Background
Sharma was born in Shimulia village of Barlekha Upazila of Moulvibazar District in Sylhet Division. His father Chandrakand Sharma was a "Kobiraj" or rural doctor and his mother Mognomoyi Debi was a social worker
Sharma was born in Shimulia village of Barlekha Upazila of Moulvibazar District in Sylhet Division. His father Chandrakand Sharma was a "Kobiraj" or rural doctor and his mother Mognomoyi Debi was a social worker
He was awarded Bangla Academy Award in 1987 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in language and literature. During his childhood he was fond of visiting the forest of Patharia hill which is situated in Barlekha upazilla. Sharma received his bachelor"s degree from City College, Kolkata.
He earned his master"s degree in Botany in 1958 from the University of Dhaka.
He then joined Brojomohun College, Barisal. In 1962 he left Barisal to join the faculty of Notre Dame College, Dhaka and worked until 1974.
Then, he moved to Moscow to work for Progress Publishers as a translator. He moved back to Bangladesh in 2000 and joined Asiatic Society of Bangladesh as an editor and translator of biology.
He served as vice president of Asiatic Society for 3 years.
An encyclopedia of the flora and fauna of Bangladesh in 56 volumes was published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh while he was the president of the publishing committee.
