D. P. Sharma

Durga Prasad Sharma, better known as D. P. Sharma (born 1 May 1969), is an Indian computer scientist and disability rights activist.

D. P. Sharma
Born
Durga Prasad Sharma

(1969-05-01) 1 May 1969
Samona, Rajakhera, Dholpur, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
EducationPhD
OccupationAcademician, computer scientist, social activist
Spouse(s)Anuragi Sharma
Parents
  • Ninua Ram Sharma (father)
  • Gomati Devi (mother)
Awards
  • Life Time Achievement International Award (Sardar Ratna)-2015
  • Peace Ambassador International Award (2018)
  • Red and White Bravery Awards (2001)
  • Civil Services Chronicle Award (1997)
Websitedpsharma.info

Early life and career

Son of a small farmer Ninua Ram Sharma, Durga Prasad Sharma was born in Samona village of Rajakhera Tehsil in Rajasthan, India. He was the youngest brother of the second number among 5 brothers and 3 sisters. His left arm and right leg are affected by post-polio syndrome.[1] After completing his primary level education, he had to walk 18 kilometers daily from his village Samona to attend the school in Rajakhera.[2] Later he completed his degree-level education (BSc) from Government College Dholpur, Master of Computer Application (MCA), Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Information Technology, as well as Ph.D. (Intranetwares) from University of Rajasthan, India.[3]

In 1994, Sharma joined a national advocacy campaign for the new disabled welfare and rehabilitation legislation in India which resulted in a new law passed by Indian Parliament, "Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act 1995".[3]

In 2000, Sharma became Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Informatics and later promoted to Associate Professor and a Full Professor.[4]

Sharma has also been invited by the University of the People (USA). He is an expatriate research adviser at the University of the People (USA), Paris-Sud University (France), the Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm (Germany), and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota (India).[5] He has been serving a honorary adviser to an international educational programme run by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium).[6][7]

Achievements

In 2005, he developed a job search engine for people with disabilities[3] which was later adopted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. It was designed to help the disabled people in search of jobs based on their suitability of working environment and physical limitations. The search engine was featured as a cover story in the SMB edition of PCQuest in March 2008.[3]

In 2017, Sharma was nominated as National Brand Ambassador (Academicians and Youth) by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to the nation-wide campaign Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Drive) .[8][9][10]

In 2019, on the basis of Sharma's recommendation, the Government of Rajasthan started a process of establishing a Technical University in Jaipur, Rajasthan to provide technology-enabled training, education, and rehabilitation to people with disabilities.[3]

Sharma authored or co-authored 22 books, edited/reviewed several academic articles[3] and contributed editorials on labour and disability issues for Rajasthan Patrika. He is also a member of editorial boards of two academic journals.[11][12]

Sharma advocates for end-to-end transformations in the Indian education system.[13][14]

Awards and honours
  • Red and White Bravery Awards (2001)
  • Civil Services Chronicle Award (1997) by Chronicle India Publications
  • Social Service Excellence Award by the Vice President of India (2004), for running a blood donation campaign and youth mobilisation
  • Sardar Patel Life Time Achievement International Award (Sardar Ratna) of the Sardar Patel Foundation (2004)[15][16][17]

Selected publications
  • Foundation of Operating Systems(Print), ISBN 978-81-7446-62-6-6, Publisher: Excel Books
  • Information Technology(Print), ISBN 978-81-9054-83-4-2, Vol-2, August 2009, p. 282
  • Theory of Computation(Print), ISBN 978-81-9054-91-2-7, Vol-3, August 2012, p. 250
  • Foundation of Computer & Programming with C(Print & E-Version), ISBN 978-81-9055-10-9-0, Vol-4, August 2009, p. 36
  • Basics of Computer Engineering & Programming with C++(Print & E-Version), ISBN 978-81-9054-97-0-7, Vol-4, August 2011, p. 581
  • Computer Applications in Pharmacy. Sapna Online. August 2013.
  • Sharma, D. P.; Khandelwal, Kapil (2011). "Knowledge-Based Systems, Problem Solving Competence and Learnability". Computational Intelligence and Information Technology. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 250. pp. 543–547. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25734-6_93. ISBN 978-3-642-25733-9.
  • Distributed and Prioritised Scheduling to Implement Carrier Aggregation in LTE Advanced Systems, IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, ACCT'14', February 2014 p;390–393
  • Convergence of Intranetware in Project Management for Effective Enterprise Management, SSRN Elsevier, JGIT-USA, Vol-4(2), 2009, p. 65-85

References
  1. "आदमी दिमाग से ताकतवर होता है, बाजुओं से नहीं". epaper.patrika.com.
  2. "Digital inclusion: bridging the divide with Professor DR. DP Sharma". Missions Publiques.
  3. "An Untold Story about the Struggle and Determination of Dr. DP Sharma". Internationalnewsandviews.com.
  4. "Maharishi Arvind". www.maism.org.
  5. "Rajasthan Technical University" (PDF). Rtu.ac.in.
  6. "जयपुर के प्रोफेसर शर्मा बने फ्लेमिश यूनिवर्सिटीज के इंटरनेशनल रिसर्च सलाहाकार आयोग के सदस्य". patrika.com (in Hindi).
  7. https://epaper.patrika.com/rajasthan/jaipur/2020-02-25/1/page-7.html
  8. "पार्षदों ने उठाए सवाल- अब निगम के पास जिम्मा, फिर क्यों नहीं हो रही फाई?". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 28 August 2018.
  9. "स्वच्छता के ब्रांड एंबेसेडर बोले; कोटा में गाय-गंदगी व गड्‌ढों ने किया स्वागत". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 August 2018.
  10. "स्वच्छता मिशन के ब्रांड अम्बसडर गंदगी से आहत". epaper.patrika.com.
  11. "Editorial board of IJFCC". www.ijfcc.org.
  12. "Maxwell Science/Journal Page". maxwellsci.com.
  13. "Dr. D P Sharma On The Challenges In Indian Education Systems". Eduvoice | The Voice of Education Industry. 25 May 2020.
  14. Murdeshwar, Sachin. "Open Graph Meta Tags: Everything You Need to Know". Global Prime News.
  15. "डॉ डीपी शर्मा 'सरदार रत्न लाइफ टाइम अचीवमेंट' अवार्ड से सम्मानित, चुनौतियों के बावज़ूद शिक्षा क्षेत्र में दिला रहे नवाचार". patrika.com (in Hindi).
  16. "डॉ. डीपी शर्मा को 'सरदार रत्न इंटरनेशनल लाइफ टाइम अचीवमेंट अवॉर्ड'". Amar Ujala.
  17. http://sardarpatelaward.org/awardfullbiography.php?id=76
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