Professor Subodh Sharma is an Aquatic Ecologist. He has more than three decades of experience in teaching, research, and academic administration at Kathmandu University, where he worked in different capacities as Head of the Department, Director, Dean, and Registrar. He is now working as a Full Time Visiting Professor at the Department of Hydro & Renewable Energy at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in India, and part time associated with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Professor Sharma was the 2002 recipient of the Young Scientist Award given by the Third World Academy of Science & Technology, 2008 recipient of Education Excellence Contribution Award, 2013 recipient of National Education Award, and 2019 recipient of Madan Bhandari National Award for his contribution in the conservation of inland water bodies in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Agriculture, Forestry and Renewable Natural Resources (BOKU), Vienna, Austria, in 1996. He was a Postdoctoral Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at Towson University, Maryland, USA, in 2009-2010.
