Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma

The Baroness Verma
Official portrait, 2017
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office
7 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Baroness Northover
Succeeded byJames Wharton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Marland
Succeeded byThe Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Baroness-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
11 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Baroness Crawley
Succeeded byThe Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
22 June 2006
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1959-06-30) 30 June 1959 (age 65)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Political partyConservative

Sandip K. Verma, Baroness Verma (born 30 June 1959)[1] known until 1977 as Sandip K. Rana, is an Indian-British politician in the United Kingdom. An appointed member of the House of Lords, she is Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, a role who chairs the UN Women's national committee.[2] Verma was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, from 2015 to 2016.

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 30 June 2014. p. 33.
  2. ^ News, Asian Lite (26 September 2018). "Baroness Verma New Chair for UN Women NC UK". Local News for British Asian and Indian Community in London. Retrieved 30 June 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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