Prior to this, he worked as APD and executive director for projects at the Airports Authority of India, Kolkata.
Sharma is a graduate engineer with MBA and PhD in business administration with a specialisation in change management in civil aviation.
He has 28 years of multi-faceted experience in the field of civil aviation management, planning and developing engineering proposals for airport facilities like the runways, taxiways, aprons, terminal building, airport ground lighting systems, airport operations/ management, and contract & project management, among others.