Konnichiwa Pune 2022
An event by IJBC Co-organised with Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai


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Goverment of Japan

Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai

Indo-Japan Business Council

Goverment of India

Konnichiwa Pune is a three days festival by Indo Japan Business Council.  Festival aimed to bring people, businesses, and educational institutes together. Konnichiwa Pune seeks to promote the exchange of trade, culture and educational ties between India and Japan in a friendly festive manner


The event you would surely not like to miss!


It’s one of a kind event which is going to bring together enthusiastic and like-minded people from India and Japan. Konnichiwa Pune can be the perfect platform you are looking forward to connecting, engage and tie-up with the right people in business, academia and governments.


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Festival Highlights


  • Participation of Indian and Japanese businesses, educational institutes, and cultural organisations.
  • Witness the huge gathering of Japanese bilingual experts at one place.
  • Participation of Japanese artists and Indian artists.
  • NHK & other documentaries screening
  • Business, Culture, Education.
  • B2B & B2C meetings for industries.
  • Richly diverse cultural programs and art display corners.

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Business Seminars

Business Fair

Culture & Education

Food Stalls


Konnichiwa Pune Speakers. 
(Current and Past)

H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Varma
Ambassador of India to Japan

Mr. Michio Harada

Consul General of Japan at Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai

Govt. of Japan

Mr. Saito Mitsunori

Chief Representative

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), India

Mr. Munenori  Matsunaga

Director General

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Mumbai

Mr. Tomonari Kuroda

Japanese language advisor, The Japan Foundation,

New Delhi

Mr. Yusuke Yamamoto

Executive Director, Delhi

Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO)

Mr. Siddharth Deshmukh
President, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)
Founder & CEO, Shimbi Labs

Mr. Sudhir Jaiswal
President & CEO
Enterprise System Solutions private Limited (ESSPL) India

Hon. Mr. Toshihiro Kaneko
Deputy Chief Of Missions
Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai

Mr. Abhishek Choudhury
VP, Industrial Relations
Indo-Japan Business Council.
Director; Nanobiz India Private Limited 

Mr. Swanand Deo
Program Director, Japan Region Asia GDCs, Fujitsu Consulting India

Mr. Bhupendra Singh
Managing Partner & Mentor Artham Law Chambers

Harry Hakuei Kosato
Founder, Sushi and More India 
Kikkoman India Representative & Director

Mr. Tauchi Noritaka
Consul
Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai

Prof Harumi Ao
Director 
International Section 
Shimane University

Kazunori SASAKI
Senior Manager, The Univ. of Tokyo India Office, Delhi

Mr. Hiroshi Koike
Koike Hiroshi Bridge Project

Mr. Megumu Ishiguro
The Ramayana Animation (Indo-Japan collaboration anime)

Dr. Tomio Mizokami
Professor Emeritus of Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
Present President of Kansai Japan-India Cultural Society, Kobe

Prof. Manabu Koiso
Department of Tourism, School of International Communication, Kansai University of International Studies, Kobe, Japan. 

Ms. Yoko Deshmukh
JTF certified freelance translator

Prof. Rajib Shaw
Keio University, Japan.

Maj Gen (Dr) G D Bakshi
SM,VSM (retd)

Mr. Gautam Bambawale
Ambassador (Retd) to Bhutan, Pakistan & China.

Dr. Satoru Nagao
Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute. Expert in US-Japan-India security cooperation. 

Mr. Shigeru Toyoda
Former Executive Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Ms. Mari Nogami Itoh, PhD
National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka

Senior Research Fellow, AI & Bioinformatics Project

Mr. Anil Raj
Founder, Raj Group, Japan
CEO, Nehan Technologies K.K.

Professor Srabani Roy Choudhury
Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ms. Sentilla T Yanger
Padmashree
Chairperson, North East Handloom Committee, Indian Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Tomo Kawane
Independent Consultant
(25 years in Gujarat, Indian affairs, politics, languages, voluntary sector).

Mr. Hemanth Noothalapati
Assistant Professor
Department of Life Sciences
Shimane University

Dr. Manasi Shirgurkar
Founder,
The Japanese Hub
Visiting Faculty, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeet

Rara Gupta
International University of Japan

Ms Eshana Malkani
Representative, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Ms Tamiko Ohba

CEO, Japan India Women’s Forum and CodeTots Japan

Mr. Unmesh Patil

Member of Parliament, Jalgoan

Government of India (GoI)

Ms. Hiroko Ozaki

West Zone Director and Senior Language Advisor

The Japan Foundation (JF)

Mr. Onishi Tatsunori

Director, Mumbai/Aurangabad

Wakayama Prefecture Government, Japan

Mr. Yoshiyuki Mizuuchi

General Manager, Mumbai

All Nippon Airways (ANA)

Mr. Shrikant Atre

President

Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

Mr. Rahul V. Karad

Executive President

MIT-World Peace University

Dr. Rajendra Jagdale

Director

Science and Technology Park, Dept. of Science and Technology, GoI

Mr. Shailendra Goswami

Chairman and Managing Director

Pushkaraj Enterprises

Ms. Sudha Avadhani

Assistant Vice President - Localization, Fidel Softech Ltd.

Prasad Khandekar

Dean, Engineering & Technology, MIT World Peace University, Pune

Prof. Yasuyuki Miyauchi
Director, Global Recruiting
International University of Japan

Ms. Vinaya Vaidya

Lead for Management and Leadership Development, HCD

Dr. Milind Pande

Pro-VC/Representative

MIT-World Peace University

Mr.Shigeru Ishimoto
General Manager, Mumbai
All Nippon Airways (ANA)

Ms. Maria Kato
Representative
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), India

Mr. Yoshiro Kaku
Chief Representative of Branch Office in India
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
New Delhi Office

Mr. Sushant Shetty

Partner
Fox Mandal & Associates

Mr. Rohan Singh
Partner
Fox Mandal & Associates

Mr. Atul Parekh

Strategy and Business Development, Parekh Integrated Services Pvt Ltd

Mr. HS Bhatia
President and Chief Executive Officer, IP Integrated Services Pvt Ltd

Mr. Shigeo Takabayashi

 Executive Vice President, IP Integrated Services Pvt Ltd

Mr. Sundeep Gursahani

Head Business Solutions, Parekh Integrated Services Pvt Ltd  

Mr. Amit Kumar Shrivastava

Senior Systems Architect [AI Technical Head], Fujitsu Consulting India

Ms. Ashwini Gupte

Delivery Head, OneAsia, Fujitsu Consulting India

Professor Prem Motwani

Author of 
Becoming World Class : Lessons from 'Made in Japan' 

Dr. Megha Wadhwa

Author of 
Indian Migrants in Tokyo (Routledge: 2021)

Ms. Pallavi Aiyar

Author of 
Orienting: An Indian in Japan

Mr. Nobuhiro Takahashi

Author of Japanese book
“What you should know about India to succeed in India” (インドでビジネスを成功させるために知っておくべきこと).

Mr. Tomio Isogai

Adjunct Professor; Former MD Sharp India Ltd.

 MIT-ADT, ADYP CoE 

Sharmila Agarwal

Ikebana expert

Japani Pushpkala

Mr Sudhir Patil

Director

Veena World

Ms. Zelam Chaubal

Director

Kesari Tours Pvt. Ltd

Prof. P.T. Kulkarni

Principal

Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT)

Mr. Raman Preet

Chairman

Pune Institute of Business Management (PIBM)

Dr. Geetali Tilak Mone

Dean, Faculty of modern Science and Professional skills
Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapith

Vijaya Kumar Govada

MD & CEO

Toyota Tsusho Insurance Broker India Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Onkar Bari
Director, Membership
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

Mr. Masahide Sato
Deputy Consul-General
Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai

Mr. Sunil Kulkarni
CEO, Fidel Technologies KK

Mr. Yogendra Puranik
First India-born Asian-origin assemblyman in Japan
President, All-Japan Association of Indians (AJAI)

Mr. Sanjeev Ahuja
Founder and Editor-in-chief
Asian Community News (ACN) Network

Dr. Aravind Chinchure
Founder & CEO
QLeap Academy

Ms. Nupur Tewari
Motivational speaker, Transformation and Mindfulness coach

Mr Nixon Joseph
CEO, CLT India (Childrens Lovecastles Trust), Bengaluru, former President & Chief Operating Officer, SBI Foundation.

Ms. Sujata Kolekar
IT Sector Specialist, Multilingual (Japanese)

Ms. Avantika Sinha Bahl
 Founder & Director of Kampai, EBK Luxury Catering, Mai Bao & Cocodate

Ms. Shaifali Tiwari
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

Ms.Binaifer Khajotia
Sales & Marketing
All Nippon Airways Co.Ltd.

