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| name               = Ramesh Chandra

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| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1939}}

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| nationality        = [[India]]n

| education          = [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]<br />[[University of Southampton]]<ref name="Forbes Billionaires 2010">

| known_for         = Founder of [[Unitech Group|Unitech]]

| networth           = {{down}} [[United States dollar|$]] 695 Million (Forbes 2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ramesh-chandra/|title=Ramesh Chandra|website=Forbes}}</ref>

| criminal_status    = Jailed in 2016 for [[Cheating]] <small> Arrested by [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]

| spouse             = Dr.Pushpa Chandra

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'''Ramesh Chandra''' (born 1939) is the founder [[India]]n [[Real estate]] company [[Unitech Group|Unitech]].

After completing a short stint at the Bridge and Roof Company in [[Kolkata]] post his graduation, he left to major in Structural Engineering at the [[University of Southampton]] in England. However, along with four of his friends, he started the United Technical Consultant Private Ltd., primarily a soil investigation company, in Delhi.<ref name=tycoon/> He used to have net worth over $11 billion at his peak in 2007, but fell into trouble after it got embroiled in a telecom corruption scandal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ramesh Chandra|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ramesh-chandra/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

He moved into real estate and civil engineering in 1985 to build [[middle-class]] homes and completed many prestigious projects in Gurgaon, UP, and Libya, among other middle-eastern countries. His publicly traded company, the [[Unitech Group]]  The company is now largely under the management of two sons — Ajay Chandra and [[Sanjay Chandra]] with latter being in charge of [[Unitech Wireless]]. In 2011, Sanjay Chandra was implicated in the [[2G spectrum case]] and was arrested by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]].<ref name=BW>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-06-09/indias-powerful-cant-escape-jail|title=India's Powerful Can't Escape Jail|first=Mehul Srivastava MehulAtLarge|last=Reprints|publisher=}}</ref> Ramesh Chandra was jailed on 11 January 2016 on charges of cheating.<ref name=FE>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/unitech-top-bosses-ramesh-chandra-sanjay-chandra-ajay-chandra-minoti-bahriwalk-out-of-jail-after-spending-a-night/192892/|title=Unitech top bosses Ramesh Chandra, Sanjay Chandra, Ajay Chandra, Minoti Bahri walk out of jail after spending a night – The Financial Express|date=12 January 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

He is married to Pushpa Chandra, and has two children — Ajay Chandra and [[Sanjay Chandra]].