Besides being the CEO of AMTZ, Dr Jitendra Sharma is also Founder Executive Director of Kalam Institute of Health Technology (KIHT) that serves as a medical technology policy think tank for various departments & ministries of the Government of India. Dr Sharma is Member Secretary of National Medical Devices Promotion Council, and founder Chairman of two med-tech incubators- Medi-Valley, and Bio-Valley. He is adjunct lecturer at University of Adelaide, Australia; Chairman of Indian Biomedical Skill Council and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Niti Aayog.

Dr Sharma has won the European Union–India Young Leaders Award at EU Parliament, Brussels and AAMI-Laufman Greatbatch Award for his distinguished work in the medical technology sector. He is known in professional circles as the Med-Tech Man of India.

Dr Sharma’s story is truly fascinating. As a boy, right from the age of 9, he would move around on a bicycle and sell groceries to departmental stores to make a living (in West Bengal). Despite being a good student and qualifying for admission to top engineering and medical colleges, he did not have the resources to pursue higher education. That is how he joined Saya Sai institute of Higher Learning, where he received free education. He subsequently went to the All India Institute for Medical Sciences on a training fellowship. Dr Sharma went on to pursue 3 PhDs, 4 Masters and 7 fellowship programs, subsequently, even as he worked. He has been associated with a variety of organizations, including primary healthcare centres, government departments and the WHO. Dr Sharma is a hospital administrator, medical technologist and health economist rolled into one.