Anand's father Harshavardhan had formerly been an annual participant in the Inter-state Lecturer's Tournaments. Anand also took a personal interest in badminton, and he started playing with his father. He did his schooling at Veeramachineni Paddayya Siddhartha public school and bachelors in engineering in Mechanical Manufacturing from the Potluri V Prasad Siddhartha Institute of Technology in Vijayawada. Personal life On 17 July 2005, Anand married fellow badminton player Jwala Gutta. They got divorced in 2010. Chetan married Sarada Govardhini Jasti in October 2012 and has two daughters. Career Anand is employed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in India. He was signed as the first Brand Ambassador for promoting Li Ning Sporting goods in India in 2009.He also has a badminton academy in Hyderabad(CABA). Achievements Commonwealth Games South Asian Games BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament IBF/BWF International BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament Record against selected opponents Results are from all international competitions since Chetan Anand made his debut in 2003. The athletes listed are athletes who regularly competed at badminton's major competitions, including those who he faced at the World Championship and Olympic competition. Bao Chunlai 0–1 Chen Hong 0–1 Chen Jin 0–2 Du Pengyu 0–1 Peter Gade 0–2 Kenneth Jonassen 0–4 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 1–0 Joachim Persson 0–3 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 3–0 Carl Baxter 2–0 Aamir Ghaffar 3–2 Rajiv Ouseph 3–0 Andrew Smith 1–3 Marc Zwiebler 1–1 Chan Yan Kit 2–0 Ng Wei 0–1 Arvind Bhat 1–2 Anup Sridhar 2–0 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–3 Simon Santoso 0–1 Sho Sasaki 3–1 Shoji Sato 1–1 Kenichi Tago 0–3 Lee Chong Wei 0–3 Dicky Palyama 2–1 Eric Pang 3–0 Przemyslaw Wacha 2–1 Kendrick Lee Yen Hui 0–1 Lee Hyun-il 0–2 Boonsak Ponsana 0–1 Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 1–1 Nguyen Tien Minh 0–2 References External links Results at the Commonwealth Games 2006 1980 births Living people People from Krishna district Racket sportspeople from Vijayawada Indian male badminton players Indian national badminton champions Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Badminton players at the