Born in Jorhat, Assam and an alumnus of Govt. HS School, Daporijo, Don Bosco School, Dibrugarh, Swami Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi and Ramjas College, Delhi University, Devashish Sharma, is the Founder Chairman and Trustee of Deepsikha (A Trust for Cancer Care).

His journey after graduating in English Literature and completing his post-graduation in Public Relations, Mr. Sharma joined the Assam Civil Services in 1992 where he was first posted at Barpeta. After this, in 1996 he was posted as the Special Officer to the then Governor of Assam, Lt General S K Sinha. In 2003, Mr. Sharma was posted as the Deputy Resident Commissioner of the Assam Bhawan in Mumbai where he was responsible for representing the Govt. of Assam in the state of Maharashtra. In May 2021, he joined as The Commissioner of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, until August, 2022.

Mr. Sharma is currently serving as the District Commissioner at the Morigaon District in Assam, since August 2022.