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
Lost in jurisdiction: Clueless agencies spar over degree
Standoff: UGC and MHRD have failed to come up with clear answers on status of architecture degrees awarded by an institute in Greater Noida affiliated to IP University.
Updated on Apr 06, 2015 02:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
‘Good faculty, more laboratories needed’
It’s not just the question of AICTE approvals which bothers the students pursuing BTech courses in Delhi University colleges. Their courses do not match the standards of other prestigious AICTE-approved technical institutes; and their colleges lack teachers, classrooms and good laboratory facilities, the students say.
Updated on Feb 04, 2015 12:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
‘Colleges not serious about approval’
Blame game: While colleges blame AICTE, parents find fault with college principals for overlooking BTech students’ interests.
Updated on Feb 04, 2015 11:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Will DU colleges apply for AICTE nod for BTech courses by Feb 20?
In the dark: Status of BTech courses not clear after rollback of FYUP. Will degrees to be awarded to 6,000 students not be valid? Jeevan Prakash Sharma investigates
Updated on Feb 16, 2015 02:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Rs. 1,200 cr scheme, 5,000 students, but no DU seat
Information on J&K students selected for PM’s Special Scholarship Scheme is ‘not available’ with human resource ministry. Delhi University colleges allocated to students by AICTE turned them away.
Updated on Jan 22, 2015 12:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Auto driver’s topper daughter ‘treated like a criminal’
Avantika Dutta, counselled by AICTE to join Kamala Nehru, kept shuttling between DU VCs office and the college with her family, but did not get admission.
Updated on Jan 22, 2015 05:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
A toothless regulator for the sector?
Reports of dilution of the provisions of the real estate regulation bill has strengthened fears that the government is likely to further delay the final draft and may make it a toothless body which ends up serving the interests of developers.
Updated on Jan 13, 2015 06:55 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
In a fix over fitouts
Developers are offering delivery to homebuyers just for fitouts in under-construction, unsafe projects, putting their lives and limbs at risk
Updated on Jan 13, 2015 05:45 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
Students, alumni cheer as SPA Bill 2014 gets Parliament nod
“I would like to expresses my gratitude towards the present government for passing the School of Planning and Architecture Bill 2014 which makes three SPAs institutes of excellence. This bill has given identity, endorsement and eminence to our studies and now we are able to apply for government jobs,” says Triveni Prasad Nanda, former student, SPA, Bhopal.
Updated on Dec 17, 2014 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Why is a regulator needed?
Delay in enacting The Distance Education Council of India Bill 2014 could jeopardise the future of lakhs of students
Updated on Dec 17, 2014 11:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
CoA has no power to conduct competency test: Calcutta HC
This is the second high court judgment in a span of two months, ordering the Council of Architecture (CoA), a body constituted under the Architects Act, 1972, to maintain the minimum standards of architectural education in the country and to function within its legal limits.
Updated on Nov 26, 2014 11:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Act of mercy
The future of hundreds of students could be saved if the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Bill, 2014, is passed in the winter session of Parliament.
Updated on Nov 26, 2014 11:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
A ‘super area’ racket
It’s nothing short of extortion. Homebuyers are now being asked to pay extra for increase in their booked apartments’ super area
Updated on Nov 20, 2014 03:13 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
‘Colleges wanted the money’
After the commencement of the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir, the students eligible for the grant had been applying to institutes of their own choice in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. This was when AICTE stepped in as it sensed that the private players could be taking the students for a ride.
Updated on Nov 05, 2014 11:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
J-K toppers made to suffer for glitches in government scheme
Private colleges want to grab their grants and institutes across India, ‘unaware’ of PM’s Special Scheme, are turning away scholarship holders
Updated on Nov 05, 2014 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Validity of degrees can be questioned
About 200 students from Jammu and Kashmir pursuing various undergraduate courses under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in an off-campus study centre of Mewar University in Vasundahra, Ghaziabad, stand the risk of having the validity of their degrees questioned once they complete their courses.
Updated on Nov 05, 2014 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Welfare or unfair?
Welfare societies registered after DDA’s land pooling policy announcement could be illegally raising funds for housing projects
Updated on Nov 04, 2014 08:53 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Playing with lives
Over the last few years students with bright futures ahead of them as doctors, lawyers and architects have had moments of sheer panic when the education regulators such as All India Council For Technical Education, Medical Council of India, Council of Architecture (CoA) etc, have de-affiliated or fined their colleges for non-compliance of norms and standards.
Updated on Oct 22, 2014 12:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Before you enrol, verify college claims
Career plans of students at two schools of architecture go awry after they find that the institutes do not have degree-granting status, writes Jeevan Prakash Sharma.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 08:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Meritorious students without jobs
Students of two schools of architecture are finding their career plans going awry as the institutes they studied in do not have degree granting status.
Updated on Oct 08, 2014 01:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Not registered even after completing 5-year course
Students of architecture schools not approved by CoA were denied registration, which meant they could not practice
Updated on Oct 01, 2014 11:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Big relief
In a landmark judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stripped the Council of Architecture of its powers to grant and withdraw approvals to institutes
Updated on Oct 01, 2014 11:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
‘All allegations against CoA are baseless’
Professor Uday Gadkari, president, Council of Architecture, is upset with corruption charges on granting approval to many institutes. He tells HT Education about the steps the Council has taken to safeguard the interests of the students.
Updated on Sep 24, 2014 11:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
NSDC will now skill paramedics
The National Skill Development Corporation, which has identified 29 job profiles for paramedics, will allow students to complete their training programmes at their convenience.
Updated on Sep 10, 2014 11:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
At risk
80% paramedics do not have basic training, with many unable to even insert a cannula in a patient, doctors tell Jeevan Prakash Sharma and Gauri Kohli in the concluding part of our series on paramedical education
Updated on Sep 10, 2014 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma and Gauri Kohli, New Delhi
Wanted life support
India needs to train thousands of paramedics to address an acute shortage, but courses offered by private institutes are unregulated and sometimes fraudulent. Jeevan Prakash Sharma investigates
Updated on Sep 06, 2014 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Why are promotions and jobs ‘on hold’?
Students are paying the price for DEC’s decision to allow academic institutes to offer courses beyond state boundaries
Updated on Aug 27, 2014 10:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
UGC distance learning policy violated, admits HRD minister
Smriti Irani recently responded in Rajya Sabha to MP’s query referencing HT Education’s story series on degree courses being offered by private and state universities without UGC approval
Updated on Aug 27, 2014 10:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Power to people
A recent Allahabad HC order has made registration of flat owners’ groups easier, ensuring better protection of homebuyers’ rights
Updated on Aug 18, 2014 01:48 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Distance learning: Who has the right answers?
According to the Madhava Menon Committee set up by the MHRD to regulate the standards of education through distance mode, till 2010, the number of students in distance education programmes was 36,36,744 (the report said that the actual numbers could be more than this).
Updated on Jul 23, 2014 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi