01 Jun, 2026
- Agenda
- Highlights
Signing of ICRIER-JRI MoU & Interactive Session
Date: June 1 (Monday), Time: 03-15 p
Venue: IHC Conference Room, India Habitat Centre
Program
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dr. Shekhar Aiyar, Director & CE, ICRIER
Keynote Remarks by Mr Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER
Keynote Remarks by Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu, Chairman, Institute for International Strategy, JRI
Signing of ICRIER-JRI MoU
Interactive Session: Recent geopolitical events, impact on India and Japan, and prospects for India-Japan cooperation
Moderator: Dr. Nisha Taneja, Visiting Professor & Lead, TIER vertical, ICRIER
Participants
• Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER
• Kenji Hiramatsu, Chairman, Institute for International Strategy, JRI
• Shekhar Aiyar, Director & CE, ICRIER
• Fumio Yamazaki, Minister (Economic), Embassy of Japan, New Delhi
• Damu Ravi, Former Secretary (Economic Relations) MEA
• Sanjay Verma, Former Ambassador to Japan and till recently Chairman, RIS
• Ashok Chawla, Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group & former advisor (Japan) MEA
• Danish Hashim, Head of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and MNCs, CII
• Tomohisa Ishikawa, Chief Economist, JRI
• Eri Ikeda, Assistant Professor, IIT, Delhi & Fellow (India Unit) Institute for International Strategy, JRI
Vote of thanks by Sanjana Joshi, Senior Fellow, ICRIER