He attended the Little Flower Public School in Bangalore, where his parents were initially apprehensive of sending him to mandatory swimming classes because of his disability.

In 2003, trainer John Christopher spotted him swimming at a school event, and ended up training Sharath for 7 years.

[1][2] He attended Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College for high school studies, where he was given a fee concession and given encouragement for training.

He has also won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the 2011 International Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany.

[4] In 2012, GoSports Foundation sent Sharath to a high-performance training camp ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Struggling with shoulder injury leading up to the Asian Games in Incheon, Sharath ended up winning 6 medals.