His research interests are carbon based hierarchical materials, bioinspired polymer functional surfaces, electrospun nanofibers and carbon-MEMS. He has received many awards, including the DST Inspire Faculty Award (2015), INAE Innovative Project Award (2011) and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (2014 & 2015). Dr. Sharma has 22 peer-reviewed publications in reputed international journals, including Carbon, Langmuir, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Small and Electrochimica Acta. He has four patent applications filed and two book chapters to his credit.