South Australia and Tamilnadu signs sister state pact
Posted on: 07/Sep/2010 1:30:03 AM
South Australia is exploring the possibilities of partnerships with Tamil Nadu in emerging areas of common interest ranging across renewable energy, education, water management and film production.
Raghupathy, senior director, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business centre, and Joe Flynn, CEO, Water Industry Alliance, signed an MoU in the presence of Mike Rann, Premier, South Australia. The MOU include inking an agreement on sister State status with Tamil Nadu on Monday. South Australia opened a full-fledged representative office in Chennai. South Australia`s Water Industry Alliance and the Jaipur-based CII Water Institute of the Confederation of Indian Industry also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on water-related research, optimal resource management and technology transfer.
“There is a great deal of complementarities in relations with Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai,” said South Australia Premier Mike Rann, who has led a trade delegation here.
It was important for bilateral ties to be as mutually educative as they were mutually rewarding, Mr. Rann said. Rather than a coincidence, South Australia`s choice of Chennai as the hub of its plans for India was a carefully considered decision. “Almost six years ago we decided to set base in Chennai and now I believe we made the right decision,” he said.
He was talking about the potential for collaboration in renewable energy, Film Making between Tamilnadu and South Australia.
Earlier, addressing a meeting hosted by the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Rann said that while mining would play a dominant role in South Australia`s future relationship with India, he would like the Indian involvement to step beyond mineral imports to feature joint ventures in developing the mining infrastructure.
