title: Sharmila
text: # Sharmila
  
  Sharmila (Hindi : शर्मिला) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "comfort", "joy" and"protection".
  
  ## Notable people named Sharmila
  
  * Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Sri Lankan-American physician
  * Sharmila Bhattacharya (born 1964), American-Nigerian doctor and NASA scientist
  * Sharmila Biswas (born 1962), Indian dancer and choreographer
  * Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer
  * Sharmila Devar (born 1977), American actress
  * Sharmila Farooqi (born 1978), Pakistani politician
  * Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay, Indian professor of material science
  * Sharmila Nicollet (born 1991), French-Indian golfer
  * Sharmila Rege (1964–2013), Indian sociologist, feminist and writer
  * Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 1972), Indian poet, political and civil rights activist
  * Sharmila Tagore (born 1944), Indian actress
  * Y. S. Sharmila (born 1973), Indian politician
  
  ## Notable people named Sarmila
  
  * Sarmila Bose (born 1959), Harvard Academic
  
  ## Notable people named Sharmiela
  
  * Sharmiela Mandre (born 1989), Indian actress
  