India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, was in Sydney yesterday, part of a four day Australian visit

Western Sydney U was quick to announce that Minister Pradhan and his Australian equivalent Jason Clare met at the university’s Parramatta campus. And Unis Australia wanted it known that it, and UNSW, co-hosted a dinner last night for the two ministers.

UA added that there are 452 formal partnerships between Aus and Indian universities a four-fold increase on 2007.

But, as UA alludes to, there is one that really matters now, the trade agreement that may allow Australian access to the education market in India