Dr archana sharma

Indian physicist

Archana Sharma is a distinguished Indian physicist and senior scientist at the CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.^[1] Her research focuses on high energy physics.^[2][3] She is internationally recognized for her work in instrumentation and gaseous detectors, specifically for her pioneering work on micro-pattern gaseous detectors.^[1] She received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in 2023 for her contribution in science and technology.^[4][5]

Early life and education

Sharma was born to a middle-class family in Aligarh and raised in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.^[6] Both of her parents were teachers––her father taught mechanical engineering, and her mother taught economics and geography.^[7]

Sharma studied physics at Banaras Hindu University as an undergraduate student and received her masters in nuclear physics from the same university in 1982.^{[7] Archna sharma biography wife.}