Verma, Verma are

surnames In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several giv ...

found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region. The surname is used in North India by and some of the groups among cluster of castes called

Kayastha Kayastha (or Kayasth) denotes a cluster of disparate Indian communities broadly categorised by the regions of the Indian subcontinent in which they were traditionally locatedthe Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas of North India, the Chandraseniya Ka ...

s. However, in the same region along with Central India, it mostly be found among castes like Rajput,

Kurmi Kurmi is traditionally a non-elite tiller caste in the lower Gangetic plain of India, especially southern regions of Awadh, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The Kurmis came to be known for their exceptional work ethic, ...

Jats The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in ...

and Koeris.

Indian traditional usage

According to Ayodhya Prasad Sah, the title was also used by some

Brahmins Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

in parts of

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, although it is recommended historically for the

Kshatriya Kshatriya () (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...

Notable people

Notable people with the surname "Varma" or its variants include:

Burman

* Anand Ashok Chand Burman, Indian billionaire businessman * Sidharth Burman, Indian businessman * Saket Burman, British billionaire *

Mohit Burman Mohit Burman is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Dabur, an Ayurvedic and FMCG company. A fifth-generation scion of the Burman family, he also led the family's acquisition of a majority stake in dry cell battery maker Eveready Indu ...

, Indian businessman *

Megha Burman Megha Burman is an Indian actress working in Hindi and Tamil film industry. Career She played the role of Razia in Sohan Roy's ''Dam'', which may have been based on the Mullaperiyar Dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The DMK party chie ...

, Indian actress *

Jayasri Burman Jayasri Burman (born October 21, 1960, in Kolkata) is a contemporary painter and sculptor from India. She is based in New Delhi, India. She studied at the Kala Bhavan in Shantiniketan from 1977 to 1979, and at the Government College of Art and ...

, Indian contemporary artist

Dev Burman

* Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman, from the Tripura royal family; Indian Sitarist and Dhrupad singer *

Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman (; 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman ...

, Indian music composer and singer, son of Sachin Dev Burman *

Sachin Dev Burman Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 – 31 October 1975) was an Indian music director and singer. He was a member of the Tripura royal family, but his father was excluded from the throne. He started his career with Bengali films in 1937. He late ...

, Indian music composer and singer belonged to the Tripura royal family *

Somdev Devvarman Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is known for being one of the few collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship, NCAA, ...

, Indian tennis star * Meera Dev Burman, Indian film lyricist and musician

Varma

* Amshu Varma, Nepalese Lichchhavi King *

Aneesh Varma Aneesh Varma is a British-American inventor and known as a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as the founder of Aire - a fintech company that pioneered the safe usage of machine learning in credit scoring and underwriting. H ...

, British-American Entrepreneur of Indian origin *

Indira Varma Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series ''R ...

, British actress of Indian origin *

Jagannatha Varma K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film d ...

, Indian(Malayalam) actor From Kerala *

Mahadevi Varma Mahadevi Varma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, short story writer, and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars of the '' Chhayawadi'' era in ...

, Indian(Hindi) poet from Uttar Pradesh *

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 191? – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new ...

, Founder of Transcendental Meditation (birth surname) *

Maipady Venkatesh Varma Raja Maipady Venkatesh Varma Raja officially ''Ramantharasugal'' - XI, and popularly known as the Raja of Maipady and he was the last Monarch of the Principality of ''Kumble Seeme'' which roughly comprised the area of present Kasaragod taluk of Kasa ...

, Erstwhile Raja of Kumbla, now part of Kerala *

Manasi Varma Manasi Varma is an Indian television actress. She made her debut with the role of Monalika in ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' on Star Plus. Varma also did a music video for DJ Aqueel called 'Main Hoon Don' with Jackie Shroff. In 2006, Varma anchored ...

Indian television actress *

Marthanda Varma Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma (Malayalam: ; 1706 – 7 July 1758) was the founding monarch of the southern Indian Kingdom of Travancore (previously Venadu) from 1729 until his death in 1758. He was succeeded by Rama Varma ("Dharma Raja") ...

