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    In Australia, we know we are firmly in the Asian century

    2020-03-16T09:10:27+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

    Tania Rhodes-Taylor is the Vice-Principal of External Relations at the University of Sydney. In this interview, she offers an insight into the institution’s recent comprehensive partnership with Indian software major Tech Mahindra and what it means for India-Australia research collaborations. What are the broad contours of the university’s pact with Tech Mahindra? Our comprehensive partnership with Tech Mahindra, one of India’s leading IT services company, will open up two key areas of collaboration for the University of Sydney. For our [...]

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      India-UK: Seeking convergence on international and regional security

      2018-11-16T10:29:31+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

      Our strategic expert believes a transformative bilateral relationship between India and Britain will require greater convergence on issues of mutual concern. Last month (October 9) I appeared before the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee for its major new inquiry on ‘Global Britain and India’. My co-panellist was Sir James Bevan, the most recent former British High Commissioner to India. The enquiry seeks to identify opportunities for greater cooperation between the two countries. Chaired by Tom Tugendhat, the Committee includes [...]

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        Essential health service coverage is improving in India

        2018-11-16T10:29:34+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

        Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh is the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia. In this interview, she talks through her mission to combat health inequalities, the role of the private sector in tackling challenges in the sector and some key milestones as a Global Indian. What are some of the milestones in your mission to combat health inequalities in the region? WHO South-East Asia Region is central to global health with over a quarter of the world’s population and an even [...]

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          The business case for combatting inequality

          2020-03-16T09:49:01+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

          While India fares poorly on a latest worldwide ‘Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index’, some progressive measures bode well for future improvement. India was recently ranked among the bottom 10 countries in a new worldwide index released on the commitment of different nations to reduce inequalities for its population. UK-based charity Oxfam International’s ‘Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index’ ranks India 147th among 157 countries analysed, describing the country’s commitment to reducing inequality as a “a very worrying situation” given that it is home to [...]

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            Learning from a decade of implementing water conservation projects

            2018-11-16T10:43:09+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

            A senior executive delves into the work Anandana, the Coca-Cola India Foundation, is doing to help mitigate water scarcity in water-deficit areas all over India. We don’t have to circumnavigate the world to know what percentage of water exists as freshwater. A quick Google search will give us a single-digit percentage, which is so tiny that its scantiness is alarming. And to make it even more exciting, majority of it is contained in glaciers and polar ice caps, a large [...]

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