IABCA Global Leaders Forum 2022 discusses growth prospects for Australia and India

The IABCA Global Leaders Forum 2022 and the Awards Ceremony were held on 29th April at the Star Event Centre in Sydney. The Forum highlighted roadmaps for continued growth across the people-to-people, economic and institutional engagements that bind Australia and India. Across three engaging panel discussions on Technology & Innovation supported by Investment NSW, Soft Power & Business Diaspora led by Deakin University, and the AIBX India Market Update supported by Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), the IABCA forum not only deep dived into the state of existing bilateral ties between Australia and India but also helped examine roadmaps for continued growth into the future.

The panel experts who participated in the discussions comprise A/ Managing Director, Investment NSW, Kylie Bell; Consul General Manish Gupta, Consulate General of India, Sydney; Innovation Director - iOmniscient, Founder & CEO - Rux Energy Jehan Kanga; CEO and Co-Founder, Space Machines Company, Rajat Kulshrestha; Group Chairman, Cargo Service Centre (CSC) Group and SCA Group of Companies, Tushar Jani; Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla; Country Head Tata Consultancy ServicesVikram Singh; Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner ( India & Middle East), Investment NSW Vish Padmanabhan; Founder & CEO, MultiConnexions Sheba Nandkeolyar;President Study Abroad, upgrad.com, Ankur Dhawan; Vice Chancellor, Deakin University, Professor Iain Martin;Deputy Chair, DFAT, Australia India Council, CEO, Australia India Institute, Former Senator Lisa Singh; 24-

Hour Economy Commissioner, Investment NSW, Michael Rodrigues; CEO, Cricket Australia, Nick Hockley; Chancellor, University of Queensland​, Chair, Asialink Advisory Council, Former Secretary of the DFAT, Peter Varghese AO; State Director NSW, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Trudy Witbreuk; Trade and Investment Commissioner South Asia and Lead for AIBX, Austrade, Tim White; India Market Update: Catherine Gallagher, General Manager, South Asia, Austrade; Chief Negotiator, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Frances Lisson; and Managing Director, Agripower, Peter Prentice.

Supported by Investment NSW and Austrade, IABCA 2022 now in its 9th Year, will continue to navigate Australia’s relationship with India through people-to-people links between both the countries.