Travel

Australia India Council

Discretionary Grant Recipients

Recipient

Grant Title

Grant Description

Approval

Amount

Professor CT Indra, University of Madras

 

Visit to Australia by Professor CT Indra

 

Domestic flights, accommodation and per diems for Professor Indra to visit Australian Studies Centres in several Australian cities

 

29/04/2008

 

$3982

 

Professor Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya,

Head, Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University

 

Visit to Australia by Professor Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya

 

Funding toward the international flights for Professor Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya to attend Economic Implications of Indian Diaspora Conference at Charles Darwin University.

 

2/06/2008

 

$1500

 

Kirsty Murray

Fortifying the Marginalized:  Developing Children's Literature as a New Area of Scholarship in India

Support to freight a collection of Australian children's literature to the Children's Literature Association of India

12/06/2008

$5,000

Lowy Institute for International Policy

2008 Australia-India Roundtable

Travel, accommodation, catering, hosting and management of the two day Australia-India Roundtable dialogue with the Indian Council of World Affairs

6/06/2008

$38,550

Monash University

2008 AIC Australian Studies Fellowships

Support for five Indian academics and post-graduate students to undertake up to 10 weeks undertaking research in Australia at several participating universities across Australia

5/06/2008

$50,000

South Asian Studies Association of Australia

2008 Distinguished Lecture: Collective Claims, Rights and the Emergence of the Political Subject in India

Travel costs to bring Professor Ranabir Samaddar to Australia to deliver the 2008 South Asia Lecture

02/05/08

$4,975.00

Professor Marika Vicziany, Monash Asia Institute

South Asia Studies Association Lecture - Teachers Forum

Grant is for conference fees for 5 teachers to attend the SASA 2008 Distinguished Lecture and teacher forum

02/05/08

$995.00

International Health Research Group, Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health

Improving the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: collaboration to trial the use of the Australian Quantification-Gold TB test.

Three return airfares, visas, and local transport costs to send three medical staff from Melbourne to the Indra Gandhi Government Medical College to establish laboratory techniques, data collection and provide training.

02/05/2008

$9,000.00

Pacific Film and Television Commission

17th Brisbane International Film Festival

Return airfare from India to Australia, accommodation, and hospitality to bring Indian Director Adool Gopalakrishnan to the festival.

02/05/08

$4,000.00

Wildlife Disease Association Australasian Section

Wildlife Disease and Health Management in India: Scientific Meetings with Dr Pradeep Malik in Australia

Return airfare and accommodation costs for Dr Pradeep Malik to visit Australia to present at the Annual conference for the Australian Section of the Wildlife Disease Association and attend meetings at Zoo's and universities around Australia

29/04/2008

$5,000

Institute for Eye Research

Training of eyecare professionals in the management of refractive errors of the eye with optical products

Grant is for return economy airfare from Sydney to Bhubhanesshwar and educational materials to conduct eyecare training in India.

29/04/2008

$4500

Australia South Asia Research Centre, ANU

 

2008 KR Narayanan Oration

 

Travel costs to bring Dr Sunita Narain to present the 2008 KR Narayanan Oration. Grant also includes venue hire, catering, photography, advertising and oration booklet production.

 

29/04/2008

$14,000

Mudra Centre for Dance

 

Utsav 2008: International Celebration of Dance (was Sangam 2008)

 

Return airfares from India to Australia to bring 2 performers for Utsav 2008.

 

9/04/2008

 

$4,000

Dr David Barnes

Kerala Centre for Environment and Development, Forth Kerala Environment Congress

Return airfare to India, internal airfare Cochin to Delhi, Accommodation, visa, insurance and per diems for Dr David Barnes (President Australian Water Association) to travel to India to give key-note presentation and attend various meetings.

17/03/08

$4,495.00

Australia India Business Council (AIBC)

Australia-India Focus Newsletter

Grant to AIBC for the production of three newsletters publicising the activities of the AIBC and the AIC

24/04/08

$4,750.00

Dr CA Cranston

 

Adjunct Faculty Award, University of Madras

 

Grant is for the cost of airfares, visa, insurance, medical costs and freight costs for resources for Dr CA Cranston to participate in a two month visiting fellowhship position in Australian Studies at the University of Madras, India.

 

14/12/2007

 

$2,327

 

Burnet Institute

 

HIV/ Aids Train the Trainer Program

(Part 1)

Return international airfare, accommodation and per diems for Professor Suzanne Crowe to continue and expand work in the HIV train the trainer program. Professor Crowe will also present at the HIV Congress 2008 conference.

 

 

14/12/2007

 

$9644

 

Burnet Institute

 

HIV/ Aids Train the Trainer Program

(Part 2)

 

Program In conjunction with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Send Australian healthcare professionals to India to educate Indian practitioners in train the trainer programs for HIV treatment. The grant contributes towards airfares, internal travel in India, meals, freight and printing of materials, insurance, taxis and incidentals and visas.

 

14/12/2007

 

$40,000

Cricket Australia, Centre of Excellence

 

Border-Gavaskar Scholarship Program

 

Grant funds cover airfares, accommodation, meals, uniforms, transfers, coaching and reports for three male Indian cricket players to come to Australia and train for a period of four weeks.

 

14/12/2007

 

$25,000

 

Cricket Australia, Centre of Excellence

 

Women's Cricket Links

 

Grant funds cover airfares, accommodation, meals, uniforms, transfers, coaching and reports for two female Indian cricket players and one coach to come to Australia and train for a period of two weeks.

 

14/12/2007

 

$17000

 

Asia Education Foundation

Australia-India Bridge (building Partnerships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement) Project

Grant funds to be provided for accommodation, meals, domestic transport, briefings and lectures, cultural site visits, entrance fees and program development for phase two of the project of sending Australian educators to India.

14/12/2007

$15,000

Biennale of Sydney

2008 Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms that turn

Grant towards the travel costs for four Indian artists to attend the Biennale.

14/12/2007

$10,000

AIESEC Australia

Australia-India Youth Entrepreneur Program (AIYEP)

Grant funds towards the costs of learning and cultural seminars, meals and transport for volunteers and a return airfare for one AIESEC member to present a paper at conference.

14/12/2007

$12,000

Australia Council for the Arts

Adelaide Writers Week - Participation of Sidharth Malhotra in the Visiting International Publishers Program

Adelaide Writers Week - Participation of Sidharth Malhotra in the Visiting International Publishers Program.

14/12/2007

$3,780

Nossal Institute for Global Health

Partnerships for better access to mental health care in India Program

Grant funds are for travel, accommodation, administration and design and production of training manual for the programme.

14/12/2007

$10,000

AusHeritage Ltd

Innovative approaches to cost-effective, sustainable collections care for North-East Indian Museums

Grant funds are for airfares, accommodation and miscellaneous and general expenses for 5 people to go to India for 6 days.

14/12/2007

$19,000

Nataraj Cultural Centre Inc

Spirit of India 2008

Grant funds to be used towards international airfares.

14/12/2007

$10,500

Australia Asia Young Leaders Programme (AAYLP)

Delegation of Young Australian Leaders to India in 2008

The grant funds will be used towards the costs of secretarial expenses, briefing and reporting costs.

14/12/2007

$12,000