Australian Education International (AEI)

Australian High Commission

India

High Commission address: 1/50 G Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 - Telephone: 4139 9900 - Fax: 4149 4490

Australian Education International (AEI) is the international arm of the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

The AEI New Delhi office at the Australian High Commission leads strategic policy, regulation and government to government engagement in international education and research across India and the region (Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives).

AEI works in partnership with Austrade, which is responsible for the international marketing and promotion of Australian education and training.
For more information on AEI, visit: www.aei.gov.au
For more information on Austrade, visit: www.austrade.gov.au

Australia-India Strategic Knowledge Partnership

Australia and India have instituted a program of close cooperation on education, training and research.

A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Education and Training between Australia and India was signed in 2003. Since 2009, our Education Ministers have agreed to meet annually for the Australia-India Ministerial Dialogue on Education Cooperation.

In April 2010, the then Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Julia Gillard, and India’s then Minister for Human Resource Development, Hon Kapil Sibal, signed a Joint Ministerial Statement to expand knowledge partnerships across all sectors – schools, vocational and higher education.

On 1 August 2011, the Australian Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Christopher Evans, and the then Indian Minister of Human Resource Development, Hon Kapil Sibal, launched the Australia-India Education Links website to support education and training collaboration between Australia and India and feature key government initiatives. Visit: www.australiaindiaeducation.com

Australia India Education Council (AIEC)

The Australia India Education Council (AIEC) is a bi-national body chaired by the Education Ministers of India and Australia to expand collaboration in education, training and research.

The AIEC is a ‘working council’ of representatives from government, academia and industry. The AIEC provides a forum for members to collaborate with Ministers in deciding major bilateral education priorities for the coming year.

The inaugural meeting of the AIEC was held in New Delhi in August 2011.

For more information, visit: www.australiaindiaeducation.com

Other Useful Links:

Association of Australian Education Representatives in India: www.aaeri.org
Australia India Institute: www.aii.unimelb.edu.au
Australian Qualifications Framework: http://www.aqf.edu.au
Australia Skills Quality Authority: www.asqa.gov.au
Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students: http://cricos.deewr.gov.au
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency: www.teqsa.gov.au