Swinburne Uni honours Ravi Bhatia

An honorary degree acknowledges Indian-born entrepreneur's contribution to the /CT industry

po si tions wi th major global telecomnmn ications orgarusatioos in the Uruted Scates of Arnei:ica, Europe and As ia, includi n g Siemens and OTC. He is a former member of Board of Directors of TIO and tl1e Alfred Poundation, current Pre sident and former National Vice Chairman of AustraliaIndia Business Council, and Convener of COSRA, a non -profit organization t h at is assisting international students in j\,felbourne. He is also a senior adviso r co HCL.

Mr Bhatia strongly believes that advanced manufacturing, eocerpr ise I T, h igher education and advanced healthcare are areas of strength i n whi ch Australia has long ex p e rience and tremendous knowledge.

''"I am a student and not a day passes when I do not learn someth ing new, be it in the fields of technology, science or management"

Ravi Bhatia

An honorary degree of D octor of Technology was award ed to Inruan b u sinessman R avi Bhatia recently, by the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne The degree was 'In recognition o f acbjevemcnt of Natio n al a nd International E m inence in Industry, Manage ment and Leadership and substantial contri b u tions to Swinburne U niversity of Technology'.

According tO the C itation for the G rad u ation Cere m o ny Program, Mr Bhatia has co n tributed significa n tly to the u se of high tec hn ol ogy in Australia through founding of Primus A u stralia, and served as its CEO till J uly 201 1. He developed the orgarusation from i ts i nc eption in to a highly suc cessful and profi cable facilitie s- based telecommunications carrier, ge n erating over A$500m in annual revenue through organic g rowth and acquisitions. Primus became d1e fourth largest telecomn1unication s carrier and cbe th ire! largest ISP in an environment of dominance by Telstra.

The citation stated d1ac Mr Bhatia Jed the development and commercial dep loyment o f Australi a's first copper- based DSL broad band services. Mor e rece n tly, be was respo n sible for the roll- out of first release l B sites in Tasmania and NSW. He al so pioneered the develop m e nt of bypass and overri d e codes t o introduce competition in Australia's international te le c ommunicatio n s He was respon sib le for d evelopment and deployment of ind exab le and searchabl e voi ce order recoriling systems tine concrjbuted a signifi cant inc re ase in productivity in the industry.

Earlie r, Mr Bhatia pioneered the use of inve rse m ultiplexing to improve utilisation effi ci ency of internation al cable bandwidth for the internet Accepting t he honorary degree Mr Bhatia Slld , "I am a smdenc and not a d ay passes whe n 1 do not learn .something n ew, b e it in th e fie lds of t ech n ology, scienc e or management. I am truly hw11bled b)' tl1e great honour bestowed on me by an august and a h igh ly respected in stitutio n - Swinbur n e Univers i ty of Technology, a n in stitution with over 106 years of d istinguished history and a n in s ti tution that belongs tO top 3% of universities of the world I am trern e nd ously exc ited about the future and we have 1mtn y opp o rtunities that Lie ahead of us at Swi n burne U niversity"

Mr Bhatia who completed his B.Tech i n El.eccrica l Enginee ring from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has more than 25 ye ars o f international e.xperience in the telecommunication s industry. He has worked in se1uor management

According to him, " Some of these cbssical industries may no longer be viable in Australia fo r various reasons. However, I believe chat we have the capability to create cen tres of excellence, elsewhere in the world , for such ind ustries usi ng our people, technology and management skills"

Mr Bhatia also took the opporturuty to congratulate all the international Stlldents who received their u nd ergraduate and graduare degrees from Swinburn e Uni versity He thanke d th em for bti n ging tl1ei r cultures tO Australia, thereby enri ching Ausb·alian society.

"Som e of the international students may choose noc to st.-iy on in Australia, and 1 hope ilieir education a r Swinburne has endowed them with n ew skills and knowledge. l am certain they will rake back \Vitb d1em Australian values of maces hip, justice and a fair go," he said.

Mr Bhatia thanked Chanc ellor Bill Scales, Vic e Chancell or and

"I believe that we have t he capability to create centres of excellence, elsewhere in the world, for such industries us ing our peo ple, tec hno logy and management skills"

Ravi Bhatia

President P rof Kristja n so n and Members of the Unive rsi ty Council for the honour, claim.ing chat he will always cherish it and will try h is best to meet th e expectations of h is alma mater.

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