Tag: Academic exchange

  Valsamma Eapen AO When Tourette Syndrome activist John Davidson involuntarily shouted a racial slur during this year’s BAFTA Awards, the backlash was immediate. The incident...

  In the 1800s, U V Swaminatha Iyer (known affectionately as Tamil Thaataa) painstakingly rebuilt Tamil scholarship, restoring lost texts and revitalising the language for future generations.   Is it any surprise that Professor Balasubramaniam Venkatesh,...

  Chethicad Thomas When Chethicad Oommen Thomas OAM landed in Victoria in 1969, the White Australia Policy had just been lifted. Determined to help other migrants...

Noshir Irani Noshir Irani, a beloved figure in Sydney's Zoroastrian and broader Indian-Australian community, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)...

  Despite completing a Masters degree aged 18, Kaushal Ottem never really liked school. Temporarily bedridden at the age of seven after being hit by a...