Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma is a Professor at IIT Jodhpur. He completed his B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 1996. He completed his M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 1999. He completed his PhD. in Organometallic Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2007.