Sudhanshu Sharma (born 19 February 1969) referred to as Dr. Sudhanshu is an Indian educationist, politician and environmentalist. He is well known for his famous satire on Indian political system, "Indians @ rest", which is also famous for its astute and germane solutions of problems faced by Indians. He is the founder of the Peoplesgreen movement, a philosophy that advocates the formation of peoplegreen sector. To achieve the goals of the movement he established a political party, the Indian Peoples Green Party in 2011 and currently, holds the post of National President in Indian Peoples Green Party. He is the co-founder of Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (India); a non-profit private university established in 2008. He has also served as vice-chancellor of Suresh Gyan Vihar University during 2008–2010. He is organising an annual 'Convention on climate change and water' since 2011 in the city of Jaipur. He was awarded the Eminent Environmental Scientist Award during the 33rd World Environment Congress, New Delhi, India by the International Association of Educators for word peace, an organisation affiliated by UNICEF.
Born in a prosperous Jaipur based Brahmin family, of various recognised personalities. He is grandson of Acharya Purushottam Uttam, a great academician and Sanskrit scholar of pre-independence era. A renowned figure in 'Hindi Andolen' in Rajasthan who strived for the promotion of Hindi for more than a decade. He founded the Sahitya Sadawart Samiti, Jaipur. Dr.Sudhanshu's father Shri Suresh Sharma was an eminent politician of Rajasthan, recognised as a senior leader of Congress Party. Known as the 'Voice of downtroddens', he unflaggingly worked for peoples of minorities and slums throughout his life. Another distinguished personality of the family is his uncle Shri Sunil Sharma, who is an academician and versatile historian. Sudhanshu is having a remarkable academic and research profile. He has got his Doctorate in 1992 in Earth Sciences from MREC, Jaipur (now MNIT). He was also awarded Law Degree from University of Rajasthan.
Indians@rest is a creative non-fiction written by Dr.Sudhanshu, in which he asserts to have given an analysis of the economic, socio-political and external factors throughout the history that are the reasons for the present conditions of the nation. The books first edition was published by the PGP Blog publishing house, New Delhi and the following edition published in ebook form by Partridge Publication, India a collaborated venture of Penguin Books. The book is known to introduce the 'Peoplesgreen' theory and 'Peoples sector'. The book is divided into three sections, the first section of the book "The Rear Mirror" claims to give the past colonial roots that have eroded the minds of Indian people, the second section "India-Now" shows the analogy between the present India and the Colonial India followed by the third section of the book in which writer proclaims that the only possible solution is through 'Peoplesgreen movement'. The book received neutral reviews by the critics, though many believe writer to be unrealistic optimist.