Reaching for the light

An initiative using solar-powered lamps to light up households in rural India is helping people and businesses join forces to create a brighter future.

An initiative using solar-powered lamps to light up households in rural India is helping people and businesses join forces to create a brighter future.

Climate change and increasing energy demands are promoting the cause of renewable energy technologies in both Australia and India. And according to Renee Lustman of Australia’s Clean Energy Council, the two countries have great potential for effective collaboration in this most important of growth industries.

Australian tourists are flocking to India in unprecedented numbers, with tourism now standing as India’s number one export downunder. It’s a big country, but Shamoli Dutt of India Tourism and Trade Information highlights three destinations to whet the traveller’s appetite.

“I hope to provide Indian industry with access to work undertaken in Australia to progress development of measures to address greenhouse gas emissions.”

As India’s economic growth continues and its mineral resource needs expand, Australia will be well placed to respond to this burgeoning demand, writes Minerals Council of Australia CEO, Mitchell Hooke.

As Indian investment in Australia’s mining industry continues to thrive, India itself is beginning to question the barriers to foreign investment in its own industry, writes Rahul N. Baldota, President of the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries.

MBA Petroleum Consultants’ clean burning gas techniques are helping to smooth Australia’s transition to a carbon constrained economy, and attracting Indian attention in the process.

If India is to fully exploit its potential, it must learn to sell itself to the world, writes C. Sarat Chandran of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce.

India’s economic growth story is nothing short of breathtaking. With a burgeoning middle class fuelling a projected four-fold increase in the country’s consumer market by 2025, Indians are joining the global workforce in annual numbers comparable to Australia’s entire population. And according to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the opportunities for foreign businesses are just as big.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce India, as a destination for trade and investment, to readers of the second edition of the Australia India Business Council’s publication, Australia India Business.
The Australia-India partnership has come a long way since I contributed to the first edition of this publication 12 months ago. Our businesses have grown [...]