Note: The AIRS Fellowship program was a once-only opportunity. Applications will not open for 2024.

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The Australia India Research Students Fellowship (AIRS Fellowship) program supported emerging researchers from India and Australia to undertake short-term research exchanges in 2023.

Fellowships of up to AUD $10,000 were awarded to 59 research students and post-doctoral scholars (early-career researchers): 33 Indians and 26 Australians.

Each Fellow engaged in a research project as part of a 4-to 8-week exchange program throughout 2023.

2023 AIRS Fellows

Several AIRS Fellows reflect on their research journeys at a morning tea hosted by the Australia India Institute.

AIRS Fellow Showcases

Delve into the experiences of the 2023 AIRS Fellows.

Indian Fellows

Full list of Indian recipients

Fellow	Home institution	Host institution
Mr Anubhav Elhence	Birla Institute of Science and Technology Pilani	La Trobe University
Mr Anudeep Tullibilli	Indian Institute of Science	University of New South Wales
Mr Bharath Rathinam	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-sciences	University of Melbourne
Ms Bushra Ansari	Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi	Macquarie University
Mr Ishan Phansalkar	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Monash University
Ms Ishita Bardhan	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Swinburne University of Technology
Ms Jyoti Arora	Jawaharlal Nehru University	University of Melbourne
Mr Krishan Takhar	Jawaharlal Nehru University	University of Queensland
Mr Kushagra Sharan	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	University of Wollongong
Ms Lorane Scaria	Rajagiri College of Social Sciences	University of Melbourne
Mr Manideep Roy	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	University of Melbourne
Ms Mansi	Indian Institute of Public Health	University of Melbourne
Miss Neha Wadhwa	Delhi University	University of Wollongong
Mr Nitish Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Macquarie University
Dr Padmakumar K	Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal	Deakin University
Mrs Pooja Chand	Kumaun University	Australian National University
Ms Pranaya	Aligarh Muslim University	University of Technology Sydney
Dr Priyanka Sharma	Institute of Nano Science and Technology	University of Queensland
Ms Rahee S. G.	Jawaharlal Nehru University	University of Melbourne
Dr Rajendra Sangaraju	Indian Council of Medical Research	RMIT
Mr Ramengmawia Bawitlung	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	University of Melbourne
Ms Roonaq un Nisa	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Monash University
Mr Sanjeev Kumar Varun	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	University of Technology Sydney
Mrs Shreelakshmi Kaniyar Prasanna Kumar	Indian Institute of Science	RMIT
Mr Shubham Vishwakarma	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati	University of Melbourne
Ms Sipra Hota	Indian Institute of Astrophysics	Macquarie University
Mrs Sinu K S Bhavan	University of Kerala	University of NSW
Ms Srijani Nag	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	La Trobe University
Ms Sugandh Pargal	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	University of New South Wales
Mr Sujit Chauhan	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	University of Western Australia
Mr Usama Ghayas Syed	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	University of Melbourne
Mrs Wilma Serrao	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	Deakin University
Mr Yagya Narayan	Indian Institute of Technology BombayCurtin University	Curtin University

Australian Fellows

Full list of Australian recipients

Fellow	Home institution	Host institution
Dr Anamitra Roy	University of Melbourne	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Dr Antonette Aileen Shibani Michael Xavier	University of Technology Sydney	Vellore Institute of Technology
Ms Ashleigh McNeill	Griffith University	O.P. Jindal Global University
Dr Ashok Meghwal	Swinburne University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Dr Emma George	University of Adelaide	Indian Institute of Public Health
Dr Firouzeh Rosa Taghikhah	University of Sydney	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ms Isabella Francis	University of Technology Sydney	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Ms Isis Rosa Ignacio	Swinburne University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ms Jeanette Dollin	Western Sydney University	Banaras Hindu University
Mr Joshua McDonald	Queensland University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Ms Justine Coneybeer	Queensland University of Technology	National Institute of Fashion Technology
Dr Khushboo Singh	University of Technology Sydney	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Ms Leigh Fisher	RMIT	O.P. Jindal Global University
Dr Matthew Quin	James Cook University	Wildlife Institute of India
Ms Meenu	University of Technology Sydney	Jawaharlal Nehru University
Dr Naveen Manchal	James Cook University	JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research
Ms Rachel Blance-Palmer	University of Melbourne	Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
Mr Randeep Agarwal	Queensland University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dr Rashi Rajput	University of Technology Sydney	Panjab University Chandigarh
Dr Sajitha Biju	University of Melbourne	Plaksha University
Ms Shuai Shao	University of Melbourne	Christian Medical College, Vellore
Dr Surinder Singh	Swinburne University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Dr Susan Germein	Western Sydney University	Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
Dr Swaroop Gopalam	Macquarie University	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Ms Tatum Street	Australian National University	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Mr Thomas Flanagan	Queensland University of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Dr Vijaya Tatineni	Federation University	University of Hyderabad

Background

The AIRS Fellowship program was jointly proposed at the fifth Australia India Education Council in Delhi in November 2019. It was launched in August 2022 at the sixth Australia India Education Council meeting, co-chaired by Australian Education Minister The Hon Jason Clare and Indian Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship The Hon Dharmendra Pradhan.

The program was run by the Australia India Institute and funded by the Australian Government Department of Education.

Banner image: Indian and Australian 2023 AIRS Fellows meet with Australian Education Minister The Hon Jason Clare and Australia India Institute CEO The Hon Lisa Singh. (Left to right): Ms Leigh Fisher, Ms Jyoti Arora, Miss Neha Wadhwa, Australian Education Minister The Hon Jason Clare, Ms Rahee S.G., Ms Bushra Ansari, Australia India Institute CEO The Hon Lisa Singh, Mr Nitish Kumar, Mr Krishan Takhar.

Australia India Research Students Fellowship program

Fostering connections and deeper research collaboration between Australia and India