H. Uchenna Okoronkwo

You are here:  Home > Collections > Delhi University Share on email Share on print Share on reddit More Sharing Services African students find India's capital city unsafe TNN   Jul 21, 2013, 02.10AM IST Tags: Racist Attack | African students NEW DELHI: "I don't understand Hindi but I do understand when I'm being taunted. Many people murmur ' kala ' when I'm walking down the street," said  OkoronkwoHyginusUchenna , a law student at Delhi University and a Nigerian. He was drawn to Delhi after he saw photographs showing a diverse student body here. He has no complaints from his classmates and professors, but the rest of Delhi makes him wish he had stayed home. Bangalore has seen it  —  a techie from an African country living in India for a decade faced a racist attack a week ago  —  and Delhi's treatment of foreigners, especially Africans, is not very different. ...

Home   The Conference     Graduate Scholar Awards Graduate Scholar Recipients For each conference, a small number of Graduate Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have an active academic interest in the conference area.  Graduate Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, participating in Talking Circles, and presenting their own research papers.  The Award with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for graduate students at this stage in their academic careers. Meeting experts in the field, interacting with colleagues from other parts of the world, and creating networks and friendships are all additional benefits of this Award.  The 2013 graduate scholar recipients are as follows: Arunima Sarkar Arunima Sarkar is a final year student of BBA LLB (Hons) at the University ...

Sixth Global Studies Conference Proposals   Security   Website The Scourge of Poverty: A Global Concern By: Hyginus Uchenna Okoronkwo To add a paper,  Login . The state of being poor can be ascertained by a situation whereby one is unable to provide for his basic necessities of life such as: food, clothing, shelter, medicare, basic education etc. It is not enough to chorus Article 25 of the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights that ‘everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, and housing...' More than other threats, poverty has proved to be the greatest threat to the continued existence of mankind. Quite a number of people are presently poor in all continents of the world; about 57% of the Sub-Saharan African populations live below poverty line. This is followed by Asia, especially India with poor people totaling about 410...

Indiatimes| The Times of India| The Times of India Crest Edition| The Economic Times| more Hi, Uchenna | My Account| Sign out | | Tuesday, July 09, 2013  Home  > Society  > Black mark on India STATE SCAN Black Mark on India MAKING AN EFFORT: Most African students in India face discrimination and racism but some try hard to build bridges by participating in Indian festivals and traditions Campus life in the country is charged with racial undercurrents towards African students. At Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar, Punjab, the mood on campus is quiet. It's a week after 21 African students were arrested following a local brawl and charged with a non-bailable offence of theft, assault and rioting, they are currently in jail. Though over 200 LPU students are from the African continent, most refuse to talk about the incident and fear of repercussions is clearly palpable. "The entire African student community is being branded villains, " s...

N U L A I Network of University Legal Aid Institutions Website: www.nulainigeria.org REPORT OF THE 4TH NIGERIAN CLIENT INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELLING SKILLS COMPETITION ORGANISED BY NETWORK OF UNIVERSITY LEGAL AID INSTITUTIONS (NULAI) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AND HELD AT THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU CAMPUS ON NOVEMBER 28 & 29, 2008. OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION The competition is aimed at promoting greater knowledge and interest among Law Students and Lawyers in developing interviewing, planning, analytical and preventive (ADR) skills in the Lawyer-Client relationship in office. The competition serves as an advocacy platform for promoting clinical legal education and access to justice and provides an opportunity for valuable educational and cultural interchange amongst students, law teachers and legal practitioners. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS DAY 1: 27th Nov, 08 Arrival of Participants DAY 2: 28th Nov, 08 8.00 – 9.00am: Registrati...