, Founder of the Kingdom of Travancore, now part of Kerala *

Prakash Varma Prakash Varma is an Indian filmmaker who is known for directing and producing advertisement campaigns. He has directed commercials for Vodafone featuring the ZooZoos, Incredible India, Cadbury and the Indian Railways. Varma is the co-founder of ...

, Indian filmmaker from Kerala *

Prince Rama Varma Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma (born 13 August 1968), known colloquially as Prince Rama Varma, is an Indian classical musician and a member of the erstwhile Royal Family of Travancore. He is a Carnatic vocalist as well as an exponent of the Sara ...

, Indian classical musician From Kerala *

Raja Ravi Varma Raja Ravi Varma () (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable f ...

, Indian painter, From Kerala *

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu films.** * * Varma has dir ...

, Indian(Bollywood) filmmaker from Andhra Pradesh *

Rama Varma IX Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda'' ...

, Maharaja of Kingdom of Cochin, now part of Kerala *

Ravi Varma (East Godavari actor) Ravi Varma (born 29 September 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Known for playing supporting roles, he debuted as an actor with ''Vennela'' (2005), directed by Deva Katta. Early life and career Varma was born in East God ...

, Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh *

Samyuktha Varma Samyuktha Varma (born 28 November 1979) is a former Indian actress who was active in Malayalam films from 1999 to 2002. She made her debut in 1999 as female lead in the movie '' Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'' for which she won her first Keral ...

, Indian(Malayalam) actress from Kerala *

Shabareesh Varma Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, playback singer and actor who works in Malayalam films. Personal life Varma was born to P. K Nandan Varma and Sulekha Varma in North Paravur, Ernakulam. After completing his graduation from MES College ...

, Indian(Malayalam) lyricist, Singer from Kerala *

Shreekumar Varma Shreekumar Varma is an Indian author, playwright, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels ''Lament of Mohini'' (Penguin, 2000), ''Maria's Room'' (HarperCollins, 2010) and ''Kipling's Daughter'' (AngloInk, 2018), the children's books, ' ...

, Indian writer from Kerala *

Shyamji Krishna Varma Shyamji Krishna Varma (1 October 1857 – 30 March 1930) was an Indian revolutionary fighter, an Indian patriot, lawyer and journalist who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and '' The Indian Sociologist'' in London. A graduate ...

, Indian revolutionary fighter, lawyer and journalist from Gujarat *

Vayalar Ramavarma Vayalar Ramavarma (25 March 1928 – 27 October 1975), also known as Rama Varma Vayalar and simply Vayalar, and was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam literature, Malayalam language. He was known for his poems, including ''Sargasangeetham ...

(1928–1975), Indian (Malayalam) poet and songwriter from Kerala

Varman

Varman dynasty The Varman dynasty (350–650) was the first historical dynasty of the Kamarupa kingdom. It was established by Pushyavarman, a contemporary of Samudragupta. The earlier Varmans were subordinates of the Gupta Empire, but as the power of the Gup ...

(4–7 c.), a dynasty of Kamarupa, including a list of rulers *

Suryavarman II Suryavarman II (, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ), posthumously named Paramavishnuloka, was the ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1113 until his death in 1150. He is most famously known as the builder of Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple in the world, which ...

, Great King of the Khmer Empire and builder of Angkor Wat

Verma

Abhay Verma Abhay Verma (born 27 July 1998) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He first gained recognition for his supporting role on the second season of the thriller series '' The Family Man'' (2021), and had his first lead role in the indepe ...

(born 1998), Indian actor * Abhishek Verma (archer) (born 1989), Indian archer *

Abhishek Verma (arms dealer) Abhishek Verma (born 23 February 1968) is an Indian arms dealer and politician. He was arraigned as the main suspect in the Scorpene deal scam, Scorpene Submarines deal scandal, however the Delhi High Court in 13 January 2016 dismissed the prob ...

