India, Dec. 9 -- The University of New South Wales (UNSW) received a Letter of Intent (LOI) on Monday to set up a campus in India, marking a major step in the expanding higher-education partnership between India and Australia. The announcement came during the 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council (AIESC) meeting in New Delhi.

Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and skill development minister Jayant Chaudhary co-chaired the meeting with Australian education minister Jason Clare, skills and training minister Andrew Giles, and assistant minister for international education Julian Hill.

The UNSW LoI adds to four similar letters issued earlier this year to La Trobe University, Victoria University, Western Sydney University and t...