Vishal Sharma

Vishal Sharma is part of the National Training Cell of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) entrusted with training party workers. He holds a graduate degree in Physics & Computer Science and is a Salzburg Alumni. He was the Officer on Special Duty (Information) to Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001-2002. He was instrumental in developing the online citizen grievance mechanism of the Chief Minister's office called "Tele-fariad". However, he later resigned to be part of BJP's India Shining campaign led by Pramod Mahajan.

Background

Vishal comes from a North Indian Brahmin family based in Mumbai. While still in the 8th grade, Vishal worked under Prof. T.A. Subramanium of the Institute of Science (Mumbai) in a school project to make a Superconductor at liquid Nitrogen temperature to verify the Meissner Effect of Superconductive Levitation. Vishal and his team of school kids made the Superconductor using the 1:2:3 mixture of Yttrium, Barium & Copper oxide. His interest in Physics and Technology led him to do his graduation in these subjects. However, he soon got involved in youth politics and joined the BJP.

India Shining Campaign 2004

In the India Shining Campaign, he was part of Pramod Mahajan's core team. With Sudheendra Kulkarni and Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed, Vishal Sharma had attempted to highlight BJP's secular image and attract more Muslims to...
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