Career
He is a physician by profession. On 12 November 2014, he was appointed as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism and Civil Aviation. He is also the chairman and director of the Kailash Healthcare chain of hospitals.
Mahesh Sharma was born on 30 September 1959 in Manethi village in Mundawar tehsil Alwar district of Rajasthan.
His father, Kailash Chand Sharma, was a school teacher. He did his early schooling in the village.
Foreign senior secondary education, he moved to Delhi. He graduated from the University College of Medical Sciences.
He was involved with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Royal Statistical Society, UK) since childhood.
During his student days, he became associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Later, he joined BJP. In 2012, he was elected as an Modern Language Association from Noida during the assembly election.