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Updated October 5th, 2021 at 21:38 IST

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets Australian counterpart to bolster ties

Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday held a virtual meeting with the Australian Minister for Education and Youth

Reported by: Apoorva Kaul
Dharmendra Pradhan
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Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday held a virtual meeting with the Australian Minister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge. The virtual meeting between Dharmendra Pradhan and his Australian counterpart Alan Tudge took place to bolster ties in the field of higher education, according to ANI. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan shared pictures of the virtual meeting held between him and his Australian counterpart. 

Dharmendra Pradhan holds discussion with Australian counterpart

Dharmendra Pradhan, in his tweet, mentioned that the two leaders agreed to "strengthen the growing Australia-India partnership in higher education". The two leaders underscored two-way student mobility, teacher exchanges, applied research and other areas of mutual priority. Pradhan and his Australian counterpart emphasised both countries commitment to supporting Australia-bound students at every stage. According to ANI, the Union Minister for Education and Skill Development during the discussion raised the issue of the Indian students returning to Australia for study. 

Alan Tudge, during the meeting, spoke about the steps taken by the Australian government to ease the return of Indian students to Australia. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also stressed that India’s National Education Policy 2020 will be instrumental in channelising the aspirations & future needs of our youth. Furthermore, he insisted that "the education and skills spectrum has a significant potential for further cooperation" between both the countries India and Australia. 

On October 1, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan met the Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan in New Delhi. Dharmendra Pradhan and Dan Tehan discussed working together to strengthen the strategic partnership between India and Australia. Pradhan also took to his official Twitter handle and informed about his meeting. Taking to the micro-blogging site, Pradhan wrote, "Excellent meeting with Australian Minister HE @DanTehanWannon. We discussed working together to strengthen the strategic partnership between our two countries, especially making education & skill development key pillars of India-Australia bilateral relations."

(Image: PTI/AlanTudge/Facebook)

(Inputs from ANI)

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Published October 5th, 2021 at 21:38 IST

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