(born 1968), Indian businessman *

Agys Ramsaran Verma Agys Ramsaran Verma is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He represented the Bisalpur (Assembly constituency), Bisalpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh * Ajit Ram Verma, Indian physicist * Alka Verma, Indian actress on the television show ''C.I.D.'' *

Aman Verma Aman Verma may refer to: * Aman Verma (actor) (born 1961), Indian television anchor and actor * Aman Verma (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer * Aman Verma, fictional character portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 1999 Indian film ''Sanghar ...

, Indian actor and television host *

Aman Verma (footballer) Aman Kumar Verma (born 3 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Anstey Nomads, where he plays as a midfielder. Playing career Leicester City Born in Leicester, Leicestershire, Verma started his career at Leicester City in their y ...

Amit Verma (cricketer) Amit Verma (born 30 August 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-hander batsman and leg-break bowler. Verma made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Delhi in 2007–08 Ranji Trophy. Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he trans ...

Anil Kumar Verma Anil Kumar Verma is an Indian politician of the Samajwadi Party. He is a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly The Eighteenth Uttar Pradesh Assembly (Eighteenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) is formed by the members elected in the 202 ...

, Indian politician * Anshul Verma, Indian politician and member of the 16th Lok Sabha * Anurag Verma, New Zealand cricketer *

Aru Krishansh Verma Aru K Verma, aka Aru Verma is an Indian actor. Early life Born in Lucknow, Aru K. Verma as a child, moved all over north India with his family, among cities like Lucknow, Ambala, Karnal and Dehradun, where he completed parts of his education, ...

, Indian film actor *

Arun Verma Arun Verma (born 12 June 1986) is an Indian musical artist, politician and actor also he is the member of the Samajwadi Party. He was previously MLA of Sadar constituency of Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was India's second youngest MLA (at the a ...

, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Atul Verma (born 1997), Indian archer *

Baboo Lal Verma Baboo Lal Verma as an Indian politician. He is a Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs in Government of Rajasthan and Member of Legislative Assembly, MLA in Keshoraipatan constituency Bundi district from Rajasthan. Referenc ...

, Indian politician and state minister of the Government of Rajasthan *

Beni Prasad Verma Beni Prasad Verma (11 February 1941 – 27 March 2020) was an Indian politician and a founding member of the Samajwadi Party. A prominent member of the Samajwadi Party, he later joined Indian National Congress and was elected on its ticket to L ...

, Indian politician and former Minister of Steel *

Bhagwati Charan Verma Bhagwati Charan Verma (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981) was a Hindi author. He wrote many novels, his best work was '' Chitralekha'' (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films in 1941 and 1964 respectively. He was awarded Sa ...

, 20th-century Hindi writer and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award *

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (born 15 July 1957) is an Indian politician and former Minister of State in Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Government of India. He stood for the 1996 Lok Sabha elections as BJP candidate and is Form ...

, Indian politician who entered the Parliament of India in 2014 *

Bindeshwari Prasad Verma Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma also known as Binda Babu, was a politician from Bihar state of India who led Bihar Legislative Assembly as a first Speaker in independent India from 1946 to 1962. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award Pad ...

, Indian politician and first Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly *

Chandradeo Prasad Verma Chandradeo Prasad Verma (21 January 1921– 30 April 2005) was a politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India from the Arrah, Bihar in 1977, 1980 and 1996. He was the Union Minister of State for Rural ...

, Indian politician and three time member of the Lok Sabha *

Chotelal Verma Chhotelal Verma is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly and also Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represents the Fatehabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiy ...

, Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *

Daya-Nand Verma Daya-Nand Verma (25 June 1933, Varanasi – 10 June 2012, Mumbai) was a mathematician at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research during the period 1968-1993. The construction of Verma modules appears in his Ph.D. thesis as a student of Nathan ...

