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Pavan Kumar Varma (born 5 November 1953) is a former Indian Foreign Service officer and was an adviser to the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, with cabinet rank. Currently, he is the sitting member of parliament in Rajya Sabha representing Janata Dal (United).
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He studied history at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and at the University of Delhi.
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He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976. His career as a diplomat has seen him serve in several countries, including New York and Moscow. In New York, he was with India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. He also served as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Group of 77. In Moscow, he was the Director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre in the Indian Embassy. He has also been High Commissioner of India to Cyprus as well as Director of the Nehru Centre in London in 2005. His assignments in India include that of Press Secretary to the President of India, Spokesman in the Ministry of External Affairs, Joint Secretary for Africa and Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, Indian Ambassador to Bhutan.
Varma took voluntary retirement from the Indian Foreign Service in 2012 to enter public life and was the Cultural Adviser to Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar.
