Highlights
- Council of Indian Federations of Australia (CIFA) is a national peak body of umbrella community organizations of Indian Australian associations
- 'Want to see the bilateral relationship grow', Ms Dhindsa said.
“The primary role of CIFA is to advocate and influence national policies on matters affecting Indian Australians through government and diplomatic channels,” Dr Sunita Dhindsa, the Chair of CIFA - Council of Indian Federations of Australia told SBS Hindi.
“We also want to play a role – be it related to international students, tourism or bilateral relationship to serve our homeland and the place, we now call home.
The CIFA was recently involved in helping members of the Indian community affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
Council of Indian Federations of Australia's meeting with the Indian High Commissioner Source: Supplied
“We raised issues related to COVID-19 visa problems with the Acting immigration minister Alan Tudge about how students and temporary migrants were under stress,” she says.
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