Mr. Satish Jawale
Co-founder and CEO, Transfinite

Mr. Yu Ninomiya 
Deputy Director  
Office of Global Initiatives and Overseas Development
J.F. Oberlin University and Affiliated Schools

Konnichiwa Pune Performers
(Current and Past)

Ms. Haruna Tsunoda
Kimono Expert

Ms. Hiroko Sarah
Mumbai-based Japanese Singer & Dancer (Classical Kathak & Indian Fusion)

Team Mystic Jounetsu
Kushmir, Ibex and
Hiroko Sarah

Ms. Kazuko Barisic
Calligrapher of “Shodo”, and “Ura-Senke Sado” master

Mr Takahiro Arai
Santoor Player Disciple of Pt. Shivkumar Sharma

Ms. Akiko Kato

Miss World Japan 2015 Special Award
Certified by the Government of India as a Level 1 Professional Yoga

KJICS-Bharatanatyam

Ms. Kikusen Maruichi
Edo Daikagura Artist
Qualified Japanese Dancer

Ms. Noriko Shakti

Ms. Asano Fukui

Ms. Fumie Nagashi

Akshara Patil

Pranati Arun

Namrata Kale

Binu Fernandez

Kripa Bhandari

Sayuki (Dr. Fiona Graham)
Geisha at Fukagawa


Mr. T M Hoffman
US-born artist and ethnomusicologist.
Director of Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association

Dai Ichi Martial Arts Academy India (DIMAA)


Chef Imna Ndr
The Art of Slow Cooking Naga Food and similarity with Japanese Cusine.

Ms. Swati Dharmadhikari
Origami Mitra

Ms. Manjushri Dhume
Origami Mitra

Ms. Sujata Pandit
President Ikenobo Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune

Ms. Arundhati Deshpande
Vice President Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune


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 Why attend?

Networking

Last year over 10000 people visited in three days. We expect this year over 50,000 people will join as Konnichiwa Pune goes virtual this year. We’ll be joined by the CEOs and founders of the Indian and Japanese companies, educational institutes heads, professional bilingual experts, artists, students, enthusiastic, and leading journalists.

Learning

This program brings you the golden opportunity to initiate a one on one dialogue. Grab this chance to come together learn and build some new bridges which draw us closer. We believe in the exchange of ideas for improved business outcomes benefitting both nations.

Our stages cover topics anranging from business chaillanges , career and education opportunities, and cultutre.

Exposure

Konnichiwa Pune is already India’s largest gathering of Indo-Japan business event. Attracting more than 100 +  journalists from well know publications. This program brings you the golden opportunity to initiate a one on one dialogue and give exposure to your business in Business Fair.

Culture

Join us and together at Konnichiwa Pune and let’s work towards strengthening our relations by understanding Japanese and Indian culture, people to people contacts. Our centre stage will bring together many artist and culture enthusiast and put up spectacular shows, which we promise a memorable experience for you.

Our Sponsors At Konnichiwa Pune
(Current and Past)

Exclusive Partner
Fujitsu Consulting India

www.fujitsu.com

Title Partner

MIT- World Peace University
mitwpu.edu.in

Isuzu Motors Ltd. India

www.isuzu.in

Regeta Co., Ltd

www.regettacanoe.com/en/

Kawasaki


ICHIBAN CARGO PVT LTD

www.ichibancargo.com

All Nippon Airways
www.ana.co.jp/en/in/

Designs by sucheta
www.designsbysucheta.com

Fidel Softech

fidelsoftech.com


Konnichiwa Pune Supported By

Japan National Tourism Organization

www.japan.travel/en/

Wakayama Prefecture

en.visitwakayama.jp

City of Yokohama in Mumbai

yokohama-mumbai.com

Japan External Trade Organization

www.jetro.go.jp/en/

Japan Foundation

www.jpf.go.jp/e/

Japan International Cooperation Agency, India

www.jica.go.jp

Keio University, Japan

www.keio.ac.jp/en/

India Japan Laboratory
www.indiajapanlab.org


Event Partners for Konnichiwa Pune
(Current and Past)

IT Partner

Shimbi Labs 
www.shimbilabs.com

Travel Partner

Ichiban Enterprises
www.ichiban.group

Finance Consultant

Rao & Emmar
www.raoemmar.com

Research & Stats Partner

Nano Biz
www.nano-biz.com

Media Partner 

Hundred Percent
www.hundredpercentpr.com

Online Media Partner

Asian Community News
asiancommunitynews.com

Spotlight
India Japan at 70
The year 2022 marks the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatiat c relations between India and Japan. To celebrate this momentous year, the Indo-Japan Business Council has decided to host a series of events.


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About IJBC
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), established in 2011, is the apex bi-lateral Chamber synergizing India-Japan engagement in business, trade, commerce, education, and culture. IJBC is continually working to enhance India-Japan Business and Economic Engagement. Today IJBC has a PAN India presence. 
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