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.
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.
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
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
Title Partner
MIT- World Peace University
mitwpu.edu.in
ICHIBAN CARGO PVT LTD
All Nippon Airways
www.ana.co.jp/en/in/
Designs by sucheta
www.designsbysucheta.com
Fidel Softech
Konnichiwa Pune Supported By
Japan National Tourism Organization
Wakayama Prefecture
City of Yokohama in Mumbai
Japan External Trade Organization
Japan Foundation
Japan International Cooperation Agency, India
Keio University, Japan
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.
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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