Indian MPs to attend classes at Yale varsity

In order to learn some tips of leadership, management and international relations, a team of young Indian parliamentarians led by Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi will attend classes at America’s Yale University later this month.

Classes will be held at the University in New Haven Connecticut, from June 21 to 26 as part of the India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme.

The programme launched in 2007 in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and India-US Forum of Parliamentarians, is aimed at providing insights and perspectives to young leaders by giving them exposure to different fields and ideas.

Singhvi, a member of Rajya Sabha, is the current Chair of the India-US Forum of Parliamentarians.

Though the list is yet to be finalised, former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal-Secular; Neeraj Shekhar, son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar; besides BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar and his party MP from Himachal Pradesh Anurag Singh Thakur are among those expected to attend the programme.

The exams will test ability of foreign aspirants about their knowledge of law, how they apply it and their competence.

Krishna added that Canada is offering vast opportunities for South Asian legal professionals as trade and investment between Canada and South Asia are expected to grow significantly in years to come.

Welcoming the NCA’s decision, Bhausaheb Ubale, former chief of Canadian Human Rights Commission, said that the step removed the biggest barrier faced by Indian legal professionals and demanded similar provision in other professions also.

Foreign credentials recognition — or, more aptly, its non-recognition — is a “systemic problem” that continues to exist in Canada, said Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney.

He added that his government has tripled its fund allocations to the foreign credential recognition programme.

“We’re creating a national framework and hope to be able to present it in a year for now,” he explained, adding that it will enable the newcomers to have their credentials assessed quicker and paving the way towards their integration into the mainstream jobs market.