Born in a small hamlet in the Indian state of Haryana, Anjoo Balhara Sharma earned her baccalaureate with a major in political science and her master's in the same discipline from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. She was awarded a doctorate from UGC Centre for Federal Studies-an affiliate of Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi. An erstwhile fellow at Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi, where she is also Deputy Dean (Planning), the author is an Associate Professor of Political Science and an online interdisciplinary content developer and writer published in diverse disciplines such as law, colonial history and political science.
Her well-researched article in SAGE journal Antyajaa on Indian forest laws depicts her empathy for the marginalised women forest dwellers. As an activist, she is connected to the grassroots in her home state in villages surrounding Meham, district Rohtak, Haryana.