3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council meets in New Delhi; UNSW gets nod for India campus
The 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council (AIESC) met in New Delhi on 8 December 2025, where the University of New South Wales received a Letter of Intent to set up a campus in India.
Summary
The 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council (AIESC) met in New Delhi on 8 December 2025, co-chaired by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State Jayant Chaudhary for India and Ministers Jason Clare and Andrew Giles for Australia. At the AIESC meeting, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) received a Letter of Intent to establish a campus in India, and SPARC will fund 10 new joint India–Australia research projects with ₹9.84 crore. MoUs were exchanged in areas including agritech, marine sciences, teacher training, disaster resilience and mining, and India proposed an annual India–Australia Skills Meet.
Key facts
- Date
- 8 December 2025
- Venue
- New Delhi
- Indian co-chairs
- Dharmendra Pradhan, Jayant Chaudhary
- Australian co-chairs
- Jason Clare, Andrew Giles
- Campus
- UNSW gets Letter of Intent
- SPARC
- ₹9.84 crore for 10 joint research projects
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which Australian university received a Letter of Intent to establish a campus in India at the 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council meeting on 8 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — University of New South Wales
PIB 2200878: the University of New South Wales, ranked 20th globally, received a Letter of Intent to establish a campus in India.
At the 3rd AIESC meeting in December 2025, SPARC committed ₹9.84 crore for how many new joint India–Australia research projects?
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Correct answer: C — 10
PIB 2200878: SPARC will provide ₹9.84 crore for 10 new joint India–Australia research projects.
Who co-chaired the 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council meeting on 8 December 2025 from the Indian side along with Jayant Chaudhary?
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Correct answer: A — Dharmendra Pradhan
PIB 2200878: the meeting was chaired from the Indian side by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and MoS Jayant Chaudhary.