Deakin U and Uni Wollongong will establish campuses there. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made the announcement in Delhi, Wednesday

Both will set up in the GIFT City development (CMM yesterday) in Gujurat state. “We want to partner with Australia for quality, accessibility and affordability of education,” the minister said.

“Knowledge is the launching pad an aspirational society and we need quality partners in our journey.”

Sadly there are no details on what the two will do (courses, staff, fees, enrolments and etc) – perhaps DU and UoW are waiting on a formal announcement next week, when PM Albanese is in India.

And RMIT announces a dual-degree programme

It’s with Birla Institute of Technology and Science. RMIT says it is the first Aus-India dual programme under India’s 2022 National Education Policy. Initially in engineering, students will start at home, before two years in Melbourne.

There’s more to come  

Ten university MOUs are set to be signed, plus the agreement on mutual recognition of academic qualifications. “But it’s just the start of a two-step process”, Education Minister Jason Clare said in Delhi, the second is work for agreements on professional qualifications.

“It’s an exciting time, the world is getting smaller, more things are becoming possible and you are at the centre of it.”

“There are lots of things that we can do together. It’s good for Australia and it’s good for India,” he told (Australian) Seven Network news.