Editing Man Mohan Sharma (section)

{{Short description|Indian chemical engineer (born 1937)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix  = [[Professor]]
| name              = Man Mohan Sharma
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| image             = File:Drbatu2014a.jpg
| caption           = Sharma (in the middle) at the convocation of [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University]].
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=y|1937|5|1}}
| birth_place       = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater        = [[Institute of Chemical Technology]]<br>[[Cambridge University]]
| awards            = • [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2001)<br>• [[Padma Bhushan]] (1987)<br>• [[Leverhulme Medal (Royal Society)|Leverhulme Medal]] (1996)<br>• [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] (1973)
| workplaces        = [[Institute of Chemical Technology]]
| fields            = Chemical Engineering
}}
'''Man Mohan Sharma''' (born 1 May 1937) is an Indian [[chemical engineer]].<ref name="ICT_profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/uploaded_files/EMERITUS_PROFESSOR_OF_EMINENCE_Professor_M._M._Sharma.pdf|title=EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF EMINENCE Prof. M. M. Sharma|website=INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, MUMBAI}}</ref> He was educated at Jodhpur, [[Mumbai]], and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. At age 27, he was appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering in the [[Institute of Chemical Technology]], Mumbai.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/sharma.html |title=Prof. Man Mohan Sharma |publisher=Chemical & Materials Eng., The University of Auckland |access-date=22 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112033654/http://www.ecm.auckland.ac.nz/sharma.html |archive-date=12 January 2009 }}</ref> He later went on to become the Director of [[Institute of Chemical Technology|UDCT]], the first chemical engineering professor to do so from UDCT.

In 1990, he became the first Indian engineer to be elected as a Fellow of [[Royal Society]], UK. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1987) and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2001) by the [[President of India]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> he has also been awarded the [[Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|S.S. Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences]] (1973), FICCI Award (1981), the Vishwakarma medal of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (1985), G.M. Modi Award (1991), Meghnad Saha Medal (1994), and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] (2001).<ref name = Bio/>