Prof. Saroj Sharma is Professor and Dean of the Education Department at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She served as Chairperson of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, from December 2020 to October 2024. She has rich and varied academic experience as a seasoned faculty member, and sound administrative experience in heading different Institutions offering Graduate and Post-graduate degrees in Education (B.Ed., M.Ed.).She is a member of many Universities and academic bodies,including NAAC, IUC-TE BHU, and CEMCA. She is actively involved in various projects of UNICEF, UNESCO, ICSSR, and other social and cultural forums. Presently, she is a member of the Governing Bodies, Board of Studies and Academic Councils of many Universities in India. She is also a member of various Curriculum-Development and Framework-formation teams at the National and International levels in the fields of different strata of School curriculum, as well as Teacher Education. She has been a member of the consultation committee constituted by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) for the formulation of National Education Policy(NEP) under the umbrella of Ministry of Education (MoE), member of high level committee constituted for National Credit Framework (NCrF), member of PARAKH, member of PAB for New India Literacy Programme(NILP) and had been member in a few other educational Programme Implementation Committees (PICs) of Government of India.

She is on the Advisory and Editorial Boards of many Journals of Education. She has to her credit several Books, Modules, Research Papers and articles in National and International Journals of repute.

Under her dynamic leadership,The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), received the prestigious “UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021” for the programme 'Enabling education of persons with disabilities through the technology-enabled inclusive learning material, with a focus on Indian Sign Language (ISL)’ and also received “Digital Transformation Award 2021" for Digital Government to Citizen (G2C) by the Governance Now, “Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Excellence Award” for Education by ALTTC (National Telecom Academy), “Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Award” of Academic Excellence by NCWD Trust, “भारतीयशिक्षारत्नसम्मान2023” by भारतीयशिन्दीएवसंस्कृतशिक्षापररषद.

Her Academic Vision infuses the following focused Areas in the contemporary Educational scenario: * Integration of Indian Knowledge Tradition (IKT) (भारतीयज्ञानपरम्परा) in education.

* Values, Citizenship and Moral Education with Indian Ethos.

* Environmental concerns and sustainable development in Education.

* Use of ICT in Education and Virtual Education.

* Inclusive Education at all levels.

* Paradigm Shifts in Education infusing National and Global Concerns, i.e., Peace, Gender Issues, Human Rights and Legal Education, Heritage of Art & Crafts Education, Multilingualism, Natal and Prenatal studies, Health, hygiene, Family, Population Education and skill-oriented curriculum.