Background
Sharda, Vishwa Nath was born on October 16, 1954 in Nurpur Bedi, Ropar, Punjab, India. Son of Kishori Lal and Lakshmi Devi Sharda.
Sharda, Vishwa Nath was born on October 16, 1954 in Nurpur Bedi, Ropar, Punjab, India. Son of Kishori Lal and Lakshmi Devi Sharda.
B Technology in Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1976. M Technology in Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1978. Doctor in Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 1990.
Postdoctorate degree, Purdue University, 1997.
Scientist S-1(engineering) Center Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Center, Agra, India, 1978—1983, Udhagamandalam, India, 1983—1984. Senior research officer Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehradun, 1984. Scientist S-2, senior scientist (engineering) Center Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, 1984—1996, head division human resources development and social science, 1996—2001, acting director, agro-ecosystem director (hills and mountains) and head division of human resources development, 2000—2001, acting director, 2001—2002, director agro-ecosystem director (hills and mountains) and head division hydro and engineering, director and AED, since 2002.
Consultant Indo-German Bilateral Project on Watershed Management, New Delhi, 1999, Alternate Hydro Energy Center, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, 2000, Hill Area Development Program, Udhagamandlam, 2001—2002, District Rural Development Agency, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, 2001—2002, Attapadi Hills Area Development Society, Agali, Pallakad, Kerala, India, 2001—2002. Member advisory committee on watershed mission Agriculture Department, Government of Orissa, Bhubneshwar, India, since 2001. Member Project Advisory Committee for the Program on Resolving the Himalayan Dilemma of People Science Institute, Dehradun, since 2002.
Consultant editor American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, since 2002. Member research policy committee Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, since 2002. Member science and. technical Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, since 2003.
Member Inter-Ministerial Central Team, NRAA. Advisor UPSC; expert IIT, Roorkee.
Member of New York Academy of Sciences, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, Indian Science Congressional Association (life), Indian Association Hydrologists (life), Society of Indian Foresters (life), Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists (life. President 2002).
Married Sunita Sharda, April 22, 1983. Children: Rahul, Shweta.