Australian Trade Commissioner Peter Coleman sought closer ties between Australian Universities and GITAM University at meeting on campus in Visakhapatnam yesterday.

Now the prospects of meritorious students getting better chances of student exchange, joint programs and more gets better. Australian Universities seek to partner with GITAM University, Visakhapatnam as becomes apparent after visit of Peter Coleman to the campus yesterday. The Australian Trade Commissioner for South Asia was in a meeting with Prof. MS Prasada Rao, the Vice-chancellor of GITAM University.

He was at the campus to explore opportunities for collaboration between the GITAM University and Australian Universities. Various key areas of partnerships were discussed such as student exchange, faculty exchange, joint knowledge and research programs. Having visited the GITAM School of International Business in Visakhapatnam and the rest he was very very impressed. He admired the infrastructure and the facility and considered it most remarkable.

Linking knowledge and shared research was a key to better partnering was what he said and linking top universities of Australia a future course of action. This will afford the bright and aspiring students from Visakhapatnam to explore higher research and attain exposure in future.

Peter Coleman who is the Australian Trade Commissioner for South Asia leads a team of educationists and manages a wide range of operations from Mumbai and Sri lanka.