Amaravati/New Delhi, June 9: Telugu Desam Party's Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, the NRI doctor who took oath as Union Minister of State in the third PM Narendra Modi government on Sunday, is a first time MP and the richest with declared family assets of more than Rs 5,705 crore. The 48 year old was elected from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur constituency, defeating his nearest rival K. Venkata Rosaiah of the YSR Congress by a huge margin of 3.
44 lakh votes. Born in a humble family in Burripalem village of Guntur district, he studied at Narasaraopet Municipal School till Class 10 standard and did his intermediate in Guntur. Though he studied in a government school in Telugu medium school, with dedication and excellent performance, he secured 27th rank among 60,000 students who appeared for the EAMCET exam in 1993-94.
After attaining the MBBS degree from Osmania Medical College, he went to the United States for further studies. He completed his post graduation studies and internal medicine at Geisinger Medical Centre in Pennsylvania. Later, Chandra Sekhar served as Professor and Physician at Sinai Hospital at Johns Hopkins University for five years.
He completed his medical licensing exam in the United States, and at the time, he faced hardships in getting training and accommodation in the US. To mitigate such hardships for students like him, Chandra Sekhar compiled his training material into a book and made it available to students appearing for the Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)..