UQ and Southern and Central Asia

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UQ's valued relationship with India has been strengthened by decades of academic and industry partnerships, student mobility, and commercialisation opportunities.

Collaboration in action

  • The University of Queensland has been awarded almost $1 million in the latest round of Federal Government New Colombo Plan mobility program funding.
  • Recent University of Queensland graduate and future global leader Muhammad Aamir is committed to eradicating poverty through increasing food security when he returns to Pakistan.
  • War survivor Nabi Sahak has a burning desire to change the world for the better, and he’s well on the way to doing so as he graduates with a University of Queensland Master of International Studies (Peace and Conflict Resolution) this week.
  • University of Queensland paediatrics and child health researcher Katherine Benfer will travel to Bangladesh next year to lay the groundwork for babies with cerebral palsy to receive better diagnosis and treatment.
  • The University of Queensland hosted diplomatic leaders from almost 70 countries at an Ambassadorial Reception and Dinner at the National Arboretum in Canberra last month.
  • Sixteen University of Queensland students funded by the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan Mobility Program, had the experience of a lifetime this semester when they visited Sri Lanka as part of a course on clients and culture in architecture practice.

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Alumni

UQ has more than 1,100 alumni from Southern and Central Asia, including:

Pakistan

UNICEF Pakistan Officer in Charge/Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Specialist (Masters of Development Practice 2007, International Alumnus of the Year 2017)
Pakistan

Economic Resilience consultant with expertise in the field of Food Security and Livelihoods; Former Action Against Hunger Agriculture Coordinator (Master of Rural Development 2016)