It held its first Board Meeting on the 9 th of September, 1995. The aim of the India Australia Council is to establish, encourage and support contacts between India and Australia and to increase levels of knowledge and understanding between the two countries, its organisations and its people. The India Australia Council has an important role to play in promoting economic, scientific and cultural relations and mutual understanding between India and Australia. The Council is working to serve as a catalyst for accelerating the momentum of trade and industrial co-operation and collaboration between India and Australia. The links between Australia and India have existed for long but are now growing very rapidly at every level.
Experience indicates that there is a dearth of information in many fields about India and Australia.
IAC's interaction with Australia gathers that Australia needs information on specific items which are required at a variety of levels for greater interaction.