Niranjan Adhikari

News, Updates and Publications

• Niranjan was a speaker at 2019 Annual Conference of South Asian Bar Association of North America. He spoke on “Cross Border Immigration Analysis: Trump vs. Trudeau, a Zero-Sum Game?”, June 20-23, 2019. https://www.sabanorthamerica.com/page/2019schedule, https://www.sabanorthamerica.com/page/info
• Niranjan was appointed in April 2019 to serve second-term as the Secretary of the Executive Board of Durga Temple, VA.
• Niranjan moderated, CHARLIE CHAT: Deciphering the Visa Bulletin and at the annual Immigration Law Conference of Federal Bar Association (FBA, www.fedbar.org, http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Events/2018-Immigration-Law-Conference/ImmLaw18-Onsite-Program.aspx), May 18-19, 2018, Memphis, TN.

• Moderated, IMMIGRANT VISA PROCESSING AND WAIVERS: Unlawful Presence, Applicability of Bars to Admissibility, I-601A Waivers, Effect of Minority and Voluntary Departure, etc. at the annual Immigration Law Conference of Federal Bar Association (FBA, www.fedbar.org, http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Events/2018-Immigration-Law-Conference/ImmLaw18-Onsite-Program.aspx), May 18-19, 2018, Memphis, TN.
• Speaker, Know your Rights under Immigration and Nationality Law, Civil Rights Act and Constitutional law, Raj Khalsa Gurudwara, Sterling, VA, May 6, 2018.
• Speaker, Visa and Immigration Planning for Student, Scholars, Faculty and Staff members including Visa Programs for Private Sector Employment, Start-ups and Self-Petition, May 10th, 2017, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
• Niranjan was attended the event where Speaker Paul Ryan discussed with Reuters’s editor on about  comprehensive tax reform. News here. 
• Niranjan served as the member of Election Commission for the annual elections of American Nepalese Society, 2017. 
• Niranjan attended the 2017 annual Convention of South Asian Bar Association.  
• In October 2017 Niranjan was appointed by the Mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Browser, to serve as the Public Member of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development, Washington, District of Columbia. This is a voluntary and an advisory position, and he is not an employee of D.C. government. 
• Niranjan was appointed in April 2016 to serve as the Secretary of the Executive Board of Durga Temple, VA.
• In May 2010, Niranjan received a certificate in International Law from the University of California, School of Law. 
• Niranjan’s question was featured as “good question” on the April 2009 webchat of the U.S. Embassy in April 2009  about student visa processing time and transfer student (pages 2 and 12).  
• In 2007, Niranjan represented Nepal at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, DC and was the coach in 2008 and subsequently supported junior teams. 
• In August 2006, Niranjan presented a paper on “Protection of Rights of Victims in International Criminal Justice System: Redress Mechanisms” in the Conference at Symbiosis Law College, Pune.
• In November 2005, Niranjan published a research paper on Comparative Assessment of Governance System of Three Cities of the World: London, Johannesburg, and Colombo for Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi, India.