Download - Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institute, The University of Melbourne - India
Inadequate understanding, Negligible conversation
"The great majority are Hindus and what they believe in is more archaic.” - Sir Owen Dixon: A Biography
“Occidentals have difficulty in comprehending India” - Sir Robert Menzies - Afternoon Delight: Some Memories of Men and Events
Cricket and Curry may not be enough
Sense of familiarity may mask an understanding which is superficial and illusory
The relationship blossoms – 2010 • Bilateral relationship has been strengthened through the Australia – India
Strategic Partnership
• Annual high-level exchanges take place between Australian and Indian foreign and trade ministers.
• Two-way trade has grown in value from USD 3.3 billion in 2000 to over USD 17.4 billion in 2012.
• Australia is now the 2nd biggest overseas education destination for Indian students.
o Undergraduate teaching: Contemporary India o Postgraduate teaching: India and the world o MOOC Subject: Contemporary India o Books o Task force reports