A delegation from the The University of Queensland (UQ) led by Mr Peter N. Varghese AO, Chancellor, UQ, called on Dr (Mrs.) Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of the PSA, on 26 May 2026 to explore opportunities for expanding the joint PhD program between UQ and the Indian institutions in the domains of agriculture science and food security. Discussions focused on strengthening India–Australia collaboration in areas such as next-generation AgriTech, remote sensing, predictive agriculture, AI-enabled agriculture, and quantum sensing and computing applications for the agriculture sector. Dr Maini highlighted the potential for collaboration with India’s S&T Clusters, which bring together a strong network of academic institutions, R&D organisations, startups, and industry stakeholders working across advanced agriculture and innovation domains. The discussions also explored opportunities for engagement under the Horizon Europe and India–EU TTC frameworks, along with potential collaboration in areas such as sustainable environment and water resource management, mining engineering, and biofuels. Further, collaboration with national initiatives of the Office of PSA such as RuTAG and the सह-SANKALP mission were encouraged to support scaling of grassroots technologies, livelihood enhancement, and sustainable community-driven development. The delegations attending the meeting were Prof. Matthew Morell, Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation; Professor Deborah Terry AC, President and Vice-Chancellor; Mr Brett Lovegrove IEAA-F, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Partnerships); Prof. Liesl Folks, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology; Prof. Melissa Brown, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science; and Mr Ashwin Sreekumar, Principal Advisor – Marketing and Partnerships from the University of Queensland; Mr Aashraya S., Senior Advisor, Industry, Science & Resources, Australian High Commission. From the Office of PSA, Dr. Preeti Banzal, Scientist-G/Advisor; Dr Rakesh Kaur, Scientist-G/Advisor; Dr.Vishal Choudhary, Scientist-F; Ms Remya Haridasan, Scientist-E; Mr Vivek Kumar, Scientist-D; Dr Santhosh S.Nair, Ph.D, sMBA, Scientist-D; Dr Divya Vashisht, PhD, OSD; and Dr Shefali Uttam, Technical Staff joined the meeting.