, Indian mathematician after whom

Verma module Verma modules, named after Daya-Nand Verma, are objects in the representation theory of Lie algebras, a branch of mathematics. Verma modules can be used in the classification of irreducible representations of a complex semisimple Lie algebra. Sp ...

s are named *

Deepak Verma Deepak Verma MBE (born 11 February 1969) is a British actor, writer and television/film producer of Indian Punjabi descent and Hindu heritage. His role as market-stall trader Sanjay Kapoor in long-running BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' brou ...

, British actor, writer and producer *

Deven Verma Deven Verma (23 October 1937 – 2 December 2014) was an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with Bollywood directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He also produced and directed fi ...

, Indian actor * Dhirendra Verma, 20th-century Indian poet and linguist *

Gajendra Verma Gajendra Verma (born April 20, 1990) is an Indian singer, songwriter, music composer, and sound engineer, known for his contributions to the Indian pop music industry. His debut single, "Emptiness (Tune Mere Jaana)," gained attention in 2010-11 ...

, Indian composer and playback singer * H. C. Verma, Indian experimental nuclear physicist *

H. L. Verma H. L. Verma is an Indian educational administrator. He is presently serving as Vice-Chancellor of Baba Mastnath University since April 2024. Career He is having academic experience of five decades worked in various educational institutions in ...

, business science academic and administrator *

Harish Verma Harish Verma is an Indian actor and singer associated with Punjabi-language films and music. He made his debut in the 2010 film ''Panjaban'', and gained wide attention with '' Yaar Annmulle'' (2011). He made his singing debut with the track ' ...

(born 1982), Indian actor *

Hemraj Verma Hemraj Verma is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represented the Barkhera constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janta party political party. Early life ...

, Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh * Hikmat Singh Verma, Fiji Indian politician and former member of the House of Representatives of Fiji *

Inder Verma Inder Mohan Verma (born 28 November 1947) is an Indian American molecular biologist, the former Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of Califo ...

, molecular biologist * J. S. Verma, Chief Justice of India *

Jai Verma Jai Verma is an Indian-born Hindi writer, educationalist, poet, and advocate of Hindi language and culture. Early life Jai Verma was born in Jiwana, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, March 1950, the eldest of five children. After her primary educ ...

, Indian Hindi writer *

Jai Prakash Verma Jai Prakash Verma was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Gandey Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); he rejoined the BJP in 15 September 2024. He was a member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in 20 ...

, Indian politician *

Jhunnilal Verma Jhunnilal Verma (also Jhunni Lal Verma or J. L. Verma) was an Indian lawyer and politician from Madhya Pradesh. He was freedom fighter from Bundelkhand Damoh region. In December 1933, Verma was elected unopposed to the Legislative Council of th ...

, Indian lawyer and politician * K. C. Verma, former director of RAW – India's foreign intelligence agency * Kamla Verma, Indian politician and a former cabinet minister *

Kaushal Kumar Verma Kaushal Kumar Verma (born 7 March 1971) is an Indian mathematician who specializes in complex analysis. He earned a B.Tech degree in engineering physics from IIT Bombay in 1992. He then obtained a PhD in mathematics from Indiana University Blo ...

(born 1971), Indian mathematician *

Kimi Verma Kimi Verma (born 20 November 1977) is an Indian-American actress and fashion designer who predominantly works in Punjabi language, Punjabi films. Early life Kimi was born in Punjab, India, Punjab on November 20, 1977, then later moved to the cit ...

, Indian actress and fashion designer *

Lalji Verma Lalji Verma (born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party and former member of the Legislative Assembly. He represented Katehari Assembly constituency in 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. In the 2024 Indian general election ...

, Indian politician and currently member of 18th Lok Sabha *

Mahendra K. Verma Mahendra Kumar Verma (born 27 May 1966) is an Indian physicist and professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur who works on fluid dynamics, turbulence, and nonlinear dynamics. Verma earned his bachelor's degree in computer science fro ...

, Indian physicist working in magnetohydrodynamics *

Mahesh Verma Mahesh Verma is an Indian prosthodontist and the former Director and Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Currently, he is the Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The Government of India awarded hi ...

