• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the area of Fiber & Integrated Optics, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1976-1979)
• Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Applied Optics, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1974-1976)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1972–1974)
• Bachelor of Science (PCM), Hindu College, Moradabad, Agra University (1970–1972)

• NASI Distinguished Chair Professor and Honorary Professor, Optics and Photonics Centre, IIT Delhi (2025-present)
• Emeritus Professor, Optics and Photonics Centre and Physics Department, IIT Delhi (2020-2025)
• Professor (HAG), Physics Department, IIT Delhi (2008-2020)
• Professor, Physics Department, IIT Delhi (1995-2008)
• Associate Professor, Physics Department, IIT Delhi(1991-1995)
• Assistant Professor, Physics Department, IIT Delhi (1986-1991)
• Lecturer (1981-1986), SSO-II (1980-1981), Physics Department, IIT Delhi.

• Applied Optics and Photonics, Fiber and Integrated Optics, Gradient Index Optics, Development of Approximate and Numerical Methods for Optical Wave Propagation through Guiding and Imaging Media

Fiber Optics, Integrated Optics, Optical System Design

• SIMULTANEOUS TEMPERATURE AND REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING USING ETCHED FEW- MODE FIBER BRAGG GRATING: CROSS-SENSITIVITY AND MODE COUPLING ISSUES, Ajay Kumar and Anurag Sharma, Optics Communications 596, 132463 (2025)
• AN EFFICIENT NONPARAXIAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL WAVE PROPAGATION METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBERS & FIBER COMPONENTS, Ajay Kumar and Anurag Sharma, Optics Communications 558, 130375 (2024)
• A NEW METHOD TO SUPPRESS REFLECTIONS FROM NUMERICAL BOUNDARIES IN WAVE PROPAGATION, Pratiksha Choudhary and Anurag Sharma, Journal of Optics 53(5):4817–4824 (2024)
• ENGINEERING ADIABATICITY FOR EFFICIENT DESIGN OF PHOTONIC LANTERNS, Sugeet Sunder and Anurag Sharma, IEEE Photonics Journal 13, NO. 2, PP. 1-13, April 2021, Art No. 2200113 1- 13 (2021)
• ADIABATIC PROPAGATION ALGORITHM FOR PHOTONIC LANTERNS, Sugeet Sunder and Anurag Sharma, Optical Fiber Technology 57, 102219 (pp. 1-9) (2020)
• A NEW METHOD TO ANALYZE FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS, Ramesh Kumar and Anurag Sharma, Optical Fiber Technology 53, 102017 (pp. 1-5) (2019)
• ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION (ABC) AND PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER (PML) IN NUMERICAL BEAM PROPAGATION: A COMPARISON, Ramesh Kumar and Anurag Sharma, Optical and Quantum Electronics 51:53 (pp. 1-13) (2019)