The Indian Express newspaper reports the university will set up a campus in Gujurat state – it may well be right

Deakin U was not talking last night but VC Iain Martin had told staff during the day that he was just back from India, working on projects as part of the university’s, “in India, with India for India” approach.

“Over the past three months in particular we have been working on several further projects that build on our achievements to date. The past two weeks have been crucial in laying the groundwork for delivering on these plans.

“We are now working through the details of these plans, and I hope to make some further announcements very shortly,” Professor Martin said.

How “shortly”?. According to the Indian Express a Deakin U announcement will be made by Prime Minister Albanese in the Gurajat city of Ahmedabad next week.

Uni Wollongong also has an agreement for a “teaching location”  in a new urban development there. There was a signing ceremony there last July with the university’s dean of businesss, Colin Picker saying, ““we are delighted to be the first Australian university on track to have a teaching location in India.” The university stated that teaching would occur, “within a partnership or on a stand-alone basis,“ (CMM July 29 2022).

UoW was then hoping for a start this May.