Dr. B.N. Sharma was born on 31.7.1959. He did his Masters in Financial Management with gold medal in 1980 from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has been alumnus of Harvard University (Seniors Managers in Government), Duke University (Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecast (TARF)) and Berkeley University (Ethics in Governance). He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the premier civil service of India in 1985 and was allotted Rajasthan cadre. During his career, he handled assignments in various departments/Ministries in Rajasthan as well as Central Government, such as Power, Revenue & Finance. He was Chairman, National Anti-Profiteering Authority, Government of India before his superannuation in 2019 and continued serving National Anti-Profiteering Authority, Government of India upto May, 2021.