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
Course content does not count, just pay Rs. 1.5 lakh
Ever heard of BSc courses in dry cleaning or mobile repairing? The regional head of a state open university, in a secretly recorded conversation, promises affiliation for such courses.
Updated on Jul 23, 2014 12:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Violating rules
Why are the HRD ministry and UGC, which were in a great hurry to roll back Delhi University’s four-year degree programme, turning a blind eye to UGC rules being violated by institutes offering distance learning degree courses?
Updated on Jul 23, 2014 11:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Delhi institute barred from offering course in fashion
In a letter to the JD Institute of Fashion Technology following HT Education’s story on UGC rules violation, Karnataka-based state university, Kuvempu, asks it to stop giving out degrees to students outside the state with immediate effect.
Updated on Jul 16, 2014 11:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
When states exploit buyers’ vulnerability
The Campa Cola society row is a case in point of how states are earning huge revenues by registering illegal properties
Updated on Jun 27, 2014 01:38 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Did DU veer off- course?
Can DU change its programmes without UGC permission? Legal experts have conflicting views, writes Jeevan Prakash Sharma.
Updated on Jun 26, 2014 03:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Check before you apply for that distance learning course
Institutes in Delhi offering distance learning programmes from other states could be violating the University Grants Commission notification of June 27, 2013.
Updated on Jun 11, 2014 10:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
‘Inaccurate reports have led to confusion’
The UP Apartment Act has been in operation since March 2010 and the Noida Authority has just modified rules, says officer on special duty
Updated on Jun 07, 2014 01:14 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
In search of a copy of the resolution
Despite his best efforts, Minoo K Bhagwagar, convenor of the Utopia Residents’ Welfare Action Group in Sector 93 A, Noida, could not get a copy of the Noida Authority Board Resolution of June 2, 2014
Updated on Jun 07, 2014 12:55 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
UP Apartment Act ‘misinterpreted’
UP state legislature passed the act four years ago, but will implementing it from June 2, 2014, mean violations in previous years will go unpunished?
Updated on Jun 10, 2014 05:18 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
Trumpeting India’s new prime minister
American business tycoon Donald Trump says that Narendra Modi should relax norms for foreign investment in real estate in India
Updated on Jun 02, 2014 02:07 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Dubai
Eye on violations
Other states would do well to implement the technology used by Gujarat and Maharashtra to stop builders from bending rules
Updated on Jun 02, 2014 02:17 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
The price of corruption
Real estate developers claim property prices would be 30-40% cheaper if they did not have to bribe their way through the system
Updated on May 23, 2014 06:21 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
A clash of interests
Can a group of residents in a housing project work in favour of a builder?
Updated on May 07, 2014 08:40 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
The developer is not at fault
Dhirendra Sharma, a homebuyer from Supertech’s two towers ordered to be demolished by the AHC, has pleaded in SC that the construction be resumed. Jeevan Prakash Sharma interviewed him to find out more
Updated on May 07, 2014 08:26 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Refusing to get into the ‘Act’
Why are development authorities taking great pains to not implement the UP Apartment Act?
Updated on May 07, 2014 06:54 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
An unholy nexus?
HC charge of ‘collusion’ between development authorities and builders not unfounded, say RWAs and homebuyers
Updated on May 07, 2014 06:05 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
For a home of their dreams
With the arrival of international real estate consultancy firms, a greater degree of professionalism can be seen in this field now
Updated on May 07, 2014 11:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Should homebuyers accept a refund?
Legal experts say payments will be held up if case goes to SC
Updated on May 02, 2014 08:18 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Grave indictment of Noida Authority
The Allahabad High Court judgment has held that Supertech and Noida Authority colluded with each other to act against buyers’ interests
Updated on May 02, 2014 08:04 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Why the Bar exam is a must for lawyers
Legal experts are of the view that the AIBE, which is meant to ensure maintenance of standards in the legal profession, is encouraging a lot of students to take study of law more seriously.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
We won't run away from our responsibilities
RK Arora, chairman and managing director, Supertech, talks to Jeevan Prakash Sharma about his project, Supertech Emerald Court, in which, as per a recent Allahabad High Court verdict, two towers are to be demolished
Updated on May 07, 2014 08:15 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
‘Two new towers were dangerously close to tower 1’
RWA says it suspected building rules were violated when Noida Authority sanctioned one change after another in project plans
Updated on Apr 21, 2014 04:05 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
We will not run away from our responsibilities: Supertech chairman
RK Arora, chairman, Supertech, talks to Jeevan Prakash Sharma about his project, Supertech Emerald Court, in which, as per a recent Allahabad High Court verdict, two towers are to be demolished.
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Noida Supertech case: Should homebuyers accept a refund?
After the direction of Allahabad High Court to demolish two towers – Apex and Ceyane - in Supertech Emerald Court’s group housing project, 600 homebuyers who have invested Rs 40 lakh to Rs 55 lakh are clueless about the course of action they have to follow.
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 01:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Grave indictment of Noida Authority
The Allahabad High Court judgment has held that Supertech and Noida Authority colluded with each other to act against buyers’ interests.
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 01:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, New Delhi
Supertech woes: a hard lesson in home-buying
Residents of luxury building which Allahabad HC has ordered to be demolished allege construction rules were violated and there was a nexus between builder and govt authorities. Should homebuyers accept a refund?
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 05:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
Can elections mean a hiring freeze?
Nothing is clear on the stand the party in power will have on various issues from foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail to telecommuniations to IT. Typically at this time, organisations tend to witness a ‘hiring holiday syndrome’.
Updated on Apr 15, 2014 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Protests against Supertech violating FAR norms
Authorities in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida are openly violating norms and granting purchasable FAR (floor area ratio) to real estate developers.
Updated on Apr 13, 2014 01:46 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Noida
Advantage homebuyers
Will RWAs in Uttar Pradesh gain from the SC’s refusal to stay the Allahabad High Court ruling which says that the apartment owners would share the benefits of any FAR bought by the developer after completion of the project?
Updated on Mar 01, 2014 07:41 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi
Risking lives for additional revenue?
Earning revenue from unauthorised buildings ‘unethical’
Updated on Jan 20, 2014 05:36 PM IST
None | Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Delhi