Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Jharkhand, Australia Explore Cooperation in Skills, Minerals and Tourism
Jharkhand leaders met an Australian diplomat to discuss working together.
The meeting took place in Ranchi on September 16.
They talked about teaching job skills and technical education.
They also discussed technology, minerals, sports, and tourism.
Indigenous cultures and traditional knowledge were another area of interest.
Hemant Soren said Jharkhand’s resources, people, and heritage could help build the partnership.
Bernard Lynch had also met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
The governor described Jharkhand’s mountains, lakes, waterfalls, forests, and cultural heritage as attractions for tourists.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren met Australian Consul-General in Kolkata Bernard Lynch in Ranchi on September 16.
The meeting covered skills and technical education, technology and innovation, minerals, sports, tourism, and indigenous cultures.
Soren said Jharkhand’s natural resources, human capital, and indigenous heritage could support cooperation with Australia.
Lynch earlier met Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar at Lok Bhawan.
The governor highlighted Jharkhand’s tourism potential, including its landscapes and tribal and cultural heritage.
- Who
- Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Australian Consul-General in Kolkata Bernard Lynch, and Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
- What
- They discussed deepening cooperation between Jharkhand and Australia in education, skills, technology, minerals, sports, tourism, and indigenous cultures.
- When
- September 16; the year is not specified in the report.
- Where
- Ranchi, Jharkhand; Lynch earlier met the governor at Lok Bhawan.
- Why
- To explore areas of mutual interest and build a strong, enduring, and mutually beneficial Jharkhand–Australia partnership.
- Main meeting
- Hemant Soren met Bernard Lynch in Ranchi.
- Diplomatic role
- Lynch is the Australian Consul-General in Kolkata.
- Cooperation areas
- Skills, technical education, technology, innovation, minerals, sports, tourism, and indigenous cultures.
- Jharkhand strengths
- Natural resources, human capital, and indigenous heritage.
- Additional meeting
- Lynch met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar at Lok Bhawan.
- Tourism assets
- Mountains, lakes, waterfalls, waterbodies, forests, and tribal and cultural heritage.