Sharma is a serving officer of the Indian Air Force, commissioned as an Aeronautical Engineer in 1995 after graduating in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from The Institution of Engineers. He is a professional missile engineer and Battery Commander in Surface to Air Guided Missile (SAM-III) System with vast experience including instructional tenure at prestigious Guided Weapons College and Command Examiner for South Western Air Command. He was commended by Commander-in-Chief, Western Air Command for his pioneering modification work on missile systems in 1998. Wing Commander MK Sharma has commanded a detachment of SAM-III Missile battery in Western sector during Operation ‘Parakram’, the Indo-Pak standoff during 2001-02. He has also commanded a Special Navigation Flight in Western Air Command. He has in-depth hands-on experience on installation and commissioning of country wide intranet-Air Force Network (AFNET) project at field level. He was a research Fellow at Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi during2008-10. He is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India). He has done his Masters in Business Administration from Symbiosis International University, Pune and was awarded M.Phil. in management in 2008.As a hobbyist, he is also a licensed trainer of martial arts (Karate) and holds Black Belt (First Dan) from International Federation of Oriental Martial Arts.