Australia-India: Partners in Development

Updated on: Thursday, March 03, 2011

The Australia India Institute announced its new programme with Indian NGO Asha and the Nossal Institute for Global Health to support the aspirations of Delhi’s Urban Poor recently.

Called ‘A New India-Australia Partnership’, the programme is the first of the Australia India Institute’s collaborative research projects to be launched in India. The Institute has funded 40 projects for 2011 across its six priority areas of Resources and Environment, Regional Relationships, Health, Education, Contemporary India and Economics and Business.

Australia’s High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said "The Australian Government has been proudly associated with the excellent work of ASHA for several years. This new partnership with the Australia India Institute and Australia's Nossal Institute for Global Health will expand cooperation in research, education and

community engagement. It is a unique initiative and I congratulate the Australia India Institute for its support of the inspiring work of ASHA in empowering slum communities, especially through education."

This partnership is geared to support the aspirations of Delhi’s urban poor through a programme that will operate in the three areas of research, education and community engagement.

The Australia India Institute/Asha/Nossal Institute programme was launched by the The Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal at the Habitat Centre on March 2.

The project, The Asha Model: an analysis of the impact and contribution of the Asha project to slum communities in Delhi is funded by the Australia India Institute and will be conducted by Asha and the Nossal Institute. It will examine and document the critical components of the Asha model which has led to the success of Asha’s work in the Delhi slums over the last 22 years.

Australia-India: Partners in Development

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