The Centre for India Australia Studies hosts a number of conferences and roundtable discussions in collaboration with Australian institutions. A number of conferences that the CIAS has hosted or played a leading role in organising include:

International Symposium on “Contemporary Issues in Public Law” at Australian High Commission and O.P. Jindal Global University in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford, and National University of Singapore


On 8 April 2018, Jindal Global Law School hosted an international symposium in collaboration with three institutional partners - the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford, and National University of Singapore. During the opening session of the symposium at the Australian High Commission, Mr. Chris Elstoft, Deputy High Commissioner to India from Australia, addressed the participants. In addition, Professor Kate O’Regan Read More...

International Conference on “Business, Law and Ethics: Conflict or Coherence” held at India Habitat Center with Macquire University


On 13 February 2018, the Centre for India Australia Studies partnered with Jindal Global Business School and Macquarie University to organise a productive conference at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Attended by interested scholars, researchers, and students from Jindal Global University, participants engaged in a fascinating series of discussions about the nature of ethics and the ethical Read More...

International Conference on “Death Penalty in Asia Pacific: Reassessing the Contemporary Challenges to its Abolition”, hosted jointly with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University


On 9 December 2017, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) hosted an international conference on “Death Penalty in Asia Pacific: Reassessing the Contemporary Challenges to its Abolition” in collaboration with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University and the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. Hon'ble Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, Judge, Read More...

Joint Conference on "Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law and Democratic Governance: Australian and Indian Perspectives” organised by Jindal Global Law School and University of New South Wales Law School


On 12 -13 November 2017, Jindal Global Law School and University of New South Wales Law School jointly hosted a conference on “Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law and Democratic Governance: Australian and Indian Perspectives” at O.P. Jindal Global University and India Habitat Centre. The Opening Remarks were made by Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University, Professor Shaun Star, Executive Director Read More...

"Corporate Governance, Responsibility and Sustainability in India and Australia"


On 18 July 2017, a roundtable was organised by the Centre for India Australia Studies (CIAS) on "Corporate Governance, Responsibility and Sustainability in India and Australia". Professor Bryan Horrigan, Dean of Monash Law School and Mr. Shardul Shroff, Executive Chairman of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, spoke alongside other leading academics, practitioners and government officials during this event. The participants discussed the business context and regulatory frameworks for corporate governance, responsibility, and sustainability in both India and Australia. [Read More...]

“Depression: Let's Talk about what we all Should Know”


On 6 April 2017, on the eve of World Health Day, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences in collaboration with the Centre for India Australia Studies and the University of Melbourne organised a seminar on “'Depression: Let's Talk about what we all Should Know” at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. This seminar that has brought together psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, counselling therapists and academics from India and Australia who are renowned experts in the mental health sector.

Australian High Commission Roundtable


On 6 October 2016, Reforms and Developments in our legal systems: Australian and Indian perspectives", in partnership with Deakin University, the Centre for India Australia Studies and the National Law University Delhi.

The Centre of India Australia Studies was pleased to partner with Deakin University to organise a productive Roundtable discussion at the Australian High Commission in New Delhi. Attended by legal luminaries from around the country, participants engaged in an interesting dialogue about the existing challenges that exist in our respective legal systems. [Read More...]