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Australia awards 26 high achieving Indians
Thursday February 23, 2012 07:11:12 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: With a
steep rise in the number of Indian students seeking admission to
Australia, students and researchers from diverse backgrounds have
won awards to study in Australia.
Twentysix Indian students, professionals and researchers received
scholarships from Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese
Wednesday.
These include three prestigious Prime Minister Australia-Asia
Awards.
"The Australia Awards facilitate the sharing of knowledge,
strengthen mutual understanding between our two nations and build
international networks, which continue long after the scholars
have returned to India," Varghese said.
"Our education relationship, underpinned by people-to-people and
institutional connections, is a crucial part of our broader
Australia India strategic partnership," he added.
The awardees will undertake study or research at the vocational,
postgraduate and postdoctoral level or undertake professional
development across diverse fields such as sciences, biotechnology,
medicine and environment among others.
A major decline was noted in the number of Indian students going
to Australia in 2010-11 after over 100 incidents of attacks on
Indians in 2009 and 2010 in Australia.
According to officials, a 30 percent increase has been noticed,
compared to last year, in the number of student applications for
Australian universities.
A total of 291 Indian scholars and professionals have been awarded
the Australia Awards since 2007.
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