Deepika Jha

Senior Consultant - Practice | deepika dot jha at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:
2014 MPlan School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Delhi Delhi NCR, India
2009 BPlan School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) Delhi Delhi NCR, India

Countries: India
States: Bihar, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
Cities: Bangalore, Begusarai, Chandigarh, Dahej, Delhi, Kapren, Kishanganj, Mewat, Mumbai, Nainwa, Panchkula, Patna, Pune, Rohtak, Shimla, Sirsa, Vadodara
Languages: English, Hindi

Deepika Jha has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. For over 10 years, Deepika has been part of a team studying land governance in different states in India. She has studied issues around land records management, their modernisation, related technical and institutional aspects, and their linkages to planning and municipal practices in urban and peri-urban areas. As part of various projects, she has also worked on recognising persistent gaps in the systems regarding land administration, identifying the good practices followed by different states, and suggesting ways to improve the transparency and reliability of the current systems.

More recently, she has worked on advising state- and city-level administrations on how land governance systems, particularly urban land information systems, can be improved and more aligned with urban planning processes.

Deepika is also interested in how real estate is regulated in various states of India, and in ways to improve functioning of real estate regulatory authorities.

Her work cuts across the rural–urban continuum, and in the process she has engaged with various officers from the urban administration and land records departments of various states, and has found the experience enriching and humbling. Trained as a physical and regional planner, Deepika’s research interests are around land governance and planning practices. She enjoys data visualisation, especially through simplified maps and graphics.

Teaching

Governing Land, Land and real estate, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
Law, Governance and Policy, Land and real estate, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS

Training

IAS Professional Course Phase II (2016 Batch) , Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) , Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS

Journal Articles

Mitra, S., & Jha, D. (2016). Land Records Modernisation in India. The Administrator: Journal of LBSNAA, 57(2), 32-39.
Goswami, A., & Jha, D. (2016). Your Title is Not Ready yet: Rajasthan’s Land Titling Legislation. Economic & Political Weekly, 51(34), 26-29.

Books/Book Chapter

Goswami, A., Jha, D., Lushington, K., Yadav, M., Sasidharan, S., Mitra, S., & Wangchuck, T. (2021). Land records modernisation in India – I. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195489398
Goswami, A., Mitra, S., Jha, D., Lushington, K., & Sasidharan, S (2021). Land records modernisation in India: An institutional, legal & policy review. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195489305
Mitra, S., Goswami, A., Jha, D., Sasidharan, S., Lushington, K., & Yadav, M. (2021). Land records modernisation: Haryana. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195648511
Mitra, S., Goswami, A., Jha, D., Sasidharan, S., Lushington, K., & Wangchuck, T. (2021). Land records modernisation: Himachal Pradesh. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195648504
Goswami, A., Jha, D., Mitra, S., Sasidharan, S., Lushington, K., & Yadav, M. (2021). Land records modernisation: Gujarat. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195489381
Jha, D., Mitra, S., Goswami, A., Sasidharan, S., & Lushington, K. (2021). Land records modernisation: Bihar. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/9788195648535
Goswami, A., Jha, D., Das, D., Lushington, K., Yadav, M., Moun, R., Mitra, S., Panikar, V., Bhatt, V., & Saini, V. (2021). Land records modernisation in India – II. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMINDIAII.2021
Jha, D., Moun, R., Saini, V., Panikar, V., & Goswami, A. (2021). Land records modernisation: Delhi. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMDELHI.2021
Goswami, A., Jha, D., Panickar, V., & Das, D. (2021). Land records modernisation: Maharashtra. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMMAHARASHTRA.2021
Jha, D., Bhatt, V., Yadav, M., & Moun, R. (2021). Land records modernisation: Chandigarh. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMCHANDIGARH.2021
Goswami, A., Mitra, S., Lushington, K., Jha, D., & Wangchuk, T. (2021). Land records modernisation: Karnataka. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMKARNATAKA.2021
Yadav, M., Jha, D., Moun, R., & Goswami, A. (2021). Land records modernisation: Uttar Pradesh. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/LRMUTTARPRADESH.2021
Goswami, A., Jha, D., & Lushington, K. (2020). Approaches and methods of land title legislation in India. In V. Bhagat-Ganguly (Ed.)., The land question in Neoliberal India: Socio-legal and judicial interpretations (pp. 27-50). Routledge.
Goswami, A., Jha, D., Mitra, S., & Lushington, K. (2016). Land and sustainable development goals. In Urban policy dialogues: Operationalising SDGs. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/updsdg2016_4
Sivakumar, D.K., Chatterji, N., Singh, C., Lokesh, B. S., & Jha, D. (2016). In A. Revi (Ed.), Visualising and understanding urban growth and expansion. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.

Other Writing

Jha, D. (2024). Moving the needle on property governance. The Hindustan Times. https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/moving-the-needle-on-property-governance-101725118638724.html
Jha, D., Dubey, M., & Singla, S. (2023). The state of real estate regulation in India 2023. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/TSRERI11.2023
Jha, D., Dubey, M., & Goswami, A. (2023). Urban land and property record systems in India: The case and agenda for reform (Policy Brief). Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/ULPRSICAR11.2023
Jha, D., Dubey, M., & Wangchuk, T. (2022). Real estate regulation in India: Select state profiles. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
Yadav, M., & Jha, D. (2022). Re-examine the model to manage revenue court cases in Uttar Pradesh (Policy Brief). Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/REMMRCCUP03.2022
Yadav, M., & Jha, D. (2022). Decoding the unique codes for revenue plots in Uttar Pradesh (Policy Brief). Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/DUCRPUP02.2022
Yadav, M., Jha, D., & Moun, R. (2020). City survey in Maharashtra using drone technology. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.

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Goswami, A. & Jha, D. (2019, March 24-28). Registering deeds in Delhi: Challenges, Innovations and prospects [Paper presentation]. World Bank 20^th Land and Poverty Conference, Washington DC. https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2018/08/13/land-and-poverty-conference-2019-catalyzing-innovation.
Jha, D. (2018, January 11-13). Technologies of mapping in the Resurvey Project: State, law and people [Paper presentation]. IIHS Urban ARC 2018 -City and Technology, Bangalore. https://iihs.co.in/research/conferences/urban-arc-2018/

Assistance in Improvement of Land and Property Registration Services in Delhi
Concept Note on Land Administration in Delhi
Customary Tenure in Meghalaya
Digital Land in Uttar Pradesh
Drone Mapping in Maharashtra
Stakeholder Engagement in Himachal Pradesh: Forests for Prosperity Project
Knowledge Partnership with All India Forum for Real Estate Regulatory Authorities (AIFORERA)
Land Information Systems in Chandigarh
Land Records and Land Governance Project
Land Records Modernisation and e-Governance Initiatives
Study on Land Record Modernisation Initiatives in Maharashtra
Study for Namami Gange Programme
Study on the Spatial Distribution of Employment and Income Categories in Chennai Metropolitan Area

Deepika Jha

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