With the election fever taking over India, political parties and their candidates often grab headlines over their networth. With phase 1 Lok Sabha Elections 2024 done and dusted, Lok Sabha Elections 2024 candidates are busy submitting their nomination papers and been decalrinbg their assets. Talking about assets, recently, Telugu Desam Party's candidate for the Guntur Lok Sabha seat, Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar declared that he has as asset worth Rs 5,785.28 crore. This made Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar the richest Lok Sabha Elections 2024 candidate so far. Notably, many candidates are yet to declare their networth and therefore, till now, Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar is the richest Lok Sabha 2024 Elections candidate. Now, the question arises who is Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, richest Lok Sabha Election candidate?
Who is Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar?
As per Pemmasani's official website, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani is the M.D and founder and CEO of UWorld. At age 25, he founded USMLEWorld (rebranded as UWorld). As per reports, UWorld is a popular and widely used resource for medical students preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). As per the official website, UWorld has helped millions of students achieve their educational and career dreams. In addition to medical, UWorld now offers products in accounting, finance, graduate school, high school, nursing, and pharmacy, with additional products under development.
Pemmasani Chandrasekhar is said to be an NRI Doctor. His income for the year 2022-23 amounted to Rs 3,68,840, while his wife, Koneru Sriratna, earned Rs 1,47,680 during the same period. Dr. Chandrasekhar possesses movable assets worth Rs 2,316 crore, including fixed deposits, term deposits, and other investments.
Chandrasekhar's wife Koneru Sriratna holds movable assets valued at Rs 2,289 crore. The couple's immovable assets stand at Rs 72,00,24,245 for Dr. Chandrasekhar and Rs 34,82,22,507 for Sriratna. Interestingly, they also carry a significant burden of liabilities, with Dr. Chandrasekhar and his wife owing Rs 519 crore each.
Talking about Dr. Pemmasani Chandrasekhar's educational background,his official website suggests that he is a graduate of Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India. He ranked 27th out of 60,000 students who took the EAMCET medical school entrance examination, one of the most competitive examinations in the country.
He completed his residency in internal medicine at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and obtained the highest percentile scores in most board examinations. During his postgraduate training, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in a national medical knowledge competition for 2 years. He then worked at Johns Hopkins University – Sinai Hospital for about 5 years as an attending physician, teaching residents and medical students.
The Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held simultaneously with the Assembly polls in the state on May 13. Guntur is regarded as a traditional battleground for the TDP and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Dr. Chandrasekhar will face K Venkata Rosaiah of the state's ruling party in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.