Government of India offices and PSUs in Australia include Government of India Tourist Office; State Bank of India branch office (since April 2004); Bank of Baroda’s Representative Office; New India Assurance Co Ltd (has a presence in Australia since 1955); and Air India (offline station).
All the major Indian IT companies have a presence in Australia. These include Infosys; Satyam; TCS; HCL; Polaris Software Lab Ltd; Birlasoft; NIIT; 3i Infotech Asia Pacific; Wipro; Tech Mahindra ; Tata Communications; Zensar Technologies; i-Flex; igate; among others. Infosys, Satyam, TCS, Birlasoft and HCL have established Software Development Centres in either Sydney or Melbourne. Polaris has a Performance Diagnostics and Managed Testing Services in Sydney. A Chapter of NASSCOM is also established in Sydney.
Major Indian investments in Australia include that by India’s Oswal Group (ammonia plant at Karratha close to North-West Shelf project in the State of Western Australia); Sterlite Industries (two copper mines in the State of Tasmania in Mt Lyell and a copper/gold mine in the State of Queensland at Charters Towers); Aditya Birla Group [copper mines at Nifty (Western Australia) and Mt Gordon (Queensland)]; Gujarat NRE Coke has a coal mines in New South Wales.
Tata Steel has a presence in Brisbane. Tata Power has a stake in Geodynamics Ltd a geothermal energy company. The Taj Group of Hotels acquired the W Hotel in Sydney renamed – Hotel “Blue”. Visa International (Visa Steel) has an office and a mine in Queensland.
RIL Australia Pty Limited (RILA), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited has a Joint Venture agreement with Uranium Exploration Australia Limited to participate in the Australian energy sector including uranium exploration and mining.
A tractor division of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited is based in Brisbane. A new venture called Mahindra Automotive Australia (MAU) has also been established.
Other companies, with interests in Australia, include Suzlon Energy; Sundaram Infotech Solutions Ltd; Firepro Systems; Sumi Motherson Group, ITC; Ashok Minda Group; Bhushan Steel Ltd; Indage Holdings Ltd and Security and Intelligence Services (India) limited among others.
