Dr Sharad obtained an undergraduate and postgraduate Paediatric degree in India. Subsequently he completed advanced specialist training in Paediatrics Medicine at the National University Hospital, Singapore and obtained accreditation as Specialist in Paediatrics. He was awarded the Academic Medicine Development Award (AMDA) in 2012. He completed Clinical fellowship in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM Fellowship) at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. He has special interest in the use of Ultrasonography in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. He is involved in teaching as well as training of residents, fellows and colleagues in Paediatric emergency. He has been invited as faculty at various national and international courses on ultrasonography in Paediatrics.