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Victoria India Doctoral Scholarships Announced

Victoria India Doctoral Scholarships Announced

Ten of India’s leading PhD students have been awarded Victoria India Doctoral Scholarships by the Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu in New Delhi. Speaking at an Education Roundtable, Mr Baillieu said the scholarships supported research that [...]

Know India Programme

Know India Programme

The Know India Programme (KIP) for diaspora youth is conducted by the Ministry of Overseas India Affairs (MOIA) and three programmes will be conducted in 2012-2013 in Goa, Uttaranchal and Karnataka. The programme is open to [...]

Taskforce on Tobacco Control

Taskforce on Tobacco Control

The Australia India Institute Taskforce (the Taskforce) on Tobacco Control has been established to determine whether plain packaging legislation for all types of tobacco products is a viable tobacco control measure in India. It is funded [...]

Australia in the Asian Century – White Paper

Australia in the Asian Century – White Paper

  The Australia India Institute has been invited to make a submission to the Australian Government  advisory panel for the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper. The Institute is running a consultation session in early [...]

Inaugural Gandhi Oration

Inaugural Gandhi Oration

The Inaugural Gandhi Oration was presented by Professor Patrick Dodson, Director of the Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit at the University of NSW in Sydney on Martyr’s Day. Professor Dodson was chosen as the inaugural [...]

Keynote speech at Asian Century conference

Keynote speech at Asian Century conference

INDIA AND AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, Chancellor of The Australian National University, Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne and former Australian Foreign Minister gave the Keynote Lecture [...]

Australia’s Uranium Puzzle: Why China and Russia but not India?

Australia’s Uranium Puzzle: Why China and Russia but not India?

The spring volume of the Australia India Institute’s Fearless Nadia Occasional Papers was released this week with a lively panel debate between Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director Australia India Institute, Rory Medcalf, Lowy Institute and Australia India [...]

India Studies Workshop Report

India Studies Workshop Report

On Friday 28th October, the Australia India Institute hosted the India Studies Workshop. The aim was to create a nation-wide scan of the current state of Indian Studies in Australian universities, to develop an understanding of [...]

Uranium exports: the India conundrum

Uranium exports: the India conundrum

Listen to a discussion on The National Interest  on ABC Radio National with Peter Mares, Professor Amitabh Mattoo and Dr M.V. Ramana about India, Australia and uranium here When President Barack Obama touches down in Australia [...]

Global citizenship SBS interview

Global citizenship SBS interview

Listen to an interview with Aditi Verma, a Delhi University student who recently visited Melbourne. The interview is in Hindi. Ten Delhi University students recently visited the Australia India Institute and the University of Melbourne as [...]