Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy was born on July 1, 1924, in Pallaprolu, India. He received his B.A. from the University of Madras in 1943 and a M.A. from New York University in 1948. Reddy joined the United Nations Secretariat as a political affairs officer in 1949. From 1936 to 1965, Reddy was the principal secretary for the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid. He served as chief of the Section for African Questions from 1965 to 1976. In 1976 Reddy was appointed the director of the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, a position he held until 1983. During this time he also served as director of the U.N. Trust Fund for South Africa and the U. N. Educational and Training Program for Southern Africa. Reddy was the assistant secretary-general of the United Nations from 1983 until his retirement in 1985.
From the guide to the E. S. Reddy papers, 1913-2008, 1963-2001, (Manuscripts and Archives)
