Roshan L. Sharma

Roshan L. Sharma was born in Punjab, India in 1927. The author received his B. A. (Physics and Math) with a minor in English literature from Punjab University in 1948. In literature his interests were in romantic poetry and Victorian novels of Galsworthy. He came over to the United States in 1949 for graduate studies. He studied fine art and physics at UCLA for 4 years, and physics at USC for 2 years obtaining M.S. from the latter in 1955.

Roshan L. Sharma joined Collins Radio Company in Burbank during 1952 to do pioneering research in telecommunications. He wrote his first book, "Holy Men and Holy Cows" in 1968 to explain his innermost beliefs to his Company's President, Mr. Arthur A. Collins. Rockwell International acquired Collins during 1972 resulting in author's transference to Dallas, Texas. His next four books, "Network Systems", "Network Topology Optimization", "Network Design Using EcoNets" and "A New Algorithm for Studying Routes in a Connected Graph were published in 1982, 1990, 1997 and 2012 respectively. His researches helped the development of first Single-Sideband-electro-mechanical filter, the first commercial modem and digital switches. He has over 100 publications and holds five U.S. Patents in telecommunications. In 1981, Rockwell International awarded him the prestigious Leonardo da Vinci Silver Medallion for being selected as one of the Engineer of the Year. In 2009, at the Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GDIACC) meeting, India's Ambassador honored Mr. Sharma for his outstanding contribution in Science and Technology.

He retired early in 1984 to become an independent consultant. He also taught in the EE Department of SMU in Dallas until 2003.

His hobbies include water color painting and non-fiction writing. During 2009 he published his 5th book, "Saving Immigrant's Daughter" based on the 1,000 letters that his father-in-law left to his daughter at deathbed. Its 2nd Edition appeared as a Kindle book on Amazon.com in 2012.