Pavan K Varma was born on 5 November 1953 and is an Indian diplomat, politician, and author who served as an ambassador to Bhutan and Cyprus.
14 Facts About Pavan Varma
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Pavan Varma earned a degree in history from St Stephen's College, Delhi and a degree in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
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Pavan Varma was the national general secretary and national spokesman of the Janata Dal JD party.
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Pavan Varma joined the Trinamool Congress on 23 November 2021 and was appointed the national vice-president of the party on 19 December 2021.
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Pavan Varma has written over a dozen best selling, books including Krishna: The Playful Divine on India's most popular deity, a biography of the Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, Ghalib: The Man, The Times, and the Havelis of Old Delhi.
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Pavan Varma has translated the poetry of Kaifi Azmi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Gulzar, all published by Penguin.
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Pavan Varma's book, Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity was launched in February 2010 and deals with issues of culture and identity for postcolonial societies.
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Pavan Varma's columns appear regularly in The Times of India, The Asian Age and several other publications.
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Pavan Varma was conferred an Honorary Doctoral Degree for his contribution to the fields of diplomacy, literature, culture, and aesthetics by the University of Indianapolis in 2005.
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Mr Pavan Varma was awarded by His Majesty the King of Bhutan, the Druk Thuksey Award, Bhutan's highest civilian award.
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Pavan Varma is the only serving Indian Ambassador in Bhutan to have received this award.
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Mr Pavan Varma has received the Lifetime Achievement Award by his school, St Xavier's Delhi, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by St Stephen's College.
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Pavan Varma has been awarded the Kalinga International Literary Award for 2019.
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Pavan Varma's 2004 Being Indian was published by William Heinemann, in the United Kingdom, as Being Indian: Inside the Real India in March 2005.