Resources and Environment: Associate Professor Hector Malano
Associate Professor Hector Malano, from the University of Melbourne, has extensive involvement in international professional and research organisations. Recently, he concluded a three-year term as Vice-President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. He has consulted for several international organisations including the World Bank, AusAID and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. He has conducted research on modelling to total water and solute cycles in catchments with significant irrigation systems. This research focuses on the options for improving harmonisation of the irrigation systems within the catchment landscape.
Regional Relationships: Dr Pradeep Taneja, School of Social and Political Sciences
Dr Pradeep Taneja lectures in Asian politics in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Educated in India, China and Australia, Dr Taneja has been an astute observer of political and economic developments in both China and India for the past 25 years. He has also held research and teaching positions at La Trobe University, Griffith University and Swinburne University of Technology. His current research interests focus on the following: the rise of China and India as regional and global powers; Sino-Indian relations; China-EU strategic partnership; government-business relations in China; and the relationship between democracy and development in Asia, especially East and South Asia.
Health: Associate Professor Peter Deutschmann, Nossal Institute for Global Health
Peter Deutschmann is Associate Director of the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne and executive director of its affiliate, the Australian International Health Institute. Professor Deutschmann originally trained in clinical surgery and subsequently in public health whilst working in rural north India. With thirty years experience in international health, he has developed special interests in the integration and delivery of essential services through a primary health care approach in resource poor settings, including those services related to disease prevention and health promotion.
Education: Professor Fazal Rizvi, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Fazal Rizvi is a Professor in Education at the University of Melbourne, having joined the University in 2010 from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he established and directed its online Masters program in Global Studies in Education. He had previously held academic and administrative appointments at a number of universities in Australia, including as Pro Vice Chancellor (International) at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and as the founding Director of the Monash Centre for Research in International Education.
Contemporary India: Associate Professor Ramaswami Harindranath, School of Media and Communications
Associate Professor Ramaswami Harindranath of the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, has taught in universities in India, the UK, and Malaysia, and holds honorary research positions in London, Helsinki, and Brown Universities. He has given invited lectures in several universities in Europe, China, and the US. His current research includes media and politics in India, multicultural arts, global media and transnational culture. He has published several books and essays on global culture, South Asian politics, and media and diaspora.
Economics and Business: Dr Gautam Bose, Australian School of Business
Dr Gautam Bose teaches in the School of Economics at the Australian School of Business, at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research interests are in applied microeconomic theory and development economics. He has taught in the US, former Czechoslovakia and Egypt as well as in Australia, and is a frequent visitor to various institutes in India.
