The Government of India has embarked on an ambitious development program for improving liveability in its rapidly growing cities. Building on urban initiatives of the past two decades, the new emphasis is on establishing partnerships between the national, state, and urban local governments to apply ‘smart’, or ICT enabled solutions, for driving economic growth, building infrastructure, delivering services, and enhancing the quality of life of residents.

India’s EdTech sector has grown rapidly within the past decade, with nearly 4000 startups attracting substantial investment from global and Indian investors. The Victorian EdTech sector is much smaller in scale but is thriving and leading education innovation in online program management, assessment systems, and upskilling for new technology-driven work futures.

While cricket remains the giant of the sector, sports such as kabaddi, table tennis, hockey, shooting, and football have demonstrated that India is not simply a one-sport country

The growing importance of India to Australia is not well reflected in schools. India-related content and Indian languages are very rarely taught in Australian schools.

95% of India’s e-waste is processed informally. How can policy-makers improve health, environmental and economic outcomes of this practice?

Home to the world’s largest biometric identity scheme, data protection is a priority in India.

For hundreds of millions of Indians without reliable central grid electricity, off-grid solar products are an attractive option.

Policy makers must pay attention to the impact of rapidly shifting food environments on health and nutrition outcomes.

Despite widespread recognition of the value of Hindi education in Australia, the number of mainstream schools and universities that teach Hindi remains extremely limited.

Cities are getting hotter, with severe implications for public health, comfort, energy demand, labour productivity and the economy.

The GST represents a major policy reform, with several positive implications for the Indian economy.

India’s local government bodies should be explicitly recognised by policy frameworks to address climate change.

Australia needs to develop a strategy for the Indian Ocean that articulates its strategic objectives in that region.

Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown on how Australia can assist in improving skills provision in India but it requires basic research on existing regimes.

Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown offer 7 recommendations to enhance the Indian and Australian Higher Education relationship.