Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

10:00 to 10:30 IST (13:30 to 14:00 JST)
Welcome & Introductions
Mr. Abhishek Choudhury
VP, Industrial Relations, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

10:30 to 11:00 IST (14:00 to 14:30 JST)
Opening Note
Mr. Siddharth Deshmukh
President, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)
Founder and CEO, Shimbi Labs

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

11:00 to 11:30 IST (14:30 to 15:00 JST)
Opening Keynote
Mr. Masahide Sato
Deputy Consul-General
Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

11:30 to 12:00 IST (15:00 to 15:30 JST)
Japanese Tea Ceremony
By Ms. Kazuko Barisic
Calligrapher of “Shodo”, and “Ura-Senke Sado” master.

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

12:00 to 12:30 IST (15:30 to 16:00 JST)
So Close Yet Still Far: India and Japan (in Hindi)
भारत और जापान：करीब हैं लेकिन अभी भी दूर... ऐसा क्यों ?
インドと日本：近くても未だ遠い存在であるのはなぜ
Ms. Tomo Kawane, Independent Consultant
(25 years in Gujarat, Indian affairs, politics, languages, voluntary sector)

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

12:00 to 13:00 IST (15:30 to 16:30 JST)
Future of Innovation
Dr. Aravind Chinchure
Founder & CEO. QLeap Academy

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

12:30 to 13:00 IST (16:00 to 16:30 JST)
Introduction to India Japan Laboratory, Keio Research Institute at SFC (KRIS)
日印ラボ・研究
Prof. Dr. Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Japan.
Ms. Tomo Kawane, Independent Consultant
(25 years in Gujarat, Indian affairs, politics, languages, voluntary sector)

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

15:00 to 16:00 IST (18:30 to 19:30 JST)
Mr. Nobuhiro Takahashi - Author of Japanese book
Mr. Sanjeev Ahuja - Founder and Editor-in-chief
Asian Community News (ACN) Network
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)

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

15:00 to 15:30 IST (18:30 to 19:00 JST)
Special Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma
Ambassador of India to Japan

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

16:00 to 16:30 IST (19:30 to 20:00 JST)
Origami Demo By Origami Mitra, Pune Chapter.
Ms. Manjushri Dhume
Ms. Swati Dharmadhikari

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

15:30 to 16:30 IST (19:00 to 20:00 JST)
Panel discussion on -  India Japan relations and cooperation

H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma, 
Ambassador of India to Japan
Prof. Gautam Bambawale
Ambassador (Retd) to Bhutan, Pakistan & China.
Prof. Srabani Roychoudhury
Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Mr. Sudhir Jaiswal – Moderator of the panel 
President & CEO, Enterprise System Solutions private Limited (ESSPL) India

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

16:30 to 17:30 IST (20:00 to 21:00 JST)
Prof. Prem Motwani - Author of 
Becoming World Class : Lessons from 'Made in Japan' 

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

16:30 to 17:30 IST (20:00 to 21:00 JST)
Indo-Japan Partnership in Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. Hemanth Nag N. V. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shimane University
Ms. Manasi Shirgurkar
Founder, The Japanese Hub
Visiting Faculty, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeet

Moderated by Siddharth Deshmukh,
President, IJBC
Founder and CEO Shimbi Labs

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 1
19th November 2021, Friday

17:30 to 18:30 IST (21:00 to 22:00 JST)
Ikebana Demo
By Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune
Ms. Sujata Pandit
President Ikenobo Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune
Ms. Arundhati Deshpande
Vice President Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune

Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

17:30 to 18:00 IST (21:00 to 21:30 JST)
Discussion on India and Japan Food Culture
Ms. Avantika Sinha Bahl, Kampai Restaurent 
Moderated by Ms. Shaifali Tiwari, IJBC

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Konnichiwa Pune Stage 2
19th November 2021, Friday

18:00 to 18:30 IST (21:30 to 22:00 JST)
Good Health and Prosperity for All 
Kikusen Maruichi's Edo Daikagura
皆様の健康と繁栄を祈って：菊仙の江戸太神楽
Ms. Kikusen Maruichi
Ms. Tomo Kawane