2008

A bilateral trade & investment

guide for Australia and India.

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BUSINESS – CONTENTS
FOREWORDS

Prime Minister of Australia

The Hon. John Howard MP 7

Prime Minister of India

Dr Manmohan Singh 9

National Chairman, AIBC

Mr Brian Hayes 11

AUSTRALIA

Introduction:
Australian High Commissioner in India
Mr John McCarthy 14

Invest Australia
Interview with Mr Barry Jones, CEO, & Ms Sandra
Fox, Senior Investment Commissioner for India 16

Australia India Council

Interview with Mr Darren Gribble, Chairman 22

AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS TO INDIA

Introduction:
Australian Minister for Trade
The Hon. Warren Truss MP 27

Austrade
Mr Peter O’Byrne, CEO 28

Utsav Australia 31

Business Club Australia 32

Export Finance & Insurance Corporation (EFIC) 34

Australian Institute of Export (AIEX) 36

Doing Business in India

Mohan Monteiro
President, AIBC NSW Chapter 38 Queensland
The Hon. Anna Bligh MP
STATE BY STATE Premier of Queensland 43

New South Wales Victoria

The Hon. Morris Iemma MP The Hon. John Brumby MP
Premier of NSW 39 Premier of Victoria 47

AIBC, NSW Chapter 42 AIBC, Victorian Chapter 49

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South Australia Northern Territory

The Hon. Mike Rann MP Department of Business, Economic
Premier of South Australia 51 and Regional Development 65

AIBC, South Australian Chapter 53

INDIA
Western Australia
The Hon. Alan Carpenter MLA Interview: Tarun Das
Premier of Western Australia 55 Chief Mentor
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 68
Tasmania
The Hon. Paul Lennon MHA India Trade Profile, Region by Region 71
Premier of Tasmania 59
Destination India
Australian Capital Territory India Tourism & Trade Information 76
Jon Stanhope MLA
Chief Minister of the ACT 62
INDIAN EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA

Introduction:
Indian Minister for Commerce & Industry
Shri Kamal Nath 81

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 82

Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce

C. Sarat Chandran, Director 84

INDUSTRY FOCUS

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) 87

Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises

(ABLE)
Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, President 93

EDUCATION

Australian Education International 97

Where to Study 1: Education Adelaide 103

Offshore Education:
National Centre for Vocational Education
Research (NCVER) 105

Where to Study 2: Perth Education City 111

Speaking Hindi:
Indo-Australian Bal Barathi Vidyalaya 115

Where to Study 3: Study Melbourne 119

Case Study: Pallavi Barat

Master of Professional Accounting 125

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 Where to Study 4: NSW DET International 127

Case Study: Ammitjot Pannu

Studying IT in Australia 131

ICT

Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)

Ms Sheryle Moon, CEO 133

NASSCOM
Mr Kiran Karnik, President 137

RESOURCES / ENERGY

Australian High Commission, New Delhi 141

Interview: Mr Ravi Kastia

Head, CII Mining Panel 145

FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS

Agribusiness Association of Australia

Mr John Crosby, President 150

MANUFACTURING

Australian Manufacturing Technology

Institute Limited (AMTIL) 155

CONSTRUCTION

Interview: Mr Peter Forby

Australian Consul General, Western India 159

CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering 161

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Investment & Financial Services Association

Mr Richard Gilbert, CEO 164

TOURISM

Introduction:
Australian Minister for Small Business & Tourism
The Hon. Fran Bailey MP 169

Tourism Australia 171

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Great Opportunities

I
t gives me great pleasure to con-
gratulate the Australia India Business
Council on the publication of Australia
India Business.
The Australia-India relationship is
one of the great opportunities of this
century for both nations. We already
enjoy strong economic, cultural and
strategic ties. India’s rapidly emerging
economic strength, recording growth
rates averaging 8-9% per annum,
reinforces this opportunity. As this
extraordinary growth continues, the
relationship will become even more
important.
Two-way trade
Bilateral trade and investment links
are already well established. India is
Australia’s sixth-largest and fastest-
growing export market, with two-way
trade in goods and services worth A$12
billion in 2006. There is strength in services
such as tourism and educational services,
as well as primary industries.
Clearly, Australia is ideally placed to
supply the energy and resources, and
many of the services, India will require
to continue its impressive economic
development. Environmental sustain-
ability will also need to be a key theme.
educational institutions. India is also one
of Australia’s fastest-growing tourism
markets, with Indian visitor arrivals being
projected to grow at an average annual
rate of 18% over the next decade.
Early days
As many contributors to this publi-
cation will note, it is still relatively
early days as far as the Australia-India
trading relationship goes. However,
while we may have taken our time to
establish the links that economies of our
respective sizes would expect to share,
it will be the object of my government
to make up lost ground.
Without a doubt, the Australia India
Business Council will play a significant role
in facilitating the ongoing improvement The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP,
in Australia’s trade and investment ties Prime Minister Elect of Australia
with India. As India grows, we believe our
relationship will grow with it.
I am looking forward to the bright
future Australians and Indians can hope
to share together.
Website: www.pm.gov.au

