Australia and India
Hosted by: AIIA WA Branch
The event will start on: Thursday, 19 May 2011 6:00 PM
And will end on: Thursday, 19 May 2011 8:00 PM
At Murdoch Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia
Posted by: wa
India is very much in the news at the moment - a country of particular interest to WA, Australia’s Indian Ocean State. Trade links are significant and growing and as India moves to a larger place in international and domestic consciousness, what goes on in its domestic politics and economics, and the role it plays in the region and internationally, is of even greater interest and importance to us. Our man in India will share some insights to help us understand the place better.
About the Speaker:
Peter Varghese has been High Commissioner in New Delhi since 2009. Before that he was Director-General of the Office of National Assessments and before that was the Senior Adviser (International) to the Prime Minister. From 2002 until July 2003, he was a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Other diplomatic postings include as Australia's High Commissioner to Malaysia and postings in Vienna (1980-83), Washington (1986-88) and Tokyo (1994). He served as First Assistant Secretary of the International Security Division in 1997 before being seconded in February 1998, to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as First Assistant Secretary of the International Division.
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