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Six Monash University undergraduate students have reclaimed the fiercely contested economics research trophy at the 11th Economic Convention of the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board.
This is the fifth time that a Monash University team, sponsored by the Monash Asia Institute, the Faculty of Business and Economics and Monash Abroad has participated in the convention and the third time that Monash has won the trophy.
The conference gives undergraduate economics students an opportunity to research, write, report and present in front of an international audience including the Australian Consulate. The Monash students use the individual essays that form part of the final report as an assessed component of their course.
Themed ‘Environmental Concerns of Mumbai City’ and organised by the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board of the University of Bombay, the competition provides Monash University with crucial links with the highly regarded University of Bombay.
The team, this year led by Associate Professor Ian Wills, based their case on an analysis of “Mumbai’s urban transport infrastructure and its environmental costs’, a controversial topic according to Monash Asia Institute’s Director, Professor Marika Vicziany.
The rapidly expanding road system is great for India’s new car owners, but terrible for the vast majority of Indians who do not own cars, Professor Vicziany said. The Monash team identified important alternatives, that were reported by the leading English newspaper The Times of India.
The Monash Asia Institute is a centrally funded cross-disciplinary research institute that is part of a broader program for establishing links and partnerships with Asia, including Mumbai.
Professor Viczany said “we are delighted to have claimed the trophy again, but more importantly, we are delighted to be able to participate in the convention and showcase, in this major Asian city, the excellence of Monash research and teaching at the undergraduate level
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