My name is Ardan Sharma and I have had anything but a straight line kind of life.
I spent eight years in the Indian Air Force as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. I worked on Mi-17 helicopters, analysed Black Box flight data, managed logistics for COVID-19 relief missions and flood rescue operations in Assam, and earned special service medals for my contribution to Operation Rhino in the Mizo and Naga Hills. During those years I also travelled across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. I have stood in the same room as the Prime Minister of India during high priority missions. My legal name is Ardan Kumar. Ardan Sharma is the name I use publicly and professionally.
That life taught me one thing above everything else. How people behave under pressure tells you everything about them.
How Body Language Became My Obsession
When you spend years around high stakes operations, around people who cannot afford to make mistakes, you start reading people differently. You notice things. The way someone stands before a difficult decision. The micro expressions that flash across a face before words come out. The silence that says more than the sentence that follows it.
I started studying body language and psychology seriously because I had seen firsthand how much of human communication happens without words. I read everything I could find. I tested what I learned in real situations. And eventually I started teaching it.
Today my YouTube channel covers body language, face reading and psychology in a way that is practical and directly usable in real life. Whether you want to become more confident, read people better, lead more effectively or simply understand what is really going on in a conversation, that is what the channel is about.
The Trading Side
After leaving the Air Force I entered the stock market and made every mistake a new trader makes. I traded without a plan, ignored risk management and let emotions drive my decisions. I lost money I had earned through years of discipline in uniform.
That experience became the foundation of something better. I went back to basics, pursued an MBA in Marketing and Finance from CRSU Jind where I topped the course, cleared UGC-NET in Management, and studied markets the same way I had studied aircraft maintenance. Systematically. Without shortcuts. I also co-founded One Percent Capital LLC in Texas, USA where I applied these learnings to real portfolio management.
I then built AKTV, a free trading education platform for Indian retail traders. AKTV has three free tools, a real time EMA screener for 200 plus NSE stocks, an options setup detector for NIFTY and SENSEX, and a swing trade watchlist for Nifty 50 stocks. No login. No payment. No catch.
What I Do Now
I run two separate bodies of work. The body language and psychology channel under my name, and AKTV for trading education and tools. Both come from the same place. A belief that the right knowledge in the right hands changes outcomes.
I also take one on one consultations for people who want to work on their communication, confidence and people reading skills. If that is something you are looking for, you can book a session below.
Ardan Sharma is the founder of AKTV Business, a registered MSME (UDYAM-HR-08-0054649).
Qualifications
MBA (Marketing and Finance), CRSU Jind, Course Topper
UGC-NET, Management
Indian Air Force, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, 8 years
Special Service Medals, Operation Rhino, Mizo and Naga Hills
Composite Security Training Course, Counter-terrorism and Unarmed Combat
Specialisation Course on Mi-17 and Mi-17 IV Multi-role Helicopters
Co-founder, One Percent Capital LLC, Texas, USA
Let’s Connect
For trading tools and education, visit aktv.in
For business enquiries write to business@ardansharma.com