Ambassador D B Venkatesh Varma
Ambassador D B Venkatesh Varma
Ambassador D. B. Venkatesh Varma presented his credentials as India's Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament on October 1, 2013.
| Joined Indian Foreign Service | 16 August 1988 |
| Education Qualifications | M.A., M.Phil International Relations(Disarmament Studies) |
| Personal Information | Married |
| Date of Birth | 07 October 1961 |
| Foreign Language | Russian |
Earlier positions:
| Third Secretary/Second Secretary Embassy of India | Moscow | February 1990- February 1992 |
| Second Secretary Embassy of India | Tashkent | February 1992-April 1994 |
| Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary Ministry of External Affairs | New Delhi | April 1994-May 1997 |
| First Secretary (Disarmament) Permanent Mission of India to the UN | Geneva | May 1997-July 2000 |
| First Secretary/Counsellor Embassy of India | Moscow | August 2000-August 2003 |
| Director (Disarmament &International Security Affairs) Ministry of External Affairs | New Delhi | August 2003-May 2004 |
| Director Prime Minister’s Office | New Delhi | May 2004-August 2007 |
| Counsellor/Minister Permanent Mission of India to the Conference on Disarmament | Geneva | August 2007-July 2010 |
| Joint Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs) Ministry of External Affairs | New Delhi | July 2010-October 2013 |
| Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva | since October 2013 |
- First Recipient of the S.K.Singh Award for Excellence in Indian Foreign Service, in 2010
- Member of the UN GGE on Missiles and the UN GGE on Disarmament and Nuclear non - Proliferation Education.
