Cricket legend and University of Wollongong ambassador Adam Gilchrist, will now go into bat for Australian education as a whole in a bid to strengthen ties with India.
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His new position as Australia's education ambassador to India will not be new territory for the 43-year-old, who has played an ongoing role in UOW's successful engagement with Indian corporations.
"Being Australia's first education ambassador to India will give me the opportunity to put so much back into that relationship through the all-important focus of learning and training," he said. "For the past seven years in my capacity as an ambassador [for UOW], I have seen firsthand the vital role education plays in the development of modern India."
Gilchrist will join Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne in New Delhi on Monday to help showcase the quality of our nation's education systems.
"The Indian people recognise Adam as one of cricket's greats, and the values he espouses both on and off the field - excellence and integrity - are precisely those with which Australia wishes to uphold its reputation for high-quality education, training and research," Mr Pyne said.
"He will help grow our already strong education partnership with India and raise Australia's profile and reputation."
