Education
K.D Sharma successfully completed B.Sc from Panjab University. Bachelor of Science(Glass Technical) from Banaras Hindu University. Master of Science (Technology)from Sheffield.
K.D Sharma successfully completed B.Sc from Panjab University. Bachelor of Science(Glass Technical) from Banaras Hindu University. Master of Science (Technology)from Sheffield.
He Worked in the glass industry for about a year and in 1945 proceeded to United Kingdom for higher studies as a Government of India Scholar. He carried out research work at Sheffield University under the internationally renowned Professor West.E.S. Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor H. Moore.
He worked in the Glass Plants of Rockware Glass Limited., Greenford, United Kingdom and Karhula lasitehdas, Finland.Mr.Sharma joined the Institute as Scientific Officer in September, 1948 and was associated with the planning and development of the Institute from almost the beginning.
During 1953-1954, he worked at the Glass Section of the National Bureau of Standards, United States, as a guest worker Assistant Director in 1954, Deputy Director in 1960 and Director from 1967 to 1980 of The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI).
He has also served with the United Nations Development Program (United Nations Development Programme) as a glass expert for several short term assignments in Cuba and Jamaica among other places. Society of Glass Technology, United Kingdom Institute of Ceramics, United Kingdom.
President, Indian Institute of Ceramics.
President, Indian Ceramic Society. Development and production of optical glass,which is a strategic defence material for the first time in India Development of foam glass radiation shielding windows for nuclear reactors and glass melting furnaces glass raw materials productivity Filed 3 patents.
His name also appears in the book, "Who"s who in the world".
He visited the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1959 as a member of the Government of India Expert Team for the optical and ophthalmic glass project.Also he went to United States and United Kingdom in 1962 as alternate leader of the Non-Player Character Study Team on Glass Industry. International Commission on Glass. And Chairman of Inter-Services Intelligence Sectional Committee for Glassware.