Anupam Varma is the Ex-President (2020–2022) of the World Society for Virology and the ex-president of the Indian Virological Society, INSA Emeritus, Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He graduated and obtained his M.Sc. in Botany from Allahabad University in 1961, and his Ph.D. from London University in 1967. He has worked at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India, since 1967 in varying capacities. He served as Professor of Virology (1984–1986), Professor of Plant Pathology (1986–1988), Head of the Division of Plant Pathology (1988–1995), Dean, (1995–2000), and ICAR National Professor at the Advanced Centre for Plant Virology (2000–2005); INSA Emeritus Scientist at the Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, IARI (2005–present). He also served as an Applied Plant Virologist at FAO Nigeria from 1979 to 1981. Currently, he is assisting in the establishment of the first Agricultural University of Afghanistan at Kandahar. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Indian Phytopathological Society, and Indian Virological Society.