September 5, 2014
Making Connections - UOW and India strengthen learning, research and industry ties
University of Wollongong (UOW) 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 UOW’s connections with India.
Professor Wellings and UOW 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 UOW 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, UOW produced a brochure highlighting UOW’s existing partnerships and collaborations with Indian institutions, government agencies and corporations.
These include:
- Students: In 2014 UOW has 441 Indian students studying at UOW in Australia and 1125 at UOW in Dubai
- Mining: UOW has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help form a Centre for Mining Excellence in the Indian state of Gujarat
- Industry: UOW has key industry links with major players in India’s IT industry including IBM Research and Infosys
- Academic: UOW 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: UOW’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 UOW 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 UOW’s which helps Indian students who are interested in cricket study at UOW. Shuja, from Hyderabad, is studying Civil Engineering.
The brochure, CONNECTED: INDIA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, can be viewed online.