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PA/22/07 23 November 2007
Four Chennai residents receive inaugural Australia-India Council Special Awards
Four outstanding personalities from Chennai were today awarded an Australia-India Council Special Award, an honour recognising their exceptional contribution toward strengthening Australia-India relations.
Awards were presented to Professor C T Indra (education), Mr K M Mammen (business and sports), Mr K V Mathew (bilateral relations) and to Sister Mary Theodore (community service).
An initiative of the Australia-India Council (AIC), the awards were presented at a ceremony in Chennai today, with several members of the Council present. The awards were presented by Mr Darren Gribble, Chairman of the AIC and a former Australian High Commissioner to India, and Mr Aminur Rahman, Australian Consul General to Chennai.
“The Australia-India Council was established to forge people-to-people linkages between our countries”, said Mr Gribble. “The council wanted to express its appreciation to the extraordinary people who exemplify its goals. On behalf of the Council, I congratulate each award recipient on their recognition and for the significant role they have played in fostering people-to-people relations between Australia and India.”
AIC Special Awards were earlier presented to nine recipients in New Delhi, to luminaries in business, science, the arts, heritage, education and sports.
For further information, please contact, Ms Asha Das, Country Manager, Australia- India Council, on (0) 9810860451.