 The US-based "OUT" Magazine named Sharma, one of the OUT 100 twice for 2008 and 2015- "one of the 100 gay men and women who have helped shape our culture during the year".In 2016 a year after Larry Kramer Sharma won the Monette Horowitz award given to individuals and organizations for their significant contributions toward eradicating homophobia.In his early career he has worked on programming for BBC World Television (India), the Discovery Channel (United States), and the World Bank (United States).