Connecting Cultures | Uniting Communities | Creating an Impact

Saturday 31 October 2020 ROSEHILL GARDENS SHINES AS STARS STEP OUT IN GOLD TODAY: ERIN HOLLAND, SAMANTHA ARMYTAGE, AND SAS AUSTRALIA STARS JAMES MAGNUSSEN AND MERRICK WATTS AT THE GOLDEN EAGLE DAY AND FOMA SHOWCASE. Western Sydney sparkled on, Saturday 31 October, as racegoers donned a touch of gold to celebrate the 2020 Everest Carnival’s highly anticipated $7.5 million Iron Jack Golden Eagle (1500m), Australia’s third richest race and premier event for four-year-old horses,

Friday the 20th November marked the delivery of the 30th Annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) Gala at Rosehill Gardens, an event that for three decades has stood as Greater Western Sydney’s premier business event. Founded by the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce in 1990 and delivered by multi-award-winning event management company Gandhi Creations since 2016, the WSABE platform annually recognises the businesses, professionals and emerging entrepreneurs t

For many businesses, professionals, and not-for-profits across the globe, today marks an occasion for celebration as finalists for one of our major bilateral development initiatives, the India Australia Business & Community Awards (IABCA), were announced. The India Australia Business & Community Awards exists to celebrate the India-Australia relationship whilst simultaneously contributing to its development. Annually, IABCA showcases the businesses, professionals and not-for-

With the recent easing of distancing regulation and the Australian Federal Government recently announcing that $250 million will be invested to stimulate Australia’s arts and entertainment industries, Gandhi Creations have been eagerly looking forward to bouncing back into 2020 with the same energy that closed off one of our biggest years in 2019. Recently, we have taken the time to revisit one of our most meaningful and positively received projects of 2019, Zohra Orchestra’s

Fashions of Multicultural Australia (FOMA) is set to return in 2021 after it's highly successful Runway Showcase and Cultural Exhibit last year at the Cutaway, Barangaroo. As FOMA builds towards another major showcase of fashion of culture next year, we thought we'd catch up with one of our key designers from 2019, Anjilla Seddeqi, and find out what she's been up to since she participated in FOMA and walked home with the 2019 FOMA Symbol of Harmony Award. Full Name: Anjilla K

The recently launched ‘An India Economic Strategy to 2035 – Navigating from potential to delivery’, by current IABCA Board Member Peter Varghese AO, identifies Australia’s Indian diaspora as an essential asset in shaping India’s economy into the future. With an ever-increasing population, Australia’s expansive Indian diaspora is steadily establishing itself as a backbone of our national’s cultural and commercial identity. Across business, sport, community and research, our In

Another One Bites the Dust: The Gandhi Creations Team Launch Their Fourth Consecutive WSABE Campaign In what seems like the blink of an eye, May has already rolled around and with it a core component of our annual events calendar at Gandhi Creations, The 29th Annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence Initiative. Having carved out a core identity within the diversity sector, we quickly fell in love with this platform as it gave us the opportunity to simultaneously b

Less than one year after its breakout launch in 2018, Fashions of Multicultural Australia (FOMA), supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Korea Foundation, is set to make its return on Friday 1 March 2019 at the Cutaway, Barangaroo. “Barangaroo is a welcoming place that draws people from all backgrounds and cultures - we’re delighted to support Fashions of Multicultural Australia by hosting the spectacular exhibit and runway event in the Cutaway at

From Friday 26 October 2018, the third chapter of Confluence: Festival of India in Australia will touch down in Perth to commence its six-week journey across five cities. Once again, the festival will travel across the nation leaving in its trails a colourful and collaborative tapestry of arts and culture. This year, residents of Adelaide, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Melbourne and Perth will witness the very best of Indian culture in both a contemporary and classical context. Across

Today marks an occasion of great significance for numerous professionals, businesses, and community leaders around the nation as finalists for the fifth annual India Australia Business & Community Awards (IABCA) are announced. Click here for a complete list of finalists for IABCA 2018. Our panel of experts from across the nation, including from India have spent over eight weeks in deliberating through on our long list of entrants. This year’s initiative has seen hundreds of n

Welcome, and thank you for stopping by at our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events, and anything Gandhian we encounter. In this blog, we'll be recapping what has by far been our highlight for 2018, the launch of our entirely new project, Fashions of Multicultural Australia. FOMA is a project that's been in our sights for a long time coming. Rooted in the soft power of fashion diplomacy, this initiative was conceived with the ob

Welcome and thank you for stopping at our blog byte. For those of you who have been following us for a long time now, you are aware that Gandhi Creations has been based in Australia from its inception until now, furthering the message of social cohesion every step of the way. Australia is a prime country to deliver such a message, for rarely is it seen in other countries that such a vast variety of cultures could work together to build a nation. Evidence of Australia’s cultur

Namaste, welcome, and thank you for stopping at our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events, and any other interesting topics we encounter. As we come towards the end of 2017 and ride that glorious slope towards the festive season, we wanted to take advantage of a (comparatively) relaxed period and reflect on something that we haven’t really had the time to rightfully acknowledge. Although we all failed miserably at placing bets d

Media Statement Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment The Honourable Curtis Pitt Friday, May 05, 2017 Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Curtis Pitt has issued a reminder that nominations for this year’s India Australia Business and Community Awards close next week, Friday 12 May. Mr Pitt said the Awards would be held in Brisbane in October with the Queensland Government as a major sponsor. “The Awards have been staged in Sydney for the previous three y

Welcome Wall unveiling ceremony 7 May 2017, 11am, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour Around 700 people are expected to attend a special ceremony at the Australian National Maritime Museum on Sunday 7 May to see 364 new names unveiled on the museum’s migrant Welcome Wall. The Welcome Wall stands in honour of all those who have migrated from around the world to live in Australia. Special guests at the unveiling ceremony will be Hakan Harman, CEO, Multicultural

Welcome, and thank you for reading our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events and anything Gandhian we encounter. In this edition, we’ll be covering the 27th annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence, and filling you in on how you can position your business for widespread recognition among the best in the west. Nominations for WSABE will be opening on the 2nd of May and can be made by heading to the online awards porta

Welcome, and thank you for reading our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events and anything Gandhian we encounter. In this edition, we’ll be covering our favourite event of the year, the India Australia Business & Community Awards and giving you some inside tips on what you can do to engage with this national awards platform. Nominations for the fourth annual India Australia Business & Community Awards are now open, and we are cal

Welcome, and thank you for reading our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events and anything Gandhian we encounter. In this edition, we’ll be covering the Future Asia Business Summit for 2017, which was held early this year to collide with the Chinese New Year Celebrations in Sydney. Events such as these are of great significance to the development of Australia-Asia relations, providing a platform through which ideas for improvemen

Welcome, and thank you for reading our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events and anything Gandhian we encounter. On a semi-regular basis, we’ll be delivering to you the inside scoop on all of the above, as well as any tips and tricks we can find to bring a bit of multicultural fun into your work-life balance. In this edition, we’ll be providing you with a helpful little tip that will get you through your drive home, those boring

Welcome, and thank you for reading our blog byte. Your go to source for multicultural related news, updates, upcoming events and anything Gandhian we encounter.. On a semi-regular basis, we’ll be delivering to you the inside scoop on all of the above, as well as any tips and tricks we can find to bring a bit of multicultural fun into your worklife balance. In this edition, we’ll be giving you a guide to the weekend with our first ever event listing, the upcoming Three Seas sh