, Indian prosthodontist *

Manas Bihari Verma Manas Bihari Verma (29 July 1943 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian Aeronautics, aeronautical scientist instrumental in the development of the light combat aircraft, HAL Tejas, Tejas. In 2018, he was conferred the Padma Shri civilian honour by the P ...

, Indian aeronautical scientist *

Manikya Lal Verma Manikya Lal Verma (Born on 4 December 1897 in a Mathur kayastha family) was a member of Constituent Assembly of India in 1949. He was the second prime minister of Rajasthan, after Gokul Lal Asava. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1957 from ...

, Indian politician and member of the Constituent Assembly of India *

Mayur Verma Mayur Verma (born 6 October 1991) is an Indian television actor known for playing Bunny in ''Jeannie Aur Juju''. He worked serials such as ''Janbaaz Sindbad'' as a Pathan and '' Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur'' as Kartik Malhotra. He partic ...

(born 1991), Indian television actor *

Mihika Verma Mihika Kapai (née Varma; born 3 January 1985), born and known professionally as Mihika Varma is an Indian former television actress and model. She won the Miss India International title in 2004 and represented India in the Miss Internationa ...

(born 1986), Indian television actress and former model *

Motilal Verma Motilal Verma (1906–1993) was an Indian political figure who fought against British Colonialism in India and is known for contributing to India's fight for freedom. Personal life Motilal Verma was born into a wealthy family in 1906 in the ...

, activist in the Indian independence movement *

Nakul Verma Nakul Verma (born 14 April 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Services as a wicket-keeper. He made his first-class debut in 2012 for Services against Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the M ...

(born 1991), Indian cricketer *

Narendra Singh Verma Narendra Singh Verma (born 10 January 1964) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly in India. He represents the Mahmoodabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party. Ear ...

, Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly *

Neelam Verma Neelam Verma is a Canadian TV host, advocate and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Canada 2002 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2002 where she placed Top 10 in Puerto Rico. Biography Verma is the founder oIntegrity Da ...

, Canadian television anchor, businesswoman and Miss Universe finalist *

Neena Verma Neena Verma (19 October 1957) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh state. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Dhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency. Her husband is Vik ...

, Indian politician and member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly *

Nirmal Verma Nirmal Verma (3 April 192925 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the ''Nai Kahani'' (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature, wherein his first collection ...

, Indian Hindi writer, activist and translator *

Nirmal Kumar Verma Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma (born 14 November 1950) is a former senior naval officer who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, from 31 August 2009 to 31 August 2012. In November 2012, he was appointed the High Commissioner to ...

, Indian admiral who served as Chief of the Naval Staff *

Omkar Verma Omkar Verma (born 23 October 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 3 March 2017. He made his first-class debut for Chhattisgarh in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy The 2018� ...

(born 1991), Indian cricketer * O.P. Verma, Indian administrator who served as governor for two states * Om Prakash Verma (politician), Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *

Parmish Verma Parmish Verma (born 3 July 1990) is an Indian singer, rapper, music video director, videographer and actor associated with the Punjabi Music and Punjabi Film Industry. He started his career as a video director then singer, and later debuted as ...

, Indian singer and actor *

Parvesh Verma Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma () was born on 7 November 1977 in Mundka, Delhi. He is an Indian politician and the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi since 20 February 2025 and is a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the New Delhi Assembly ...

, Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India *

Phool Chand Verma Phool Chand Verma (born 12 June 1939, Indore) is an Indian politician, a former member of the Lok Sabha and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Ujjain constituency in Madhya Pradesh state in 1971 as a ...

, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party *

Pony Verma Rashmi Verma (born 15 September 1977), known professionally as Pony Verma, is an Indian dance choreographer, who began her career in the year 2000. She has also done a dance reality show, ''Chak Dhoom Dhoom'' for Colors channel. Pony Verma marri ...

