Generics drug manufacturer Amneal Pharma has announced that Sreenivasa Rao Behara has joined the pharma firm, as senior director - government relations, for India. The pharma company is headquartered in the US.

He will report to Sanjay Kumar Jain, president Amneal Pharma for India and will be based at Ahmedabad.

Sreenivasa Rao has over 21 years of experience as a strategic communicator. He has served worked with various organizations including BGR Energy Systems Limited, Vedanta Limited and Bharti Airtel. Prior to joining Amneal, he was with Coromandel International Limited.

Sreenivasa Rao is a post-graduate in journalism and mass communication from Andhra University, Vizag. He is also an alumnus of Valiant Business School, UK.