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Indian-American body seeks UNSC seat for
India
Wednesday October 24, 2012 02:21:39 PM,
IANS
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Washington: The
National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), an
umbrella body of Indian community organizations, has called upon
the United Nations to give India a permanent seat on the Security
Council.
The call was made in a resolution adopted at NFIA's Oct 12-14 17th
biennial convention in Chicago inaugurated by the Consul General
of India, Mukta Dutta Tomar.
The NFIA members also approved two other resolutions condemning
last August's brutal attack on a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek
Wisconsin and requesting the Government of India to establish a
Training Centre of Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Welcoming the delegates from all over the United States to Chicago
Tomar paid glowing tributes to the Indian American community
saying the people of India origin have proved themselves in a
tough global competitive environment.
Through their innovative, dynamic, pioneering qualities, they
continue to produce new generation of talented individuals, good
corporate and social citizens and enterprising and creative
professionals, she said.
Studies support that over 3 million immigrants from India living
in the US are one of the most remarkable concentration of Indians,
Tomar noted.
Seventy percent of them over the age of 25 are college graduates,
67 percent over the age of 16 are professionals and the median
income of Indian household is over $90,000, the highest among all
ethnic groups in the United States.
A joint UC Berkeley-Duke University study revealed that Indian
American immigrants have founded more engineering and technology
companies from 1995 to 2005 than immigrants from UK, China, Taiwan
and Japan combined.
The convention also saw several seminars spread over 10 sessions.
The first plenary session was titled "Indian American Making an
Impact in America".
Dr. Ann Lata Kalayil, General Services Administration
Administrator for Great Lakes Region was the keynote speaker. Anju
Bhargava, a member of White House Office of Faith-based and
Neighbourhood Partnership also addressed the session.
There was a spirited discussion on the political involvement of
the community and the success it has achieved in this area. Toby
Chaudhary, a political activist from Washington DC, urged the
audience to wake up and participate in the mainstream politics.
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