About Sunil Sharan
Writing runs in Sunil Sharan’s genes. His father, Lt. Col. B.R. Sharan, was a distinguished author, known for his book Status of Indian Women: A Historical Perspective. Sunil grew up in a richly multilingual environment where five languages—English, Hindi, French, Punjabi, and Urdu—were spoken at home, and he later added German to his linguistic repertoire. His yearlong stay in France further deepened his fluency in French.
With an innate gift for language and literature, Sunil excelled as a writer and debater during his academic years, winning numerous awards. His academic journey is equally remarkable, spanning four prestigious universities across the globe: Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Pilani, India). He holds two master’s degrees—in electrical engineering and physics—and pursued the Jean Monnet Program at Ecole Polytechnique, a distinction often regarded as the French counterpart of the Rhodes scholarship.