Dhanya Varma is an Indian journalist and talk show host who hosted the Malayalam talk show The Happiness Project, on Kappa TV.

She is married to Cdr Vijay Varma, an officer in the Indian Navy and has 2 daughters and a son.

She started her career with an internship at Star Plus after completing her studies,[3] and later became an assistant producer on the TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

[5] She was also a Hindi newsreader on Star News and has hosted a show called Wah!

She is also the host of The Happiness Project with Dhanya Varma, with guests including celebrities and movie stars like Indrajith Sukumaran, Sunny Wayne, Lena, Anoop Menon, Industrialist Kochouseph Chittilappilly, Oncologist V. P. Gangadharan, Conservation photographer Balan Madhavan, Psychiatrist Dr. Manoj Kumar, Cinematographer Venu among others.