ICRIER-Embassy of Japan Conference-II
(Venue: Viceregal Hall, Claridges Hotel, New Delhi)
March 14, 2016
India-Japan Relations: The Regional Perspective
Programme
0900-0930 Registration
0930-1015 Opening Session
Chair: Amb. H.K. Singh, Professor for Strategic Studies, ICRIER
Opening address by H.E. Amb. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan
Keynote Address by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary, MEA
1015-1030 Coffee Break
1030-1145 Session 1: Regional Significance of India-Japan Special Strategic and Global
Partnership
Chair:
Amb. Nalin Surie, Director General, ICWA
Speakers:
Prof. Yuichi Hosoya, Keio University [Download Presentation]
Dr. C. Raja Mohan, Founding Director, Carnegie India
1145-1200 Coffee Break
1200-1315 Session 2: Regional Connectivity: Role of India and Japan
Chair: Amb. H.K. Singh, Professor for Strategic Studies, ICRIER
Speakers:
Amb. Hideaki Domichi, Senior Vice President, JICA [Download Presentation]
Dr. Sanjaya Baru, IISS Consulting Senior Fellow for India & Director, IISS-India
1315-1415 Lunch
(all participants and attendees)
1415-1530 Session 3: Regional Economic Integration: Perspectives of Japan and India
Chair: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Head, UNESCAP South and South-West Asia Office
Speakers:
Prof. Shujiro Urata, Waseda University [Download Presentation]
Dr. V.S. Seshadri, Vice Chairman, RIS [Download Presentation]
1530-1545 Coffee
Break
1545-1700 Session 4: Environment, Climate Change and Clean Energy Collaboration
Chair: Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER
Speakers:
Japan: Mr. Makoto Watanabe, Executive Director,
New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO) [Download Presentation]
Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
1700-1715 Closing Session
Closing
Remarks:
Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER