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Professor Ram Lal Sharma was born at Baytoo, a small village in Barmer district of Rajasthan, India in 1941. His father was a poor farmer. Even when he was a student at high school he started to work part-time to support his parents. But He had a strong desire to gain higher education and despite several hardships managed to graduate in Economics from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He was later appointed as a faculty member in the same university .In 1969, under Fulbright Program, he went to study at Arizona University, USA. During his career as a university teacher he taught at several institutions in India and abroad which included Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
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Throughout his career he worked on many research projects in Economics. His second life started after retirement at the age of 60 in 1999.Just before retirement, he started to teach on part-time basis at newly started Aravali Institute of Management at Jodhpur in the year 2000, where he was highly respected.He was proud and delighted to learn that the quality of higher education had started to improve in Rajasthan and private sector was also making its own contribution. He then got appointed at another newly established National Law University, Jodhpur, where he was loved and respected by colleagues and students. Later he was granted emeritus professorship from University Grants Commission and was working on a project named Money Cycle in India. His life was full of struggle but he had a strong desire to live his life in a meaningful way. Apart from teaching he also took an active part in reforming the society.He voiced strong concerns against widely popular culture of "feasts on death"(locally known as Mrityu Bhoj).Despite being born in a brahmin family he was against caste system in India which divides our society in upper and lower castes.He was often sad that in his lifetime he couldn't see elimination of caste system from our society. He was taken ill in 1996 and doctors predicted his life of few weeks. But he rose again and was back to work within a year and never stopped. In Jan.2010 he was appointed a faculty at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur where he delivered last lecture of his life. He was taken ill again and developed severe Pneumonia. He was put on Ventilator support and his life was predicted of a few days. Once again proving all predictions wrong he recovered. But unfortunately his heart became weak and he developed severe heart failure. He was served by equally devoted wife Mrs.Shanti Sharma who looked after him while he was home bound.Throughout his life he never charged any tuition fee from students whom he taught at home. His own room at home was like a classroom where he was surrounded by students .Teaching was his passion and service to the humanity. On 20 October 2012 he died sitting next to his wife at home. He was a simple soul who started his journey from a small village and made it to several prestigious institutes in India and abroad.He truly lived a meaningful life aimed at improving quality of life of his fellow countrymen.He never received any Prize or glorification from any government or non government bodies. The respect he earned from his students, colleagues and peers was more than any medal or prize.His contribution to education especially in Economics was enormous. He was a true son of Rajasthan. His family members have taken initiative to start Professor Ram Lal Sharma education trust to help improve level of education in the Western Rajasthan.