Kandula Varaha Narasimha Sarma known in Telugu literary circles as Kavana Sarma (23 September 1939 – 25 October 2018).
was an Indian professor of Civil Engineering who was also a novelist and writer of Telugu fiction.
He retired from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and served as an advisor to Rachana Masa Patrika.In his essay, "Political and Social Reality in Telugu Fiction", Prof.
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Sarma says "Kavana Sarma probably is the only Telugu fiction writer who wrote satirical stories concerning Ph.D.
dissertations, brain drain, scientific conferences, science academies etc."In an interview to The Hindu, Metroplus, Visakhapatnam, Kavana Sarma said that he started writing at the age of 14, and that he is an 'eternally curious person'.