TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute is at the cutting edge in vocational education and training internationally in the area of tourism and hospitality under the leadership of Ms Anne Goonetilleke, Director Education. Ms Goonetilleke's key areas of expertise relate to planning, designing and managing vocational educational programmes at local and international levels and strategic business management and business development with particular reference to vocational education and the tourism and hospitality industry

The University of Melbourne recently hosted an event for parents and friends at the Crystal Room at the Taj Samudra. The Acting High Commissioner, Ms Sophia McIntyre, gave an introductory speech and welcomed the Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor John Dewar to Sri Lanka.