Varshney (वार्ष्णेय) is an Indian

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and a community. Alternative names for the group include Barahseni and Bara-Saini. They belong to Bania caste and were traditionally traders and substantial landowners.

Notable people

* Alka Nupur Varshney (born 1957), Kathak dancer and former actress * Ashutosh Varshney (born 1957), American political scientist * Ishwar Das Varshnei (died 1948), called "father of the glass industry" in India *

Rajeev Kumar Varshney Rajeev Kumar Varshney (born 13 July 1973) is an Indian agricultural scientist who focuses on bioinformatics, biotechnology, climate change, computational biology, and genomics. He is a professor at Murdoch University, where he is also associat ...

(born 1973), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics at

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* Umesh Varshney (born 1957), molecular biologist * Y. P. Varshni (born 1932), physicist ;Fictional characters * Anil Varshney in the 2012 novel ''

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''Sanghi, Ashwin. ''The Krishna Key'', chapter 46. Westland Publishers 2012. * Rahul Varshney and Kala Varshney in the 2014 film ''Ugly''

References

{{Reflist Surnames of Indian origin Social groups of Uttar Pradesh