MELBOURNE, 2 August 2024: The Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan will visit India around mid-September this year. A statement from the Premier’s office emailed to South Asia Times today said, ” This visit to India will celebrate these connections, and further identify opportunities for collaboration in priority areas including education and education technology, innovation in industry, the creative sector, and the wider visitor economy.”
The Victorian Premier during her India visit is likely to inaugurate the University of Melbourne’s ‘Delhi Global Centre’ in New Delhi. The facility will enable the institution to showcase its full range of educational courses, research programs and host events such as lecture series, cultural performances and exhibitions.
Premier Jacinta Allan, took over as the 49th Premier since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the district of Bendigo East since 1999.
In her statement, Premier Jacinta Allan said, ” India is an incredibly important part of our community and economy, making valuable and valued contributions to all aspects of our state. We are home to the largest Indian-born community in Australia, with more than a quarter of a million mums, dads and kids, business owners and students, doctors and nurses, artists and engineers – all working hard and raising their families here.
And from food and fibre, education and innovation – this trip will strengthen our collaboration with one of our most important trade and investment partners. It will also seek to strengthen our bonds – community to community, person to person.”
Last month the Premier had inaugurated this year’s Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s Regional Rhapsody and the Chandu Champion movie screening at Village Cinemas, Bendigo.
