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Dr Eklabya Sharma, Strategic Advisor and Senior Fellow at ATREE, received the prestigious Padma Shree Award for his lifelong dedication to the Himalayan ecosystems. With over 40 years of experience in sustainable mountain development, he has significantly contributed to the resilience of both nature and local communities. His globally recognised research focuses on nitrogen fixation, accretion and the bio-geochemical cycle in the Eastern Himalaya. Dr Sharma has also worked on biodiversity conservation, natural resource management, transboundary landscape management, climate change impact assessments, watershed management, ecotourism, ecosystem-based solutions, etc., across multifunctional landscapes and river basins in the Himalayan region.
Dr Sharma has played a significant role in knowledge development and promoting its application in policies and practices through various national and international positions, including (1) Regional Head of the G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment; (2) Deputy Director General at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development; and (3) Vice-Chancellor of the TERI School of Advanced Studies.
Dr Sharma’s contributions to science have earned him distinguished Fellowships from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Ecology. He was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Glasgow. Some of his national and international accolades include the Young Scientist Award from INSA, the Vishisht Vaigyanik Puraskar from the Government of India, an Honourable Mention Paper Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society in the USA, an Excellence Award from Sikkim University and a Social Status Award from the Government of Sikkim.
Besides being part of many national and international initiatives, Dr Sharma has contributed to several global discourses, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He has helped in closing science gaps on Hindu Kush Himalaya mountain knowledge in the Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change and Inter-governmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services processes.
Dr Sharma has more than 210 publications in the form of books, book chapters and research papers in international journals.
