School of Computer Science and Mathematics

home > academics > computer science and mathematics

Name: Onkar P. Sharma
Title: Professor and Graduate Director, Computer Science
Office Location: Lowell Thomas 112
Extension: (845) 575-3000 ext. 2523
Email: Onkar.Sharma@Marist.edu
Degrees Held: B.S. Bihar Institute of Technology (India)
M.S. University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. New York University

Bio: Dr. Sharma taught at College for six years in India. He was the deputy Managing Director for a training company for three years in Iran. Dr. Sharma conducted two-week long seminar for a bank manager in Philippines. Dr. Sharma has been conducting recruitment trip for Computer Science graduate students in India for the past six years. He has taught at three different public/private colleges/universities in USA. For the last fifteen years, Dr. Sharma has been a member of an executive committee running an annual conference on Computing for Small Colleges in the Eastern United States. He held Division Chair and Dean (Administrative) position for twelve years.

Interests: Computer Architecture and Systems Programming

Publications: Three textbooks on Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (Fortran and Pascal); Prentice Hall
Contributed article for campus-wide Information Systems and Networks; publisher, Meckler