New Delhi — Australia’s Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai signed a deal last Wednesday to jointly establish a research academy. Later that day, terrorists began a siege of landmarks around the city.

Some education experts say the deadly assaults in the city, formerly Bombay, may affect the growing number of research partnerships between the two countries, as well as Australian efforts to recruit Indian students, The Australian reported.

The attacks, which left at least 188 dead and more than 300 injured, are “likely to make institutions much more cautious about sending staff to undertake marketing and promotional activities in India,” Roger Peacock, an Australian international-education consultant, told the newspaper.

Indian students in Australia account for more than 17 percent of all international students, and are one of the fastest growing groups. Mr. Peacock said the attacks were likely to lead Australian universities to rely more heavily on recruiting agents based in India and on Australian-government agencies.

By contrast, international-education officials in the United States told The Chronicle this week that the attacks were unlikely to fundamentally alter the ties between American and Indian colleges and universities.

Monash University and the elite Indian engineering institute will establish the “IIT Bombay-Monash Research Academy,” which will offer a joint Ph.D. program and will focus on sustainable water resources; clean, cheap, and reliable energy supplies; and the development of new and effective vaccines. —Shailaja Neelakantan