Pradip Kumar Varma

Pradip Kumar Varma
Official Photo of Pradip Kumar Varma
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 May 2024
Preceded by	Parimal Nathwani
Constituency	Jharkhand
Personal details
Born	(1972-02-24) 24 February 1972 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sarita Varma
Residence(s)	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Education	B.COM, MBA(HR) M.A. (Hindi), PhD (Hindi)
Website	https://www.pradipvarma.com/

Pradip Kumar Varma (24 February 1972)is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand. Varma serving as the Party State General Secretary BJP Jharkhand unit from 2020 onwards. Erstwhile he served as Party State Vice President BJP Jharkhand in 2016 and Party State minister BJP Jharkhand in 2013.Earlier he served as BJP membership-in-charge, Khijri division of Ranchi.

Varma is also a second-year OTC trained Swayamsevak from (RSS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and also served as a Joint secretary in Seva Bharti (Prantiya toli) at zonal level. From childhood he has a special knack for sports both indoors and outdoors. Varma being the founder and Chief executive Officer of Sarla Birla University (SBU) promoted the sports and activity culture. He is also serving as the chairman of Jharkhand Wushu Association. He is also the chairman of the Jharkhand state chess association. Varma is also chief patron of Chotanagpur Sarna Samiti (constituted in 147 panchayat blocks of Ranchi district). Varma is also a chief patron of Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Samiti Jharkhand Pradesh.

== Early education

Pradip Varma was born on 24 February 1972 in Kolkata capital city of West Bengal into a Hindu Vaishya family but he is ancestral native of tehsil Barwadih in Latehar district of Jharkhand. His ancestors migrated from Latehar district of Jharkhand to Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh in the pursuit of business and livelihood.

Varma started his primary education at Subhas Vidya Mandir Muraripukur Kolkata. Later on for further studies he shifted to Sarvodaya School Muchipara in kolkata. From childhood he was interested in playing chess at the age of 12 and was a state level chess player.

He has done his intermediate in commerce stream in 1988 and undergraduate in commerce, B.Com from Seth Anand Ram Jaipuriya college of Calcutta University in 1991.He passed his executive MBA from Vinayaka Mission, and master’s degree of M.A (Hindi) from the same. Later he has done his completed his doctorate Phd. in Hindi language and literature. Apart from Hindi language, Varma is proficient in English, Awadhi, Bangla, Bhojpuri and Nagpuri.

Academic and social life

Parents of Pradip Kumar Varma

Varma joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the year 1990 and as a devoted swayamsevak explored the length and breadth of the country through working and training in various shakhas. From 2009—2012 he was in (Prantiya Sampark Toli) zonal group. He founded a charitable trust named Swantah Sukhaya for the poor and needy. He set up a think tank, "Public Policy For India People", which works in the domain of policy making awareness and training programs.

Varma in his initial days started working at Mahadevi Birla TB sanctorium as hospital manager. In 2006 he founded Sarala Birla Public School and in 2017 he founded Sarala Birla University at Ranchi. Along with this he also founded Mahadevi Birla Institute of Nursing and Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

The scholarly work by Varma has been on the topic of Ramcharitmanas: "Parivar aur Samaj Prabadhan ke sutra". He has also written articles on freedom fighters like Birsa Munda, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaay and topics of national importance like Hul Andolan, Vande matram, etc. His philanthropic work for society in which he donated the developmental aid for infrastructure and reconstruction includes for Ara Government School Ara gate Ranchi and Anand Garodiya school Rahe, Khunti.

Politics

From his college days he was very active in student politics, his political aspiration drew from Late Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. He also drew inspiration from the teachings of Chankaya Neeti and Vidur Neeti. In 2011 Varma became BJP Pradesh Karyasamiti Sadsaya Pradesh Sah Prashikshan Pramukh. With his growing influence within the state and regional politics he has been given role in different state legislative assemblies elections and general elections. In the year 2013, Varma was the state minister in party cadre in BJP Jharkhand In 2014 General election he worked as election campaign manager in the state. He was given an upgrade to the post of State Vice President BJP Jharkhand in 2016 and his hard work helped the party in upcoming elections with a huge numbers. The BJP and its coalition partner in NDA won 12 out of 14 seats in 2019 general elections. As a result, Varma rose to state prominence and was appointed as the Party's State General Secretary in 2019. Later in 2019 in Jharkhand state legislative assembly election he worked on Dhanbad region where BJP won the seats of Dhanbad, Nirsa, Baghmara and Sindri but lost ground in Jharia and Tundi.

Personal life

His father, the Seth Ram Avatar Prasad, was a businessman and his mother Bhagwanti Devi was a housewife. He married Sarita Varma on 18 January 1993. They have two children, his son Aditya Vikkram Verma and daughter Satakchhi Priya Verma. Aditya Vikkram Verma is a software engineer and entreprenuer and married to Arju Soni of Garhwa while Satakchhi Priya Verma is a practicing lawyer at Jharkhand High court.