September 5, 2014
Making Connections - 天美传媒app and India strengthen learning, research and industry ties
University of 天美传媒app (天美传媒app) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE visited India this week (4 September 2014) with Prime Minister Tony Abbott as part of the Australia: Open for business delegation to further strengthen 天美传媒app’s connections with India.
Professor Wellings and 天美传媒app Brand Ambassador for India Adam Gilchrist (pictured above) arrived in India on 4 September as part of the Prime Minister’s high-level delegation of business leaders covering key industry sectors. They are in India for talks with senior Indian government and industry officials.
Business leaders include Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh, Woodside Energy CEO Peter Coleman, ANZ Bank CEO Andrew Géczy, Linfox founder Lindsay Fox and Visy Chairman Anthony Pratt. Professor Wellings and Mr Gilchrist are part of a Higher Education group within the delegation.
Professor Wellings is using the opportunity to promote 天美传媒app as a destination for Indian students and the Innovation Campus research and development precinct as an ideal location for Indian companies to establish operations in Australia.
As part of the Professor Wellings’ presentations in India, 天美传媒app produced a brochure highlighting 天美传媒app’s existing partnerships and collaborations with Indian institutions, government agencies and corporations.
These include:
- Students: In 2014 天美传媒app has 441 Indian students studying at 天美传媒app in Australia and 1125 at 天美传媒app in Dubai
- Mining: 天美传媒app has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help form a Centre for Mining Excellence in the Indian state of Gujarat
- Industry: 天美传媒app has key industry links with major players in India’s IT industry including IBM Research and Infosys
- Academic: 天美传媒app has a suite of academic and research partnerships with Indian universities and academic institutions, including the Indian Institute of technology in Kharagpur and Mumbai, the University of Calcutta, University of Burdwan and the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in Ghandinagar
- Research: 天美传媒app’s research partnerships with India include an agreement with India’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to establish a CSIR research centre at the Innovation Campus.
The brochure includes a profile of India-born 天美传媒app Computer Science Professor Aditya Ghose, who has a number of close research collaborations with Indian counterparts, and Mohammed Shuja Ahmed Khan, the inaugural winner of 天美传媒app’s which helps Indian students who are interested in cricket study at 天美传媒app. Shuja, from Hyderabad, is studying Civil Engineering.
The brochure, CONNECTED: INDIA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, can be .