Hyderabad|India|April'2010: Chief Minister Dr.K.Rosaiah underlined the need to strengthen the India-Australian ties in different spheres. He also stressed the need to clear the air about the safety of Indian students in Australia in view of the recent attacks on them. He said bilateral delegations and discussions would help improve the ties. He was speaking to the Australian delegation which met him.

The high profile Australian delegation was sponsored by Mr.DSN Murthy, Managing Director & CEO, Dhanush Infotech. The team has been touring India to build better bilateral relationship in areas such as education, business, trade, culture, sports etc. The delegation was led by Mr. Rajendra Nimje, former IAS Officer who had worked as Secretary of Higher Education in Andhra Pradesh government.

The Chief Minister said that both Hyderabad and Australian cities can exchange and have cooperation in areas like IT, BT, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Mining, Irrigation, Water Resources etc. Both sides agreed to pursue next level of consultation in these areas by sending an Andhra Pradesh Business Delegation to Australia. The Australian delegation is very keen to establish the Sister City relationship with Hyderabad to promote business interests.

A proposal has been put forth to establish a Sister City relationship between Hyderabad and two Australian cities of Brisbane and Ipswich which share great commonalities and are planning to enhance cooperation and business ties. The Chief Minister was informed that one of the main purposes of the Australian delegation’s visit was to launch the website Indian Chapter of AussieIndiaHarmony.com, developed and sponsored by Dhanush InfoTech. He was told that they are keen on developing harmony in Aussie India relationships and shown interest in taking guardianship of the students studying in Queensland.

The CM has lauded the efforts of the Australian Delegation and promised to provide all support to the harmony building efforts. He expressed full faith that care is being taken by the Australian Govt. and the incidents reported might be out of context. There is certainly a scope to improve further and AP is ready to help in this regard. Further, there is lot of opportunities for both sides to work together. Hyderabad has great infrastructure building capacity and our companies can take up big projects in Australia and both Mayors have expressed that they are interested in bringing investments to our State. The CM welcomed the move and promised that bilateral exchange on many fronts is possible.

Mr. Paul and Mr. Graham both invited the Chief Minister to lead a delegation to Brisbane and Ipswich to explore the bilateral trade and investments. The Chief Minister has promised to start this activity by sending a team of officials followed by the visit.

Later at Hotel Fortune Katriya, Hyderabad, the delegates launched Indian Chapter of AussieIndiaHarmony.com. Mr. Gopalakrishna, IAS (Retired), Former Special Chief Secretary to AP Government and currently is President of National HRD (South India), Dr.D.Narsimha Reddy, Vice Chancellor of JNTU, Hyderabad, Lord Mayor Paul Pisasale from City of Ipswich, Australia, Lord Deputy Mayor Graham Quirk from City of Brisbane, Australia, Mr. DSN Murthy, MD & CEO of Dhanush InfoTech were the dignitaries at the AussieIndiaHarmony.com launch ceremony.

Australian delegation expressed their special thanks to Dhanush InfoTech for setting up their operations based out of Ipswitch, in Springfield and CM appreciated the efforts of Dhanush in improving & establishing bilateral business relationship between cities & countries.

The Chief Minister appreciated the initiative which would enable Indians and Australians to showcase their coexistence and friendship as well as business relationships. 

Reachout's News Bureau
April' 2010