Ramesh K. Sharma

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R K Sharma specialises in forensic medicine. He is currently the professor of forensic medicine at Kathmandu University Medical School (KUMS),^[1]^[2] the oncampus medical college of Kathmandu University. He is also an Additional Professor at in the Forensic Medicine department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).^[3]

He started his teaching career at AIIMS, New Delhi and subsequently he worked as the professor and head of department of Forensic Medicine in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College when he was 35, going on to be the Principal at the same institution^{[citation needed]}. He was later appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Ranchi University, Bihar.

He was conferred the title of Visiting Professor at the University of Wales in 1977. He was also a Commonwealth Medical Fellow, UK. His was also the Chairman of Department of Forensic Medicine at Al Fateh University in Libya in 1978-82.

He has also been a consultant to the Government of Delhi Administration, for upgrading the facilities of autopsy work in all the hospitals of Delhi. He was examiner of MBBS, MD, and PhD of various universities of India and was expert in selection of the teachers by Union Public Service Commission of India. His qualifications were sought by the Medical Council of lndia to serve as Inspector for postgraduate courses in Forensic Medicine of various Medical College for granting recognition during 1992-94. He was awarded the coveted Chikitsa Ratna Award during the IMA Meet at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 2003 for his outstanding services to the field of Medical Education by the director of lMS, BHU.

He has two sons, both in Australia and a daughter who is the vice chairperson of Delhi Public School, Sonepat, India.

He has written a book called Fundamentals of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, specially designed for Medical students and Medical officers dealing with the medicolegal problems in Nepal, and apprising them of legal sections in the law courts.

Dr Sharma is the editor-in-chief of Medico-Legal Update [1] ISSN 0971-720X, a quarterly reviewed journal published by World Information Syndicate,^[4] and executive editor of Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy ISSN 0973-5666.^[5]