Shruti Sharma, an IFS officer, is presently posted as the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest/APCCF, Non Timber Forest Products(NTFP), Rajasthan. She has served as CCF Concurrent Evaluation and was Associate Professor at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy/IGNFA, Dehradun teaching Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation to probationers of the Indian Forest Service. She was on deputation to the Forest Research Institute (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education/ICFRE), Dehradun as the Deputy Conservator of Forests (Non-Wood Forest Products Division).
She conducted research on medicinal plants, developed herbal gardens, and taught Conservation of Biological Resources, Eco-development, Wildlife Management and Wetland Management to MSc and PGD students at the FRI University. She also conducted short term courses on Ecotourism-Planning and Management; Sustainable Development of NWFP and Medicinal Plants. She has experience in protected area management.
Before joining the IFS, she worked as PGT biology teacher at Army Public school and Bluebell School, Delhi from 1983 to 1987. Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India has made a documentary on her work titled, ‘Pride of India’ and translated into various other languages. From 1996-2000, she was Director of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. She has also served as Deputy Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Kota, District Forest Officer (Tonk) and Assistant Conservator of Forests, Bharatpur.
Her educational qualification includes Bachelor and Masters in Zoology and Bachelor of Education from the University of Delhi. She has a Masters in Forestry from Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, a PG Diploma in Wildlife Management from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.