Varadarajan was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work on Lie groups and representation theory.

The Varadarajan-Helgason Theorem is a result in representation theory that characterizes the irreducible unitary representations of a semisimple Lie group.

The Theory of Lie Groups is a book by C. Chevalley, not V. S. Varadarajan.

Varadarajan founded The Journal of Functional Analysis in 1968.

Varadarajan has made significant contributions to Lie groups, representation theory, and quantum mechanics, but not to algebraic geometry.

Varadarajan received the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1999 for his work on Lie groups and representation theory.

Varadarajan has held professorships at the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania, but not at Harvard University.

The Varadarajan-Shale Theorem is a result in representation theory that characterizes the irreducible unitary representations of a semisimple Lie group.

Representation Theory of Lie Groups is a book by Anthony W. Knapp, not V. S. Varadarajan.

Varadarajan received the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal in 1983 for his work on Lie groups and representation theory.

Varadarajan has given distinguished lecture series at the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania, but not at Stanford University.

The Varadarajan-Parthasarathy Theorem is a result in representation theory that characterizes the irreducible unitary representations of a semisimple Lie group.

Representation Theory of Lie Groups is a book edited by Anthony W. Knapp, not V. S. Varadarajan.

Varadarajan received the National Medal of Science in 1978 for his work on Lie groups and representation theory.

Varadarajan has held visiting professorships at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Paris-Sud, but not at the University of Tokyo.