Rakesh Kumar Sharma's Biography

Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Director, Defence Food Research Laboratory

Dr.Rakesh Kumar Sharma is M.Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Panjab University and Ph.D. from University of Delhi. He also completed a two years Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management from Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr Sharma started his professional carrier in the year 1983 at Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior and over the years worked at Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur and Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi. He is an Elected Fellow of Indian College of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists and Institution of Chemists (India). He is currently the Director, Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore.Dr. Sharma is a highly innovative, creative, dynamic and dedicated professional with nearly 34 years of scientific and techno-managerial experience and has made significant contributions in New Drugs, Novel Drugs Delivery Systems, Herbal Radioprotectors, Herbal Biothreat Mitigators and Nutraceuticals. He has acclaimed various honours/awards including Young Scientist Award (1993), Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award (2001), INMAS Technology Group Awards for the years 2003, 2004, 2011 & 2015, Chandra Kanta Dandiya Prize in Pharmacology (2004), Dr NN Dutta/Jaipur Prize (2005) of the Indian Pharmacological Society, ICMR International Fellowship award for Senior Biomedical Scientist (2008), AAPS PharmSciTech Outstanding Manuscript Award (2008), Acharya PC Ray Memorial Gold Medal Award (2013) and Dr HAB Parpia Memorial award (2016).He has published 281 papers, of which 147 are in International journals. His professional excellence is reflected through the grants of a number of patents and transfer of 8 technologies to the industries. He has authored a number of books, contributed 49 chapters in books and guided 9 students for the Ph.D. degree. Dr. Sharma is widely traveled, with international stints.