A number of relatives and friends attended the ceremony at the Bansilalpet crematorium.
Family members took Reddy's body from the Rajiv Gandhi International airport to their residence in Padmaraonagar in Secunderabad on Sunday night.
The 23-year-old Soumya was pursuing post-graduate course in electronics engineering at the Southern Illinois Univeristy.
Image: Soumya Reddy's funeral in Secunderabad
Photograph: Snaps India