# Pradip Kumar Varma

Pradip Kumar Varma (24 February 1972) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand. He is currently the Party State General Secretary BJP Jharkhand since May 2020.Erstwhile he served as the State Vice President in BJP Jharkhand in 2016 and the State Secretary in BJP Jharkhand in 2013. Earlier he also served as co-convener of Tranning cell BJP Jharkhand. He has been elected by Rajya Sabha as member of the institute Body of AIIMS Deoghar since December 2024. He has also been a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology since October 2024 and a member of the Committee on Coal, Mines and Steel since September 2024.
Varma founded Sarala Birla Public School (SBPS), Sarala Birla University (SBU), a nursing college (MBINCT), and several other educational and welfare projects. Varma is a second-year OTC-trained Swayamsevak from (RSS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and also served as a Joint Secretary in Seva Bharti in Prantiya toli. He is also the chief patron of Chotanagpur Sarna Samiti (constituted in 147 panchayat blocks of Ranchi district). He is also the chief patron of Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Samiti Jharkhand.

## Early education

Varma was born on 24 February 1972 in Kolkata into a Hindu Swarnakar Vaishya family. But his native root belongs to Barwadih tehsil in present day Latehar district of Jharkhand. Varma started his primary education at Subhas Vidya Mandir Muraripukur Kolkata. For further studies he later shifted to Sarvodaya School Muchipara in Kolkata.
From childhood he was interested in playing chess and was a state-level chess player. Since childhood he has played both indoor and outdoor sports. Varma, being the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sarala Birla University (SBU), promoted the sports and activity culture. He is the chairman of Jharkhand state chess Association and also the chairman of the Jharkhand Wushu association.
He did 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 completed his doctorate Phd. in Hindi language and literature. Apart from Hindi, Varma is proficient in English, Awadhi, Bangla, Bhojpuri and Nagpuri.

## Academic and social life

Varma joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 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 a part of Prantiya Sampark Toli. He founded a charitable trust named Swantah Sukhayah for the poor and needy. He set up a think tank, "Public Policy For Indian 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 a 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 done 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 Upadhyaya and topics of national importance such as Hul Andolan and Vande Mataram. 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.

## Political life

From his college days he was active in student politics, his political aspiration drew from the late Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. He also drew inspiration from the teachings of Chankaya Neeti and Vidur Neeti. In 2011 Varma became BJP Pradesh Karyasamiti Sadasya 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 2013, Varma was the state minister in party cadre in BJP Jharkhand. In the 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 helped the party win in upcoming state elections. The BJP and its coalition partner in NDA won 12 out of 14 seats in 2019 general elections in Jharkhand. 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, Seth Ram Autar Prasad, was an employee at Birla Group and his mother Bhagwanti Devi was a housewife. He married Sarita Varma on 18 February 1993. They have a son Aditya Vikkram Verma and a daughter, Satakchhi Priya Verma. Aditya Vikkram Verma is a software engineer and entrepreneur and is married to Arju Soni from Garhwa. While Satakchhi Priya Verma is a practicing lawyer at Jharkhand High court and is married to Akash Ajit Kumar from Ranchi who is Senior Advocate at Jharkhand High Court.