Education Sarma was born 1955 in
Kassel,
West Germany.
NEC As president of the TDL Executive Board and a General Manager at NEC Laboratories Europe, Sarma was present at the Trust in the Digital World and the Cyber Security & Privacy (CSP) EU Forum 2013, that addressed the issue of fighting
cybercrime.
Skeptical movement . From his early childhood on, Sarma was very interested in science and scientific controversies, and read books by
Erich von Däniken and
Charles Berlitz about the
Bermuda Triangle. However, he then came across books that took up the issue more seriously and scientifically, especially when he read
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved (1975) by Larry Kusche. This got him thinking: "How come this information was not available to me before? At that point I decided that something's got to be done to provide more critical, skeptical and science-based information to the public, so that people don't get fooled the way I was." Sarma began as the managing director of the GWUP, and since 2008 he has been its chair. In 2018, Sarma provided some perspective on the state of the
skeptical movement by addressing "the essence of contemporary skepticism and [highlighting] the vital nonpartisan and science-based role of skeptics in preventing deception and harm." In 2021, Sarma with the German Skeptics, created a nationwide poll based on an earlier 2001 poll by the Lutheran Magazine,
Chrismon. The poll found that beliefs in therapies such as
Ayurveda,
Bach flower remedies and
homeopathy have all decreased since the original 2001 poll. The percent of people who believe in
dowsing,
UFOs,
telekinesis,
clairvoyance and
seances have also decreased. The poll did identify
5G development as a fear for some respondents. In 2024, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) named Sarma the European representative, he was already a member of CSI's Executive Council and a CSI fellow.
10:23 Campaign In 2011, he coordinated the
10:23 Campaign in Germany, in which groups of people in 27 countries overdosed on
homeopathic preparations, in an effort to show to the public that homeopathy does not work.
Appearances In 2017, Amardeo Sarma appeared at the 17th
European Skeptics Congress (ESC) in Old Town Wrocław, Poland. The congress was organised by the
Klub Sceptyków Polskich (Polish Skeptics Club) and
Český klub skeptiků Sisyfos (Czech Skeptic's Club). At the congress he hosted a panel on
exorcisms that included Mariusz Błochowiak,
Konrad Szołajski,
Jakub Kroulík and
Chris French. ==Publications==