Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be on a four-day visit to Australia to strengthen India-Australia ties and explore the connection, collaboration and cooperation aspects in education and skill development. He is leaving today. Besides other engagements during his visit, the minister will interact with the Indian diaspora there.

“Reforms in India’s education sector and the renewed vigour in India-Australia bilateral relations opens up immense opportunities for both the sides to establish the knowledge economy as a key pillar of our cooperation,” Pradhan said in a statement prior to his departure.