Linking people
However, trade and investment is
only part of the larger story – that of
our strong people-to-people links.
This is what will ultimately serve as the
foundation of our bilateral relationship
in the years to come.
The Indian community in Australia
makes a significant contribution to the
cultural diversity in which our country
takes great pride, being the sixth-largest
source of overseas-born Australians.
Of course, it would be remiss of me
to neglect to mention the ties of cricket,
which will be renewed once again this
summer with the visit of a very strong
Indian team to our shores.
Approximately 40,000 Indian students
are currently enrolled in Australian

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Shared Values,
Greater Connectivity
I
am happy to learn about the initiative
of the Australia India Business Council in
producing the Australia India Business
publication.
Relations between India and Australia
have strengthened in recent years.
Besides high level political contacts,
our economic engagement has been
particularly impressive. There is, however,
a large untapped potential, which our
two economies need to jointly exploit to
mutual benefit.
Engaging partners
During the last fifteen years, the
Indian economy has registered high
growth rates, accompanied by rapid
development of its services and
knowledge sectors. The new economic
and technological capabilities of India
enable it to effectively engage with
international partners in enhancing
trade, investment and other forms of
economic cooperation.
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I welcome the fact that Indian business
and industry is seeking partnerships with
their Australian counterparts, and that
Australian business is also discovering
the possibilities that are opening up in
India.
Opening doors
I hope that the activities of the
Australia India Business Council will
open doors for our two large countries
to better understand and benefit from
each other’s mutual strengths and
complementarities.
I see a bright future ahead for Indo-
Australian cooperation based upon
shared values, increased people-
to-people contacts, and greater
connectivity. Dr Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister of India
Website: http://pmindia.nic.in
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Accor focuses on India

With over 40 years of expertise, Accor is the European leader in hotels and
tourism and operates in nearly 100 countries with 170,000 employees.
In 2006 Accor opened the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India’s
largest and first purpose-built convention facility, and the adjacent Novotel
Hyderabad.
Today, Accor has 47 hotels committed to open in India under the Sofitel,
Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis and Formule 1 brands – 24 of these are due
to open before 2010.
A signature hotel for the group, the Sofitel Mumbai, will establish the 5-star
brand in the country’s premier business centre and join other Sofitel hotels
planned for major Indian centres.
Accor is continuing its innovative expansion of its international economy Ibis
brand with the launch of a network of Ibis hotels throughout India.
As the world leader in economy and mid-priced hotels, Accor’s vision will
redefine the economy hotel sector in India and position Ibis hotels as the
preferred best value international hotel brand across the region.

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A Passage to India
I
t is generally accepted that India is
currently the world’s largest democracy
and, with a young and expanding
population, is poised to become the
world’s most populous nation by 2030.
Its economy is growing at well over 8%
per annum and its strategic importance,
both geographically and economically,
is recognised by all.
In 1986, the then Prime Ministers of
Australia and India, the Hon. Bob Hawke
and Mr Rajiv Gandhi, together recognised
the importance and potential for trade
between the two countries. This mutual
recognition gave birth to the Australia
India Business Council (AIBC), in the form
of a national business organisation.
Federal Government
commitment
The visit to India in 2006 by the
Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. John
Howard, and the high level business
delegation that accompanied him,
marked the resurgence of the Federal
Government’s commitment to the
strengthening of relations between the
two countries.
This was reflected at the business
level with the Trade and Economic
Framework Agreement which was an
outcome of the Joint Ministerial and
Business Council meeting in Sydney in
2005.
The AIBC is now widely recognised
by governments and the business
community as the peak bilateral
business association in Australia for
promoting and supporting trade and
investment between the two countries.
It is the only national non-government
business association devoted solely to
promoting, developing and maintaining
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bilateral trade and business relations
between Australia and India.
In 2007, the AIBC led the largest
business delegation accompanying
the Minister for Trade, the Hon. Warren
Truss, to India for the Joint Ministerial
Business Council meeting in New Delhi.
In addition, over the last three years, the
Premiers of each State have led trade
delegations to India and the AIBC has
been closely involved with these, as
well as hosting incoming delegations
and business groups to Australia.
A sustainable relationship
All of this points to and is testament to
the increasing and sustained business
and trade relations between the two
countries. The AIBC strongly believes Mr Brian Hayes, National Chairman,
that Australia can accelerate and Australia India Business Council
maximise the benefits of its links with
India and develop a relationship that
is both sustainable and of enduring
strength.
Recent change to the AIBC con- “Australia can
stitution, establishing State Chapters,
has enabled businesses in all the States maximise the
to benefit directly from this period of
increased engagement with India. The benefits of its
AIBC provides a link between business
and State governments interested in links with India
exploiting the potential for bilateral
trade. and develop
The publication of Australia India
Business, which the AIBC has officially a relationship
endorsed, will be of great benefit in
providing current information, which that is both
is of interest and relevance to business
and government at both State and sustainable and
Federal level in this country and
overseas. of enduring
Website: www.aibc.org.au strength.”
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