Overview
- On Monday in Sydney, Nara Lokesh visited the University of New South Wales and proposed joint degrees, student exchanges, and research links in STEM, AI, renewable energy, public health, and smart cities.
- He chaired a roundtable hosted by the Australia–India CEO Forum that drew executives from HSBC, Amazon, Cisco, EY, GrainCorp, HCL Tech, KPMG, and Mastercard, with a Google representative voicing support for the state.
- Earlier, he met Forum director Jodi McKay seeking Andhra Pradesh’s inclusion in the forum’s State Engagement Agenda and backing for an Australia–AP CEO roundtable tied to the CII summit.
- At a Sydney diaspora meet, he urged NRIs to act as brand ambassadors for rebuilding the state and highlighted claims of ₹10 lakh crore in recent investments with a goal of 20 lakh jobs in five years.
- The six‑day visit runs October 19–24 under an invitation from Australian High Commissioner Philip Green, with further meetings planned across education, skills, trade, and investment bodies; no new investment commitments were announced.