South Australia keen to collaborate with India

Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill has expressed his desire to collaborate with India in education and vocational training sector and in the cleaning of Ganga river project.
Weatherill, who called on HRD Minister Smriti Irani here yesterday, said even though South Australia is a small state with a population of 1.65 million, it does have good public universities like University of Adelaide and a good environment for foreign students.
Irani appreciated the interest taken by South Australia in a long term partnership with India in the areas of higher education and vocational training, aerospace and defence, renewable energy, water management and mineral resources, a government statement said today.

She mentioned that Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and IIT, Bhubaneswar, could collaborate with the Australian institutions in the area of mining technology.
Similarly, IIT, Kanpur, which has a Department of Aeronautical Engineering could collaborate in the area of aerospace.
She further said that Indian institutions would also be interested in collaborating with Australian institutions in the area of water and sanitation as well as that of renewable energy.
The Premier of South Australia expressed interest in the project of cleaning of the River Ganga undertaken by the government and said that this was an important project not only from the point of its environmental impact but also from its impact on the society.