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Business EconomyPosted at: Feb 20 2020 7:04PM


TIQ, Karnataka govt sign MoU

Bengaluru, Feb 20 (UNI) Queensland, one of Australia’s most innovative States and home to a world-leading IT and biotech community, on Thursday became the newest partner in the Government of Karnataka’s K-tech hub.

The Queensland Government, through Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ) and Study Queensland, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka’s Information Technology, Biotechnology (Bt) and Science & Technology (S&T) Department to enable University Researchers and academics undertake innovative work in the IT and biotech work in the north-east Australia to share learning and network with contemporaries in Bengaluru, according to a statement.

The MoU was signed at K-Tech, 10,000 Startups, Bengaluru by Dr EV Ramana Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary and Ms Toni Brownie, General Manager, International Operations, Trade and Investment, Queensland Office.

Q-Pod - a Queensland-India hub for education, innovation and entrepreneurship - has been established by Study Queensland, a unit of TIQ that administers the Government’s International Education and Training Strategy to Advance Queensland. Queensland’s biotech and IT communities have played a pivotal role in addressing the state’s health, agriculture, energy challenges.

TIQ Commissioner – India, Gitesh Agarwal, said Bengaluru and Brisbane, Queensland’s capital, shared many similarities. “India and Queensland enjoy many common threads in future-focused industries including IT and biotechnology”.

“Queensland’s Universities, their researchers and academics are breaking international ground in these sectors. Importantly, there are high levels of engagement between our education institutions and industry to support commercial outcomes. Through this partnership, the Queensland and Karnataka governments will support greater collaboration between the regions’ tech sectors through lectures, events, and networking that achieves global outcomes,” Mr Agarwal added.

He said that education has become a strong bond between the two regions with India representing Queensland’s second-largest cohort of international students. The number of Indian students enrolled in Queensland grew by 31 per cent during 2018-19, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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