Paper short abstract:

One of the key ways which India acts in Africa is to develop capacity building and human resources. To help Africa in this respect India has decided to focus on capacity building and human resource power development in Africa.

Paper long abstract:

India's foreign policy in Africa in one key aspect focusses on capacity building and human resource power development in Africa. The main thrust of the two last India -Africa Forum Summits was primarily on this. For this program India has committed $ 1.2 billion to be utilized in the coming years till 2014, the next IASF. Within the coming three to five years India will set up about hundred institutions in Africa for imparting various skills and knowledge to the local communities. As a part of this program the Indian Government is also providing scholarships and research grants to African students and scholars through the Indian Council of Cultural Relations. As a result, today, there are thousands of African students pursuing their educational careers in different Indian universities. This paper is an attempt to critically examine India's policy of equal partnership with Africa focusing on the human resource development and capacity building projects. The paper will also try to gauge response from the African partners to the programs. The fundamental question to be asked is 'Will India's Equal Partnership' slogan with Africa be really successful?