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{{Short description|Retired Former Indian Administrative Service officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Desh Deepak Verma
| image = Shri Desh Deepak Verma (cropped).jpg
| office = President of [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur|AIIMS, Gorakhpur]]
| term_start = 2023
| office1 = [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 1 September 2017
| term_end1 = 31 August 2021
| office2 = [[Director general]] of [[Sports Authority of India]]
| term_start2 = 2011
| term_end2 = 2012
| successor2 = Kopal Krishna
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|06|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Azamgarh district]], [[Gorakhpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| predecessor1 = Shumsher K. Sheriff
| successor1 = P.P.K. Ramacharyulu
| education = D.A.V. Inter College (Intermediate)
| alma_mater = [[University of Allahabad]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[University of Wollongong]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| occupation = Retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer
}}

'''Desh Deepak Verma''' (born 26 June 1953<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/rss/stafflistgrade.pdf|title=Parliament house, Delhi, list pdf secretaries of Rajya Sabha}}</ref>) is a 1978–batch retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS) officer of [[Uttar Pradesh]] cadre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-19 |title=Retired UP bureaucrat appointed Rajya Sabha secretary-general |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/retired-up-bureaucrat-appointed-rajya-sabha-secretary-general/story-K8NhILMPZPKqtfTs1qLB4L.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He formerly served as the [[Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha]] in [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-retired-ias-desh-deepak-verma-became-the-president-of-gorakhpur-aiims-23311483.html|title=सेवानिवृत्त IAS देश दीपक वर्मा बने गोरखपुर एम्स के अध्यक्ष, अनेक प्रतिष्ठित पदों पर कर चुके हैं काम|publisher=[[Dainik Jagran]]}}</ref><ref name="Verma">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/story-former-ias-desh-deepak-verma-became-the-chairman-of-the-governing-council-7690280.html|title=पूर्व आईएएस देश दीपक वर्मा बने गवर्निंग काउंसिल के अध्यक्ष|website=Hindustan}}</ref>

He is former [[Director general]] of [[Sports Authority of India]] in [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] from May 2011 to 6 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=85205|title=Desh Deepak Verma takes over as new Secretary of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs|publisher=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsauthorityofindia.gov.in/sai/assets/news/1632217159_arc1%20(2).pdf|title=PRESS RELEASE Shri Desh Deepak Verma, Former Director General|publisher=sportsauthorityofindia.gov.in}}</ref> He currently serving as the President of [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur|AIIMS, Gorakhpur]] since 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in/president/|title= President profile of AIIMS, Gorakhpur|publisher=aiimsgorakhpur.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Notification of President nomination |url=http://pmssy-mohfw.nic.in/files/Gorakhpur_gz.pdf |accessdate=15 January 2020 |date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/d-d-verma-ahead-in-race-for-chief-secy-post/|title=D D Verma ahead in race for chief secy post|date=25 January 2011|newspaper=The Indian Express|accessdate=10 August 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Verma was born in 1953 in Verma family and hails from [[Azamgarh district|Azamgarh]], [[Gorakhpur]], India.<ref name="Verma"/>

==Education==
Verma completed her intermediate from D.A.V. Inter College, Baxipur, [[Gorakhpur]], and after [[Master of Science|MS]] in [[Physics]] from [[University of Allahabad]], they earned degree of [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] in [[International Business]] from [[University of Wollongong]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iitk.ac.in/doms/anoops/for16/photos/Profiles/Mr.%20Desh%20Deepak%20Verma.pdf|title=PROFILE OF CHAIRMAN Shri Desh Deepak Verma, who took over the President position.|publisher=iitk. ac.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Gorakhpur district]]
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