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Visit of INS Tabar |
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INS
Tabar, a guided missle frigate, visited Fremantle, Western Australia,
from 15-18 June and Sydney from 25-28 June. The ship hosted
receptions in both ports and was open to visitors for a day
each. It conducted exercises with the Australian Navy after
sailing from Fremantle and Sydney ports.
Attorney General Hon. Philip Ruddock, several MPs and
senior officials attended the reception hosted by INS Tabar
in Sydney on 25 June. High Commissioner H.E. Mr. P.P. Shukla
visited the ship on 15 June in Fremantle. The Captain of the
ship called on Hon. Speaker of New South Wales Parliament. |
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K.R.
Narayanan Oration
Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Rajya Sabha
MP and Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore,
India, will deliver the tenth K.R. Narayanan Oration organized
by the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra.
The Oration will be delivered
on 20 July 2006 at 5.30pm-6.30 pm at the Common Room, University
House, ANU. The topic of the Oration is “India’s Space
Enterprise: A case Study in Strategic Thinking and Planning.”
High Commissioner of India to Australia, H.E. Mr. P.P. Shukla,
will read a message from President of India on the occasion.
Dr. Kasturangan is a prominent space physicist. He has been
closely involved with the Indian space program for over nine
years as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation,
Space Commission and Secretary to the Government of India in
the Department of Space. He has received several national and
international awards. |
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Australia announces
scholarships for Indians
The Australian Government
has announced two scholarships exclusively for the Indian
students. The 'Endeavour India Research Fellowships' will
enable top Indian and Australian researchers to carry
out short-term post graduate or post doctoral research
in each other's countries according to a press release.
The 'Endeavour India Executive
Awards' would target high achieving officials in Government,
business, industry and education sectors to undertake
professional development opportunities at counterpart
institutions in each other's countries, it said, adding
the last date for applying for these scholarships is July
31. Over five years from July this year, Australian scholarships
would more than double the number of education awards
offered for the region. The awards would be granted to
more than 19,000 people for study and research in Australia
at a cost of 1.4 billion dollars, it said. Awards available
for Indian and other students include Endeavour Asia Awards,
Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Awards, Endeavour Postgraduate
Awards, Endeavour Research Fellowships, Endeavour Executive
Awards, Endeavour International Postgraduate Research
Scholarships and Endeavour Vocational Technical Education
Awards, it said. |
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Invitation
for Expression of Interest for port development
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Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government
of India, is inviting global Expression of Interest from
reputed consultants for development of a new deep sea
port on the coastline of the State of West Bengal, India.
The draft Terms of Reference (ToR) of the proposed consultancy
are available on the Ministry’s website: www.shipping.nic.in.
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The
ToR are intended to be discussed with the parties to be
short-listed from amongst those responding to the notice
for Expression of Interest. Interested consultants may
submit their response by 31 July, 2006, to Deputy Secretary
(PHRD), Room No.413, Department of Shipping, Ministry
of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan,
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New
Delhi, India, giving details of their background, contact
details and experience.
Any queries may be addressed
to:
Mrs. Punya S. Srivastava
Deputy Secretary (PHRD)
Tel
+91 11 2332 1672
Fax
+91 11 2332 8549
E-mail
punya.sri@nic.in |
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