Victoria launched Hotline Help For Businesses Dealing With COVID-19 Impacts

Victoria launched Hotline Help For Businesses Dealing With COVID-19 Impacts

Victoria government today launched a hotline for businesses dealing with the significant challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic is creating issues for businesses large and small who are facing a downturn in trade, bans on events and restrictions on indoor gatherings, as well as challenges in dealing with employee safety and entitlements. Given […]

State Of Emergency Declared In Victoria Over COVID-19

State Of Emergency Declared In Victoria Over COVID-19

A State of Emergency has been declared in Victoria to combat COVID-19 and help to provide the Chief Health Officer with the powers he needs to enforce 14-day isolation requirements for all travellers entering Australia and cancel mass gatherings of more than 500 people, as agreed by National Cabinet yesterday. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister […]

La Trobe University and the IIT- Kanpur launch Research Academy in India

La Trobe University and the IIT- Kanpur launch Research Academy in India

The IIT Kanpur – La Trobe University Research Academy will boost both organisations’ research capabilities and bring together La Trobe and IIT Kanpur experts to create a globally recognised centre for research. The Research Academy will be based in Kanpur, with a strong presence at La Trobe’s Australian campuses for visiting Research Academy staff and […]

The Shah Rukh Khan La Trobe University PhD Scholarship – Awarded

The Shah Rukh Khan La Trobe University PhD Scholarship – Awarded

PhD research student Gopika Kottantharayil Bhasi, from Thrissur in the southern state of Kerala, was chosen from more than 800 Indian women and received the four-year scholarship to La Trobe University at a ceremony in Mumbai attended by La Trobe Chancellor, The Honourable John Brumby AO. The La Trobe-funded PhD scholarship and La Trobe’s relationship […]

Melbourne welcomes Indian delegation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Melbourne welcomes Indian delegation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Joint Secretary Tarika Roy and Under Secretary Sanjay Singh from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPWD) in India are visiting the University of Melbourne this week to advance a number of collaborations, including a co-designed community-based disability course. Developed in partnership with DEPWD and the University’s Melbourne Disability Institute, the unique course […]

DOORS OPEN FOR BLOCKBUSTER INDIAN PRODUCTIONS TO BE MADE IN VICTORIA

DOORS OPEN FOR BLOCKBUSTER INDIAN PRODUCTIONS  TO BE MADE IN VICTORIA

Victoria is the first Australian state to partner with the world’s biggest film industry with the launch of an Australian-first initiative to attract some of India’s biggest blockbusters to the state, reinforcing Victoria’s position as a premier production destination The $3 million Indian Cinema Attraction Fund will encourage large-scale Indian film and television projects to […]

University of Melbourne launches new India strategy

University of Melbourne launches new India strategy

The University of Melbourne, the number one ranked university in Australia and among the top 40 universities in the world, launched its five-year India strategy today ‘Engaging with India 2020-2024’ – highlighting collaboration in health, water, law, cultural arts and postgraduate teaching and learning. The University’s strategy reinforces long-term commitments to strong Indian partnerships, joint […]