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 |