Institutional Events

Board Meetings

14 October 2021 The second board meeting of 2021 was held on 14 October and was attended by Dr Ashutosh Misra (chairman), Dr Ram Mohan, Ms Sweta Misra, Dr Amol Wagholikar, Mr Matthew Hayden (virtually from Dubai), Mr Shaun Star (virtually), Mr Muthuraj Guruswamy (virtually), Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha (advisor, virtually), Dr Rajiv Nayan (advisor, virtually) and Mr Kartik Pratap Singh. 9 April 2021 It was attended byDr Ashutosh Misra (chairman), Dr Jacqueline Drew, Mr Matthew Hayden (virtually from India), Mr Shaun Star, Mr Stephen Illidge (proxy for Dr Amy Illidge), Dr Ram Mohan, Ms Sweta Misra, Dr Amol Wagholikar, Mr Muthuraj Guruswamy and Mr Kartik Pratap Singh. Mr Matthew Hayden briefed the members about the situation in India where he was based to cover the Indian Premier League as a commentator. He congratulated the members for the wonderful work that they have putting together in taking IAIE forward. In the meeting some outstanding funding, research and policy engagement ideas were discussed at length which have been successfully executed during the course of the year. The Board was proud to note how IAIE has grown in such a short time. The Executive Committee welcomed Shaun Star for joining as IAIE’s new Board member.

IAIE’s Third Foundation Anniversary Celebrations

4 September 2021

IAIEcelebratedits third anniversary on 4 September 2021.IAIE CEO Dr Ashutosh Misra; Board members Mr Muthuraj Guruswamy; Dr Jacqueline Drew; Dr Amy Illidge; Ms Sweta Misra; Prof. Shaun Star; Sports and Wellness Program Director Dr Amol Wagholikar; Mr Matt Connor, Account Advisor and Mr Kartik Singh Institute Secretary were present along with special invitees AIBC National Chair Mr Jim Varghese AM and India News chairman Dr Ram Mohan In their personal remarks Dr Misra, Prof. Star and Dr Wagholikar noted the achievements of the Institute in a challenging year and thanked the members for their support.

Annual General Meeting

29 November 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Institute for Australia India Engagement was convened on 29 November to take stock of our accomplishments, hits and misses of 2021. The members of the board were very pleased to note IAIE’s outstanding policy engagement impact, productivity in policy dialogues, public outreach and events, media interactions, publications, and ability to shape strategic thinking, despite a tough Covid dominated year. On behalf of the Executive thank our Board members Mr Matthew Hayden, Professor Jacqueline Drew, Prof Sarah Jane Kelly, Prof Shaun Star, Dr Amy Illidge, Mr Muthuraj Guruswamy, and also Director Sports and Wellness Dr Amol Wagholikar, senior advisor Mr Stephen Illidge, Dr Ram Mohan and Mr Kartik Pratap Singh. Our International Panel of Advisors also deserves accolades for their constant support and guidance to our activities: Prof C. Raj Kumar (VC Jindal Global University), Amb. Virendra Gupta, Dr Uttam Kumar Sinha (Fellow, MPIDSA), Dr Rajiv Nayan (SRA, MPIDSA, Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Prof To-Hai Liou (National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan), Prof Jack Anderson (University of Melbourne), Mr Dale Sheehan (International Centre for Sports Security, Qatar), prof Priyankar Upadhyay (Banaras Hindu University) and Prof Nikos Passas (North Western University, USA). We also thank our Adjunct Fellows Dr NandkumarJanardhanan, Ms Audrey Courty and Ms Anushka Saxena for their role in enriching our research productivity.