Dr Garima Sharma has over 12 years of experience in the social development sector, with a focus on self-help groups (SHGs), micro-credit, and micro-financing. She has worked on implementing development projects with organisations such as UNDP, NABARD, and Rashtriya Mahila Kosh under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Her work combines grassroots development practice with research and program design.

She has also been actively involved in academia, teaching at Delhi University and at the School of Continuing Education, IGNOU. At IGNOU, she contributed to developing a Diploma program in Event Management and a MOOC titled Communication and Extension for Sustainable Development.