With a love for being among the rural life and culture, Dr. Ashok Sharma even forgo his due promotions and better professional prospects for serving at the grassroots level.

Dr. Ashok Sharma is a senior medical officer at CHC, Badgaon, Udaipur.

Ashok was born and brought up in Kota. He did his schooling from Kota and MBBS from RNT Medical College, Udaipur.

Ashok has been working in the medical field for the past twenty-five years. His first posting was at Kanore and since then he has mostly served in rural areas. He says that he even let go of some promotions to work among the rural people and serve them.

Talking about struggles, Ashok says that in rural postings there is no comfort and one has to adjust to the culture and ways of life of the village. It is a tough life to lead and one has to be accustomed to it.

Sharing his achievements, Ashok says that his connection with people is his biggest achievement. Many times, people have rallied to get his transfer canceled and keep him stationed in their village only. He adds that he has no corruption charges against him and also has never resorted to private practice for earning extra money.

Ashok advises the youth who want to work in the rural sector to be mentally prepared to face hardships. Only earning and financial gains should not be the motive is what Ashok feels.

Talking about his role models, Ashok says that after reading ‘My Experiments with Truth’ by Mahatma Gandhi, he got inspired by him and followed his teachings in life.

Ashok says that his success mantra is to do something different in life. He says that we should minimize our needs and live a simple life.

Ashok says that his hobby is participating in and helping wherever he sees an issue. He resigned from his job to serve in the farmers’ protest and provide treatment there for 100 days. His VRS application was later rejected and he joined back. He is also taking care of seventy street cows at his own expense.