, Bollywood choreographer *

Purnima Verma Purnima Verma (born 25 November 1960) is a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Mohanlalganj constituency in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh being a Bharatiya Janta Party candidate. Early life Purnima w ...

, political and social worker and a Member of Parliament * R.L.P. Verma, member of Lok Sabha and a leader of Bhartiya Janata Party * Raghunath Singh Verma, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha *

Rajeev Verma Rajeev Verma (born 28 June 1949) is an Indian actor. He has worked in film and television. Early life Rajeev Verma is a veteran Indian actor, who works mainly in film and television. Verma was born in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh, India. He ...

, Indian actor * Rajesh Verma, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha *

Rakesh Verma Rakesh Verma (died May 20, 2020) was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Verma was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Theog constituency in Shimla district Shimla district, known as Simla ...

, Indian politician *

Rakesh Kumar Verma Rakesh Kumar Verma also known as Dr. R.K. Verma is a MLA for Raniganj constituency of Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh with the Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 ...

, Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly * Ram Murti Verma, Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh * Ramdeo Verma, Indian politician and long-time member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly *

Ramkumar Verma Ramkumar Verma (15 September 1905 – 15 October 1990) was a Hindi poet who published one act-plays and several anthologies of his work. Life history He was associated with the HBTU Kanpur. He hails from a shrivastava kayastha family. He was ...

, 20th-century Indian Hindi poet *

Rammurti Singh Verma Rammurti Singh Verma (; 29 July 1950 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. He represented the Dadraul constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of th ...

, Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *

Ramswaroop Verma Ramswaroop Verma (22 August 1923 – 19 August 1998) was an Indian humanist. He was the founder of Arjak Sangh, a humanist organisation. The organisation emphasises social equality and is strongly opposed to Brahminism. Verma denied the existen ...

, 20th-century activist and politician *

Randhir Prasad Verma Randhir Prasad Verma, AC (1952 - 1991 ) was an Indian police officer who was killed in action while fighting off a robbery attempt at a bank in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. He was posthumously awarded the gallantry award Ashoka Chakra. The Gov ...

, Indian police officer posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra * Rashmi Verma, Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly *

Ravi Verma Ravi Verma is the regional director for the International Center for Research on Women's Asia Regional Office and leads the organization's local and regional efforts on various aspects related to research, providing expertise in building capacity ...

, science administrator with a focus on AIDS and other social and public health issues *

Ravi Prakash Verma Ravi Prakash (born 26 August 1960) is an Indian politician for the Kheri (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh who since 2014 is a member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parlia ...

, Indian politician and member of the Rajya Sabha * Rekha Verma, Indian politician and member of the sixteenth Lok Sabha *

Richard Verma Richard Rahul Verma (born November 27, 1968) is an Americans, American diplomat, who served as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, a position he held from April 5, 202 ...

, American lawyer, public servant and

United States Ambassador to India The United States ambassador to India is the chief diplomatic representative of United States in India. The U.S. ambassador's office is situated at the Embassy of the United States, New Delhi, U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. On March 15, 2023, Eri ...

* Rita Verma, Indian politician and former Minister of State of Mines and Minerals * Roshan Lal Verma, Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh *

S. P. Sen Verma S.P. Sen Verma, was a former Chief Election Commissioner of India The Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections. An election co ...

, former Chief Election Commissioner of India *

Sahib Singh Verma Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007) was an Indian politician. He served as the 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of India (1999–2004). He served as the Union Labour Minist ...

, Indian politician and former Union Labour Minister of India * Sajjan Singh Verma, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha *

Sameer Verma Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma. Career 2011 Verma won a silver medal in the boys ...

(1994-), Indian badminton player *

Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma Sandip K. Verma, Baroness Verma (born 30 June 1959) known until 1977 as Sandip K. Rana, is a British Indian politician in the United Kingdom. An appointed member of the House of Lords, she is Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against W ...

