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'''Shivam Sharma''' is an Indian entrepreneur, computer engineer, and researcher. He is the founder and CEO of online media firm [[Cybergenta]],<ref>[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cybergenta About Cybergenta, Crunchbase]</ref> as well as the founder and chair of a not for profit named [[Youth Cybersecurity Forum]].<ref>[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/youth-cybersecurity-forum YCF, Crunchbase]</ref>
=== Early Life and Education ===	
Sharma grew up in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, as the son of a teacher who later started his own business. Sharma completed Class X and Class XII in K.V. Public School, a Central Board of Secondary Education school in Parikshitgarh. He earned his bachelor's degree in Computer science and engineering from [[Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University]] and is an eminent alumnus from that institution. Moving to the [[United Kingdom]], he attained a Master's of Science from [[University of Warwick]] in [[Cybersecurity]] engineering, where he was awarded by WMG Excellence Scholarship.<ref>[https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/education/wmgmasters/entry/finance/wmg_excellence_scholarshi WMG Excellence]</ref>

=== Awards and Recognition ===
His area of research is in cybersecurity and internet governance for which he has received several fellowships, which includes:
*Youth [[IGF]] India Fellowship, 2019<ref>[https://ashwinreddy.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot-2019-11-20-at-2.45.29-PM.png/ Ashwin Reddy]</ref>

*[[inSIG]] Fellowship, 2020<ref>[https://insig.in/?page_id=22 Insig]}</ref>

*[[.asia|Dot Asia]] NetMission yIGF Fellowship, 2020<ref>[https://netmission.asia/2020/09/09/youth-igf-2020-virtual-camp-result-announcement 2020 YIGF Camp]</ref>

*WMG Excellence Scholarship, 2020
*NextGen@ICANN71<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-nextgenicann71-participants-15-3-2021-en NexGenn@ICANN71]</ref>

=== References ===
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=== External links ===
 	
*[https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11r1gm6llt Shivam Sharma on Google]
*[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-YFjcHIAAAAJ&hl=en Shivam Sharma on Google Scholar]
*[https://www.twitter.com/thesharmashivam  Shivam Sharma on Twitter]	
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/theshivamsharma  Shivam Sharma on LinkedIn]
*[https://www.crunchbase.com/person/theshivamsharma   Shivam Sharma on Crunchbase]