PM Modi addresses Australia-India CEOs Forum and Economic Roadmap Business event in Melbourne
India and Australia used two business forums in Melbourne to push trade, investment, higher education and supply-chain cooperation.
AI generatedIndia and Australia used two business forums in Melbourne on 9 July 2026 to push a wider economic partnership. The events matter because they connect trade, investment, higher education, and supply-chain security with India’s broader economic diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific.
What happened
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, jointly addressed the Australia-India CEOs Forum and the Economic Roadmap Business event in Melbourne. The CEOs Forum brought together leading Indian and Australian CEOs and business leaders, representatives of major Australian superannuation funds and institutional investors, and Vice-Chancellors of leading Australian universities. The Economic Roadmap event had over 200 CEOs and business leaders from both sides.
UPSC can frame this as a question on how bilateral economic partnerships support strategic autonomy, supply-chain resilience, and education-led growth. The likely angle is not the event itself, but the policy logic behind ECTA, the proposed CECA, and sectoral cooperation in critical minerals, clean energy, and technology.
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