya Herbs has become a reputed herbal extraction company in India, employing over 350 people. Under the leadership of Mr. K. Shyamprasad, Vidya Herbs has expanded its presence to developed markets like the USA, Europe, Korea and Japan, propelling the company into the big leagues.

“Things work out best for those who make the best of theway things work out.”

Mr. Shyamprasad started Vidya Herbs more than a decade ago, building the business step-by-step, focusing on ‘Quality First’ to produce herbal extracts and value-added products. Today, it is considered as a preferred company by the customers. Mr. K. Shyamprasad has invested a lot of his time, energy and money in the field of manufacturing of herbal extracts, food products, ayurvedic medicinal products, etc., due to which his products have gained significant acceptance in the International Markets. Our company established its position in the field of manufacture and supply of herbal extracts. Besides manufacturing herbal extracts, Vidya Herbs give top priority towards safety, traceability, efficacy and innovation.

His idea and thoughts about business development are high and have a lot of creative ideas to grow the business in different sectors like Manufacturing, Food Industry, Service Sector, etc. Aditionally, his interest in MAKE IN INDIA led him to improve the performance in the work environment by emphasizing and supporting a climate of autonomy, stretch, and team-work. The company aims to increase their capacity thoughtfully and strategically, aiming to have an impact commensurate with their ambitions, and ensuring that they maintain and upgrade the quality of people and experience. Mr. Shyamprasad is determined to contribute to the communities in which they operate and aim to build long-term relationships with local groups and farmers.