Anand Sharma was commissioned as an Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) in the Indian Air Force in March 1989. He is a professional engineer trained in Surface to Air Guided Weapon System and has a rich experience of operations as well as maintenance of SAM III systems. He has been an instructor at Guided Weapon Training Institute. He is also trained in various air defence radars and has served various missiles squadrons as Senior Technical Officer and a categorised combat crew.