He studied Sanskrit from his father Padmashri Paṇḍita Raghunath Sharma, the author of the famous commentary Ambākartrī on the Vākyapadīyam of Bhartṛhari.
Dr. Sharma is the author of 6 volumes containing a comprehensive translation and analysis of the fundamental work on the grammar of ancient Sanskrit, the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini.
[5] He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife, and regularly (September–December) visits Varanasi (India) where he has a vacation home.
He made a special presentation on, "Rule-interaction, Blocking and Derivation in Pāṇini[6]", at the International Seminar on Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, JNU (Dec, 2010 ), New Delhi.
He presented a key-note address at the World Vedic Conference (2007: Vrindavan), on "Dharma, Karma and Yoga", the three Perspectives to Way of Life, and also two Guest Lectures at the Seminar on Indian Intellectual Tradition, at the Sāhitya Academy, New Delhi (2013).