Muthusamy Varadarajan

Muthusamy Varadarajan (1933–2014) was an Indian civil servant. He was a minister at the Indian High Commission in London from 1979 to 1983, and later served as the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Culture in New Delhi.[1][2]

Muthusamy Varadarajan
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Varad
Alma mater	Madras University
Occupation	Civil servant
Organization	Indian Administrative Service
Relatives	Tunku Varadarajan (son), Siddharth Varadarajan (son), Nandini Sundar (daughter-in-law)
Honours	Legion of Honour

Career

Varadarajan joined the Uttar Pradesh cadre of the Indian Administrative Service in 1956. He initiated several district-level community-based schemes to help the poor and the lower castes. He was secular and gained respect of both Hindus and Muslims.[1]

Apart from his later appointments as a minister at the Indian High Commission in London and as the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Culture in New Delhi, he also served as executive director of the Indian Council for Child Welfare, member of the National Commission for Minorities, chairman of the National Museum of India, and president of Alliance Française in Delhi.[1][3]

Varadarajan wrote books including "Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery" and "Incredible India: Traditions & Rituals."[1][4]

Varadarajan was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur of the French Republic in 2010.[5][6]

References

1. Massey, Reginald (7 December 2014). "Muthusamy Varadarajan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
2. Morley, Grace (2005). God & King, the Devarāja Cult in South Asian Art and Architecture: Proceedings of the Seminar, 2001. National Museum Institute. ISBN 978-81-89233-26-6.
3. Tattvālokah. Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Educational Trust. 1991.
4. Chakrabarti, Amaresh; Prakash, Raghu V. (12 January 2013). ICoRD'13: Global Product Development. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-81-322-1050-4.
5. "Code of Honour". The Indian Express. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
6. "France conferred the award of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur on Shri Muthusamy Varadarajan : April 01, 2010". La France en Inde / France in India. Retrieved 1 October 2023.