Yog Raj Sharma was born in Jammu in the North Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir,[REF] and did his early schooling at SRML Higher Secondary School, Jammu [REF].
Sharma is the Chief of Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences since 2012[REF][REF] and has held the position of a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University since 1992, reportedly the first ophthalmologist to be appointed at the university [REF].