Dr. Harish Kumar Sharma has nearly thirty years of teaching, research and administrative experience. He has done Ph.D. from one of India’s top Institutes viz. Thapar University, Patiala in the field of Ion Sensors. He did his M. Phil. from University Teaching Department, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in the field of Excess Thermodynamic Properties. He has close to seventy five scientific publications to his credit with a SCOPUS h-index 12 and Google Scholar i10-index 17. He has already guided five students to Ph. D. and has filed two patents. Recently one of the patents has been granted by the Patent Office, Govt. of India. He also has two copyrights to his credit. Moreover, he is a co-author of two books on Applied Chemistry, which have been prescribed as text books in many Engineering Colleges under various Universities of Haryana.

Previously, he has served as Vice Chancellor of Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Sadopur during 2016-2020, Registrar of MM(DU), Mullana during 2009-2016 and Pro Vice Chancellor of MM(DU) during 2020-2021. During his tenure, he was instrumental in accreditation of the MM(DU) by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with its highest grade A++. Further, he also coordinated accreditation of the University as Premier Institution by ASIC, UK, membership of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and International Association of Universities (IAU). He has also coordinated the data submission process for NIRF, Times Higher Education (THE) World ranking, QS Star rating, QS igauge, and QS World ranking of MM(DU).​

He is on editorial board of Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. Further, he is a reviewer of many International Journals namely International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Macromolecular Science and Journal of Composite Materials etc. Further, he is a Fellow member of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE), member of IEEE and has been a member of American Chemical Society.

He has visited Japan, Thailand and Kuwait for presenting his research papers. The visit to Japan was sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi and Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. He has also visited countries like Malaysia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Burundi, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc. He visited Denmark to explore the opportunities of academic co-operation with Danish Institutions for the purpose of skill-based education in India. He has visited Spain under Erasmus plus staff mobility program.

He is an active assessor on the NAAC panel and has visited many higher educational institutions across the country in the capacity of Chairman and Member Coordinator of peer teams. He was invited as a speaker during NAAC Manthan organized by Raj Bhawan, Uttar Pradesh. He has also delivered expert talks at UGC - Human Resource Development Centre at Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur (MP).

He has been conferred Shiksha Rattan Puraskar by India International Friendship Society, World Ecology and Environment Development Award by Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment. He has been a member of Admission and Fee regulatory Committee (AFRC), Haryana. He was also shortlisted for appearing before National Selection Committee for the prestigious Fulbright – Nehru International Education Administrators Seminar for the year 2019 – 2020.

Dr. Harish Kumar Sharma
Vice Chancellor