Honourable President of India presented Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman of National Book Trust, the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi award for his excellence in Journalism, 2015 at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The award included a certificate, a shawl and an amount of Rs 5 lakh.
A noted writer, journalist and social thinker, Sharma has also served as the editor of Dainik Swadesh, Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala. He was appointed as the editor of the national weekly Panchjanya in 2008 and served there till 2013. Thereafter, he also served as the editor of the daily National Duniya. He has contributed numerous articles on issues of national and social importance to major magazines and newspapers.
Sharma, is also a noted figure on various Hindi news channels for his participation in socio-political discourse and has been associated with Akashwani through its numerous programmes.
He has recently authored three books namely, Mere Samay Ka Bharat, Adhyatmic Chetna aur Sugandhit Jeevan and Hamare Sudarshanji.