Jeevan Prakash Sharma is assistant editor, Special Assignment. He has spent nearly 20 years in journalism with focus on education, real estate, crime and legal . He specialises in RTI-based information and open source data.
Articles by Jeevan Prakash Sharma
GDA wakes up to the need for completion certificate
GDA’s latest move has ensured that developers will not be able to register units in favour of homebuyers and get power supply until they acquire completion certificates
Updated on Jun 06, 2013 08:35 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Only genuine GPA transactions count
After a recent high court order, the Delhi government has to frame guidelines for registration of valid general power of attorney deals
Updated on May 31, 2013 07:48 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Cheating 'assured'
Beware of investing in properties for which you are promised ‘assured returns’. Lack of statutory provisions allow builders to get away scot-free if they default on payments
Updated on May 21, 2013 08:21 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi Ncr
Let there be light from textiles
A student of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute has developed a fabric-based solar cell that can be used for generating solar power in remote areas.
Updated on May 22, 2013 10:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Scoring with the remote
Students of RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, have designed lightweight UAVs that can be put to uses as diverse as agriculture and defence .
Updated on May 22, 2013 10:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Propelled by passion
A team from SRM University, Chennai, is one of the five groups to have been shortlisted among 6000 students from 82 countries for the Airbus’ Fly Your Ideas Challenge final.
Updated on May 22, 2013 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Reaping a harvest from waste
Students of Thapar University have initiated an innovative zero-garbage solutions project to manage almost 125kg of food waste produced in just one hostel mess every day.
Updated on May 22, 2013 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Faridabad homebuyers robbed of crores?
Residents’ welfare associations allege some builders have extracted a whopping R1600 crore from them as ‘external development charges’
Updated on Apr 26, 2013 07:00 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Faridabad
Freehold at last, but...
While the government’s move to liberalise the conversion scheme of DDA flats is welcome, it does not redress many home owners’ problems
Updated on Apr 19, 2013 07:38 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Top marks for location
Location is everything in real estate - and Sarita Vihar in south Delhi has a great advantage in being close to the borders of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Updated on Apr 08, 2013 06:08 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
When your home is not your own
Residents in a premium project in Noida do not have title rights to their apartments as the Noida Authority refuses to give the developer sub-lease rights for non-payment of dues
Updated on Apr 08, 2013 05:14 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
‘Creativity is mandatory for a successful future’
Experts and educationists from various Asia Pacific countries discuss the challenges of using technology to stimulate creativity among students.
Updated on Mar 26, 2013 03:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Cramped and cluttered
Despite a ban on any new construction in unauthorised colonies, construction work is in full swing in Abul Fazal Enclave II (Shaheen Bagh)
Updated on Mar 21, 2013 05:02 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Happiness and discontentment
Here is a look at Majnu Ka Tilla which is home to a large Tibetan population
Updated on Mar 20, 2013 07:26 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
'Anger, frustration drove us to act’
Planning and coordination got two resident welfare associations of the Commonwealth Games Village to take up cudgels against DDA and Emaar MGF to finally get possession of their flats
Updated on Mar 19, 2013 05:34 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
UP Apartment Act on RWA
Five important provisions on the formation and management of resident welfare association in the UP Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act 2010
Updated on Mar 16, 2013 08:36 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Nightmare in paradise for 5,000 Ghaziabad residents
Seven years after they moved into a project named Paradise in Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad, the residents are plagued by thefts, water and power problems
Updated on Mar 17, 2013 03:50 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Ghaziabad
Stamp duty on the basis of brochure rates?
Pay stamp duty calculated on the basis of prices advertised in developer’s brochure or else your homes will be sealed, Noida revenue department warns home owners
Updated on Mar 10, 2013 12:15 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Indirapuram
‘Safety a big issue here’
Not many people like to venture out once it gets dark in Sector 82, Noida, especially the women
Updated on Mar 13, 2013 03:22 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Few takers for innovators
Our technological institutes come up with great innovations, but not many get commercialised. HT Education finds out why.
Updated on Oct 24, 2012 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Shuttle service
Do you love badminton and are you a big fan of Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand and Saina Nehwal? There are several training academies in Delhi that can help hone your skills and make you an ace shuttler, reports Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
‘Get over problems and move on’
Mark Joseph Inglis, the first double amputee to scale Mount Everest, finds India full of inspiring people
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 04:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Survival Tactics
Most of your professional training happens in your first job, so try and stay on longer to learn more, Jeevan Prakash Sharma writes.
Updated on Sep 03, 2012 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Fleece street: one loo, 25 girls
Drishti Ahuja, a second year commerce student from Sri Venkateswara College, recently moved out of her paying guest accommodation in Satya Niketan because she had to share one toilet with 25 girls. Paying guest digs are often crammed and have no health checks or proper facilities, reports Jeevan Prakash Sharma.
Updated on Jul 06, 2012 02:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Set your GOALS sky high
Can’t have enough of the European Football Championship 2012 on TV? Here’s a chance to get totally into the game by learning more about soccer and channelling your inner football champion. Jeevan Prakash Sharma gets you information on everything you need to know about football training academies in Delhi
Updated on Jun 12, 2012 06:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Match point, anyone?
A Fedex fan? Love the way Lee and Hesh grab all those doubles titles? Join Jeevan Prakash Sharma as he takes a round of all the tennis coaching centres in town and check out the ones you’d want to join
Updated on Jun 05, 2012 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
It’s 45 degrees outside...
Want to become a swimmer? Here are some coaching centres in the capital that go the extra mile and can even prepare you for various national and international level swimming competitions. Jeevan Prakash Sharma reports
Updated on May 29, 2012 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
A vision inspired by willpower
You can achieve the impossible if you are like Ajit Kumar Yadav – who became an IAS officer despite being visually impaired
Updated on May 08, 2012 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Patna students recreate history
Students of Patna Arts College have created a Replica Museum in Delhi, which displays copies of some of Asia’s rarest historical sculptures.
Updated on May 01, 2012 12:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
When the going gets tough…
His never-say-die attitude ensured Sandeep Singh’s triumphant return from a wheelchair to the hockey field, getting India to qualify for the Olympics
Updated on Apr 11, 2012 07:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi