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Consulate General of India visits Dookie Campus to foster agriculture research and education collaborations

13-01-2025  Gday India

MELBOURNE: Indian Consul-General Dr Sushil Kumar visited the University of Melbourne's Dookie Campus in northern-Victoria recently. 
The visit was an opportunity to showcase the University's extensive agricultural research and educational facilities, strengthening the longstanding ties between India and the University. 
Dr Kumar was given an in-depth tour of the Dookie Campus, which included visiting the crop farming plots, the state-of-the-art glasshouse, the native plants garden, and the sheep farm. He also explored the vineyard and apple orchard, which offer hands-on learning experiences for students in agricultural science and toured the newly completed accommodation and teaching facilities. 
“My visit provided an excellent opportunity to interact with the facilities available, meet students and explore potential collaborative research and educational exchanges with the Indian Institutions,” Dr Sushil Kumar said. 
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Surinder Singh Chauhan accompanied Dr Kumar on his tour and hosted a lunch with Dookie campus staff and students. The lunch provided an informal setting for discussions, with Associate Professor Chauhan offering an update on the University’s growing Indian engagements, collaborations in agricultural research and educational initiatives. 
"The visit provided an excellent opportunity to showcase our teaching and research activities and was timely, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Faculty of Science and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research,” Associate Professor Chauhan said. 
“This partnership aims to foster cooperation in agricultural research and education to address the shared challenges facing the agricultural sectors in both India and Australia." 
 


13-01-2025  Gday India

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