Surindra Nath Sharma

Lieutenant General Surindra Nath Sharma (born 3 October 1923) is a retired Indian Army general and military engineer who last served as engineer-in-chief of the Indian Army.

Career Sharma was commissioned into the Madras Sappers of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers, then the engineering corps of the British Indian Army, in October 1944. He served in this capacity until 14 April 1967. On 8 May 1970, he was appointed Chief Engineer, Northern Zone with the acting rank of brigadier, and was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in the 1971 Republic Day decorations list.

On 21 August 1973, Sharma was appointed Chief Engineer, Eastern Command. In 1979, he was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army, and was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) in the 1981 Republic Day decorations list. Sharma retired from the army on 31 October 1981 after 42 years of service; in the final two days of his active service, he conducted parachute jumps in Agra with the Para Field Company, and on his final day of active duty, instead of attending his farewell ceremony in Delhi, elected for a parachute jump.

Sharma is married. He turned 100 in October 2023.