The inaugural AIYD conference was hosted in New Delhi and Mumbai, India from 30 January to 2 February 2012. Delegates were addressed by high profile diplomats, journalists, and business leaders from Australia and India, and participated in a number of site visits, including to Gandhi Smriti and the Red Fort in Delhi, and Chabad House and Dharavi slum in Mumbai.

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With a balance of panel sessions and roundtable discussions, the conference programme for AIYD 2012 focused on the following topics:

  • Education
  • International Security
  • Climate Change
  • Business beyond Resources

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Australian Delegates

Anant Dev Tayal
Engineer at Energy Australia
Entrepreneurship
Environment
Andrej Pavkovic
Australian Government’s International Education Agency, Australian Education International (AEI)
Entrepreneurship
Environment
Government
Andrew Pickford
Entrepreneurship
Environment
Ben Doherty
South Asia Correspondent for 'The Age' and 'Sydney Morning Herald'
Journalism
Media
Caitlin Bell
Diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Diplomacy
Government
Legal
Elizabeth Pennell
Senior Associate at Clayton Utz
Legal
Emily Harrison
Founder and Executive Director of Innovaid Advisory Services
Entrepreneurship
NGO
Hayley Bolding
Founder, ATMA, NGO, India
Culture
Entrepreneurship
Social Sector
Jennifer Star
Founder of Tara Ed
Jeremy Balkin
Business Development at Macquarie Bank.
Business
Entrepreneurship
Nathan Bracken
Professional Cricketer
Entrepreneurship
Sports
Payal Mahindroo
Senior Associate in the Corporate group at Blake Dawson
Legal
Sarah Flomersfeld
Work At Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Government
Sam Riordan
Foreign affairs adviser to the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Deputy Leader ...
Government
Yaara Bou Melhem
Multi award winning broadcast journalist
Journalism
Media

Indian Delegates

Anika Singh
Community Engagement Consultant at WISE Employment
Communications
Health
Ashok Durgesh
CEO & Co-Founder of Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Limited (Vindhya)
Pinky Chandran
Head of Training & Development Division Jain Group
Education
Media
Rishi Suri
Senior Editor, The Daily Milap
Journalism
Media
Rohan Mukherjee
Co-Founder the Youth Forum on Foreign Policy (YFFP)
Politics
University
Rustam Sengupta
Social Worker
Sarathbabu Elumalai
Young Indian Entrepreneur, social worker and politician
Politics
Social Sector
Shankar Vanavaryar
Correspondent/President of NIA Educational Institutions and Executive Director of Sakthi Auto ...
Education
Shayamal Vallabjee
Sports Scientist, Entrepreneur and Lecturer
Education
Entrepreneurship
Shrey Goyal
Founder of AnaGenesis
Shruti Jagirdar
Legislative Assistant to a Member of Parliament
Diplomacy
Siddharth Ramana
India-based consultant for Realite-Eu and www.worldanalysis.net
Sonal Kapoor
Founder Director of Protsahan India Foundation
Education
Social Sector
Srijan Singh
Management
Management
Social Sector
  • DAY 1: JANUARY 30, NEW DELHI

  • Ruchir Punjabi, AIYD Chair

    Navdeep Suri , Joint Secretary Public Diplomacy Division MEA, India

  • The Australia-India Relationship: A History of Mixed Opportunities

    Peter Varghese, AO, Australian High Commissioner to India

    Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Former Indian High Commissioner to Australia

  • Australia-India: The Way Forward Through Our Young Leaders

    Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institute

  • Education in Australia – The Indian Student in Australia: Has the Crisis Been Overcome?

    Lachlan Strahan, Deputy High Commissioner to India, Australia

    Govindraj Ethiraj, Planning Commission, Govt of India

    Naveen Chopra, Director, The Chopras

  • Education in India: The Skills Shortage:Up-skilling young Indians and young Australians Geoffrey Conaghan, Commissioner to India from Victoria Tony White, Director, Franchise India Dilip Chenoy, CEO & MD, National Skill Development Corporation

  • Visit to Gandhi Smriti

  • Keynote address by: Mr T.K.A. Nair, Advisor to Prime Minister of India

  • DAY 2: JANUARY 31, NEW DELHI

  • International Security and Forced Convergence: India and Australia

    Rajiv Nayan, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi

    Shashank Joshi, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute

    Lavina Lee, Macquarie University

  • Suzana Brinkmann, Education Consultant, UNICEF

  • Climate Change: Navigating the Unknown Together

    Sudhir Chella Rajan, Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras; Coordinator, Indo-German Centrefor Sustainability

    Amrita N Achanta, Senior Visiting Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute(TERI)

  • DAY 3: February 1, Taj Lands End, Mumbai

  • Australia-India Business: Beyond Resources

    Barry Buffier, Deputy Director General, Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure andServices, NSW

    Sarat Chandran, Director, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce

  • Steve Waters, Consul General of Australia, Mumbai

  • The Economic Report: Current and Future Growth 

    Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International, andChairman, CUTS Institute for Regulation &Competition

    Rajesh Chadha, Senior Fellow, National Council of Applied EconomicResearch

    Reetika Khera (by Skype conference), IIT Delhi

  • Visit to Chabad House, Mumbai

  • Keynote Address: Dr Indu Shahani, Sheriff of Mumbai

  • DAY 4: FEBRUARY 2, MUMBAI

  • Reality tours – Mumbai Dabbawalas and Dharavi slum

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AIYD 2012

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