Delegation

Global Partnership Delegation to AUSTRALIA

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Australia and India share a strong and growing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, emphasized by deep cooperation across defense, critical and emerging technologies, renewable energy, education, and trade and investment. The relationship is characterized by sustained leadership engagement, including annual Prime Ministerial Summits, regular ministerial dialogues and close coordination through multilateral platforms such as the Quad, G20, and East Asia Summit.

This strategic background provides an opportunity to advance industry-led, implementation- oriented engagement that complements government-to-government initiatives.

The delegation is envisaged as a platform to deliver tangible, implementable outcomes—including MoUs, joint research roadmaps, pilot projects, and industry-academia collaboration models—directly supporting Australia–India strategic, economic, and innovation objectives.

Focus Area

The delegation will focus on priority sectors of strategic relevance to both countries, including Artificial Intelligence, Deep Technologies, MedTech, Bio-futures, Advanced Mobility, Clean Energy, Critical Minerals, Healthcare, Technology, Agriculture, alongside youth engagement, skills development, and the creation of future-ready R&D talent. These focus areas align closely with India–Australia commitments to deepen collaboration across science and technology, maritime cooperation, trade and investment, defense engagement, education, and tourism.
Objectives:
  1. Translate the Australia–India Strategic Partnership into actionable industry–academia collaborations that support shared priorities in innovation, skills, and economic growth.
  2. Deepening the cooperation in renewable energy, critical minerals, and clean technologies by connecting Indian industry leaders with Australian research institutions and enterprises.
  3. Strengthening the trade, investment, and supply-chain linkages with a focus on advanced manufacturing, health, and technology sectors.
  4. To advance education, research, and talent mobility partnerships.
  5. To support government-led strategic and defense cooperation by bringing together industry and academia to contribute to maritime security, emerging technologies, and a resilient Indo-Pacific.
  6. Benchmark global and Australian best practices in industry–academia collaboration
  7. Identify opportunities for joint research, co-development, and technology transfer

Delegation Profile

The delegation will be jointly led by Professor V. Ram Gopal Rao, Group Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science and Former Director, IIT Delhi, Vice Chair (Academia), CII Industry–Academia Partnership Forum, and Mr. Amit Gosaine, Managing Director, KONE Elevator India & South Asia, representing industry leadership.

The delegation will further comprise senior decision-makers from across the innovation ecosystem, including:
  1. Vice Chancellors, Directors, and Deans from leading universities and research institutions
  2. CEOs, COOs, CTOs, and Heads of R&D from industry, research parks, and innovation hubs
  3. Heads of corporate innovation, technology commercialisation, and open innovation platforms
  4. Leaders of incubation centers and accelerators
  5. Investors, deep-tech founders, and key ecosystem enablers

Indicative Delegation Size: 18 - 20 participants.

Proposed Engagements (indicative and subject to refinement based on delegate profiles and program alignment)

The delegation proposes structured engagements with leading Australian research institutions, universities, and industry partners, including:
  1. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra
  2. KONE Australia – Australian Head Office, Mascot, New South Wales
  3. Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
  4. The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne
  5. RMIT University, Melbourne
  6. Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne
  7. Australian National University, Canberra

Focus Areas

Artificial Intelligence

Deep Tech

MedTech

Bio-futures

Mobility

Energy

Youth &Skills

Future-Ready R&D Talent

To know more, reach out to us at Khushbu.singh@cii.in