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Pradip Kumar Varma | |
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| Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 11 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sameer Oraon |
| Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 June 2009 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Rajya Sabha Chairperson | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Deputy Leader | Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia |
| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
| In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Succeeded by | H. R. Bhardwaj |
| In office 23 July 2000 – 1 July 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ram Jethmalani |
| Succeeded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 29 January 2003 – 22 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Arun Shourie |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Nath |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 2000 – 24 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Naresh Agrawal |
| Succeeded by | Sudhanshu Trivedi |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1952 Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Sangeeta Jaitley
(m. 1982–2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi (B.Com) Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B) |
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Pradip Varma (24 February 1972) is an Indian politician and academician and a Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand from Bharatiya Janata Party. Varma serving as the State General Secretary BJP Jharkhand unit from 2020 onwards. Erstwhile he served as State Vice President BJP Jharkhand in 2016 and state minister BJP Jharkhand in 2013.Earlier he served as BJP membership-in-charge, Khijri division of Ranchi.
Varma was the BJP's election in-charge for India's tribal state of Jharkhand, during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its Coalition partner NDA won 12 out of 14 seats. As a result, Varma rose to state prominence and was appointed as the Party's State General Secretary in 2019. He has played an organising and membership-promotional role in the elections of many states since 2019. In his initial two years, the BJP achieved success in state legislative assembly in Jharkhand where it won the Dhanbad, Nirsa, Baghmara and Sindri but lost ground in Jharia and tundi in 2019.
Varma is also a 2nd 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 now serving as the chairman of Jharkhand Wushu Association (which is the most medal winning association of Jharkhand). 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 Mahasammelan Jharkhand Pradesh.
EARLY EDUCATION
Pradip Varma was born on 24th 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.Varma also played cricket for the team Mohan Bagan at the age of 15.
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 a polyglot person having full proficiency of English, Awadhi, Bangla ,Bhojpuri and,Nagpuri languages of Jharkhand namely .
ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE
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 sakhas. The way of life , discipline and culture he learnt there imparted into his public life and social work. From the year ( 2009 -12) he was in (Prantiya Sampark Toli) zonal group .He founded up a charitable trust named Swantah Sukhaya for poor and needy person. He set up think tank named “Public Policy For India People” which works in the domain of policy making awareness and training program. Varma is also chairman of Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Bachacht Avam Sakh Swawlambi Samiti Limited.
Varma in his intial days started working at Mahadevi Birla TB santorium as hospital manager. In 2006 he opened Sarla Birla Public School and in 2017 he founded Sarla Birla University at Birla knowledge City ,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 blog on the several biographies 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 poor section of society in which he donated the developmental aid for infrastructure and reconstruction includes 1. Ara Government School Ara gate Ranchi 2. Anand Garodiya school Rahe , khunti
ENTRY INTO POLITICAL LIFE
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. The nationalist sentiment led by him in this campaign landed him an opportunity to be BJP Prathmik Sadasya, Khijri Mandal in 1992. Later in 1994 BJP Sakriya Sadasaya , Khijri Mandal and finally he became BJP Sadasyata Prabhari Khijri Mandal in 1997.
In 2011 BJP Pradesh Karyasamiti Sadsaya Pradesh -Sah Prashikshan Pramukh . With his growing influence among the Jharkhand and reigonal politics he has been given role in many state legislative assemblies and general elections. In the year 2013, Varma was the state minister in party cadre in BJP Jharkhand ,Meanwhile in the elections of Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh in 2013 he was given opportunity to be there as election in-charge for state election out of which BJP. In 2014 in the general election he was election campaign manager and party won 12 out of 14 seats. Next year in 2015 Bihar elections in which party lost miserably which led to some changes in organisation he was given an upgrade to the post of State Vice President BJP Jharkhand in 2016 and his hardwork helped the party in upcoming Assam elections with a huge numbers.
Varma was the BJP's election in-charge for Jharkhand, during the 2019 loksabha elections. The BJP and its Coalition partner in NDA won 12 out of 14 seats. As a result, Varma rose to state prominence and was appointed as the Party's State General Secretary in 2019. He has played an organising and membership-promotional role in the elections of many states since 2019. In his initial two years, the BJP achieved success in state legislative assembly in Jharkhand where it won the Dhanbad , Nirsa , Baghmara and Sindri but lost ground in Jharia and tundi in 2019.
PERSONAL LIFE
His father Late Seth Ram Avatar Prasad was a businessman and mother Bhagwanti Devi a housewife . Later he married Sarita Varma on 18th January 1993. They have two children namely 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.