Jishnu Dev Varma

Jishnu Dev Varma
Dev Varma, c. 2024
23rd Governor of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 March 2026
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Deputy Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Sunetra Pawar
Preceded byAcharya Devvrat (additional charge)
Governor of Telangana
In office
31 July 2024 – 10 March 2026
Chief MinisterAnumula Revanth Reddy
Deputy Chief MinisterMallu Bhatti Vikramarka
Preceded byC. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge)
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura
In office
9 March 2018 – 2 March 2023
Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb
Manik Saha
Portfolios
  • Finance
  • Power
  • Rural Development (including Panchayat)
  • Planning and Coordination (including Statistics)
  • TREDA
  • Science, Technology, and Environment
Preceded byBaidyanath Majumder
ConstituencyCharilam
Personal details
BornJishnu Dev Varma
(1957-08-15) 15 August 1957 (age 69)
Tripura, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSudha Debbarma
Relations
Children2
Education

Jishnu Dev Varma (born 15 August 1957), is an Indian politician serving as the Governor of Maharashtra since 2026. He previously served as Governor of Telangana from 2024 till 2026. He is from Tripura, and has previously served as the 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura from 2018 to 2023. He served as the MLA of Charilam from 2018 till 2023. He was the head of the Badminton Association of India, and was formerly the president of its Tripura unit.

Early life and education

Jishnu Dev Varma was born in Agartala, Tripura on 15 August 1957. His father Ramendra Kishore Debbarma was the military secretary and home secretary to Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya.

Dev Varma is a member of the Tripura royal family and is the uncle of Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma and Kriti Devi Debbarman.

He received his B.A. Honours from Calcutta University.

Politics

Dev Varma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 1990s during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In 1993, he was made a national general secretary of the party. In the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, he won the seat of Charilam with a margin of over 25,000 votes. He received 89% of the 29,753 valid votes polled in the bypoll. He defeated Arjun Debbarma of the Congress. He was also chosen to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura. During this term, he held the portfolios of Finance, Power, Rural Development (including Panchayat), Planning and Coordination, TREDA, Science, Technology & Environment.

He was chosen as the Chairman of the North East Regional Power Committee (NERPC) on 22 September 2022.

In the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, he was the richest candidate from Tripura. He lost to his rival Subodh Deb Barma, who represented the Tipra Motha Party, the only member of the incumbent cabinet to lose re-election.

Jishnu Dev Varma was appointed as Governor of Telangana by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 July 2024, and took office on 31 July 2024. On 6 March 2026, Dev Varma was appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra and assumed office on 10 March 2026.

Personal life

Jishnu Dev Varma is married to Sudha Debbarma. They have two sons: Pratik Kishore Dev Varma and Jaibant Kishore Dev Varma. He has 3 sisters. Dev Varma's half brother was Bharat Dev Varma who was the husband of the actress Moon Moon Sen and father of Raima Sen Dev Varma and Riya Sen Dev Varma.

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Books

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jishnu Dev Varma takes oath as Governor of Telangana". Deccan Chronicle. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Tripura Government 2018: Full List of Ministers With Portfolio in Biplab Kumar Deb Cabinet". 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Reddy, R. Ravikanth (28 July 2024). "Who is Jishnu Dev Varma, the new Governor of Telangana?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Affiliated Organisations". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Kalita, Prabin (7 March 2018). "Tripura royal family scion to be deputy chief minister". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Tripura Election 2023: 5 Points On Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma". NDTV. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "The blemish in BJP's Tripura win: Deputy CM Jishnu Dev Varma pays for misjudging TIPRA Motha". The Indian Express. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Deputy CM Jishnu Dev varma takes charge as Chairman of NERPC - Tripura Chronicle". 26 September 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dy CM Jishnu Dev Varma is richest, Manik Saha is second and Sudip Roy Barman third richest MLA". Northeast Live. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Deputy CM Jishnu Deb Varma's loss setback to victorious BJP in Tripura". The Hindu. 2 March 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ↑ India TV News (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  12. ↑ ब्युरो, एबीपी माझा (5 March 2026). "महाराष्ट्राच्या राज्यपालपदी जिष्णू देव वर्मांची नियुक्ती; त्रिपुराच्या राजघराण्याशी संबंधित". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  13. ↑ Shreya (14 May 2022). "Who will replace Biplab Deb as new Tripura CM? Full list of probables". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Tripura DyCM Jishnu Dev Verma's elder brother Bharat Dev Varma passes away in Kolkata". India Today NE (in Hindi). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Dev Varma, Jishnu (2025). Master of Time: Journey Through an Ancient Kingdom (1st ed.). PP Publication. ISBN 978-0532954170.
  16. ↑ "Unveiling secrets of Tripura: Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Verma launches book 'Master of Time'". India Today NE (in Hindi). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  17. ↑ "Former Tripura Deputy CM's new book "Views, Reviews, and My Poems" explores personal and cultural narratives". India Today NE. 28 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.