Mr. Sharma topped University of Pune in the MBA (Masters in Business Administration) Program from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management; apart from securing top position in the MCA (Masters in Computer Applications) program of the Pune University located in Western India. Besides these regular programs, he has participated in several short-term programs at reputable universities & institutions in the US and UK.

Mr. Sharma has significantat experience in the marketing of MIS & training solutions to large Corporate as well as voluntary sector/grass root organizations. He has been a frequent participant as well as a speaker at the leading International technology & development forums such as:

• Seminar on "Building sustainable livelihoods by implementing a partnership between the private sector and community" at the World Bank in December 2001
• Seminar on "Fund-raising and Resource Mobilization by the voluntary groups" for the South Asia Fund-Raising Group in January, 2002
• Seminar on "ICTs for development and gender" at the Second Annual Baramati Conference in May 2002 (sponsored by the Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India and MIT Media Labs Asia Ltd).
• Workshop on "Building a Development Gateway for the Civil Society, Govt. and the Private sector and partnerships in the area of e-commerce and content partnerships" for the Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India

The core organizational philosophy at Datamation has been to empower the weakest of the weak using ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies) as well as offer employment opportunities to the economically & socially deprived sections of the Indian society, women as well as the physically handicapped people. Mr. Sharma is also involved intensively in implementation of ICT projects at grass roots, partnering with a large number of voluntary organizations. He has been working tirelessly to help implement ICT solutions in the primary education and health-care sectors in few parts of the country. He is a prolific writer on topical subjects such as ICTs role in the poverty alleviation, gender and development, trade barriers and trade imbalances as well as on the role of ICTs in enhancing the competitiveness and profitability of the Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

He has been a regular visitor to the IT (Information Technology) fairs such as the CEBIT, Germany; Comdex, USA as well as CRM & direct marketing conferences across the globe.

Mr. Sharma has been the recipient of many international & national awards such as the Outstanding Young Consultant Award initiated by the Govt. of India as well as the recipient of the Global Economic Forum Award. He has been listed on the International Who's Who of Professionals as well as recently he has been chosen as the finalist for the World Bank's InfoDev's Information & Communication Technology based project on the creation of sustainable livelihoods in India's IT Industry for the socially & economically weak people.

Read Article about Chetan Sharma   in the Intelligent Investor magazine by Ms. Anupama Makaan