, Indian English politician * Sangeet Verma, Indian photographer and photojournalist * Satya Mohan Verma (1933-), Indian poet *

Saurabh Verma Saurabh 'Sunny' Verma (born 4 November 1981) is an Indian born American cricketer. Verma is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break googly. Verma currently represents the United States national cricket team. Verma made his debut for the Unite ...

(1981-), Indian-born American cricketer *

Shafali Verma Shafali Verma (born 28 January 2004) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team. In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) match for India. In Jun ...

, Indian women's cricketer *

Sheo Sharan Verma Sheo Sharan Verma (9 January 1925 – 27 January 2010) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Machhlishahr in Uttar Pradesh in 1980,1989 and 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. Verma ...

, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha * Shivani Verma, Indian spiritual teacher and inspirational speaker * Subhash Verma (1968-), Indian wrestler * Sunil Verma, activist and survivor of the Bhopal disaster *

Sunil Kumar Verma Sunil Kumar Verma (28September 1974 - 31 May 2021), was an Indian biologist and a principal scientist at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. Verma was primarily known for his contributions to the development of "u ...

, Indian biologist known for his work on DNA barcoding *

Surendra Verma Surendra Verma (born 7 September 1941) is a leading Hindi litterateur and playwright. He started out as a playwright, when his play ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak'' (From sunset to sunrise, 1972) became quite well known; i ...

, Indian Hindi litterateur and playwright *

Surendra Verma (science writer) Surendra Verma (born 1942) is an Indian-Australian journalist and writer of science books for a popular audience. Early life and education Verma was born in India in 1942. He has been working in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung lan ...

, Indian-Australian journalist and author of popular science books *

Sushma Verma Sushma Verma (born 5 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. She started her national-level career as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter in the India women's national cricket team. After the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup game, the Himacha ...

(1992-), Indian cricketer *

Swati Verma Swati Verma is an Indian actress working primarily with Bhojpuri film industry. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam and Bhojpuri films. She established a career in Bhojpuri language films and is cited as one of its most popular celebrities. Verm ...

, Indian film actress primarily working in the Bhojpuri film industry *

Tinu Verma Tinu Verma is an Indian actor, story writer and producer and action director known for his works in Hindi cinema. Filmography ;Stunt director *'' Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992) *''Khuda Gawah'' (1992) *'' Aankhen'' (1993) *'' Himmat'' (1996) *'' ...

, Indian film action director, actor, writer and producer in Hindi cinema * Usha Verma, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha *

Utkarsh Verma Utkarsh Verma 'Madhur' ( 'मधुर') is an Indian politician and currently serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the 28 Lok sabha Kheri. He was formerly member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. ...

, Indian politician, and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Veena Verma, Punjabi poet and short story author living in the United Kingdom *

Vikram Verma Vikram Verma (born 23 January 1944) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. He formerly served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha. He also served as a Minister in the ...

, Indian politician and political leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh *

Vimla Verma Kumari Vimla Verma (1 July 1929 – 17 May 2019) was an Indian politician and social worker. She was a Member of Parliament, having been elected from the Seoni constituency in the state of Madhya Pradesh as an Indian National Congress candida ...

, Indian politician and social worker and member of the Parliament of India *

Vineet Verma Vineet Verma (born 25 November 1982 in Aurangabad, State of Maharashtra, India) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, 2D and 3D animator, and storyboard artist. Biography Verma comes from a family of artists. His grandfat ...

, Indian film director and animator *

Virendra Verma Virendra Verma (18 September 1916 – 2 May 2009) was an Indian politician, born in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. He served as the Governor of Punjab and the Administrator of Chandigarh (1990) as well as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1990–1993). ...

, Indian politician and member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha *

Vrindavan Lal Verma Vrindavan Lal verma (9 January 1889 – 23 February 1969) was a Hindi novelist and playwright. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan for his literary works; Agra University presented him with honorary D. Lit. He received Soviet Land Nehru Award and ...

, 20th-century Indian Hindi novelist and playwright

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