With the coming of the “Quad” and the successful completion of Australia’s participation in the Indian-led Malabar naval exercises, Australians are increasingly looking to India for the future. Indian-Australians are playing a leading role in building that future with their creation of the School of Policy and Governance (SPG), a new institution dedicated to “creating India’s leading graduate institution to prepare leaders in the developing world to govern better.”
SPG co-founder Sanushka Seomangal joined us to discuss the need for top-level public policy education in India and the role Australia can play in helping meet it. What lessons can Australia offer to India? What can Australia learn from India? How do you build an international education program from scratch? And perhaps more importantly: can individuals really make a difference?