Inaugural Session

Welcome Remarks:

H. K. Singh, Chair Professor, ICRIER-Wadhwani Programme of Research Studies on India-US Relations & Policy Issues

Opening Remarks:

Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, Special Secretary(PD), MEA

Guest Remarks:

Karl Inderfurth, Senior Adviser and India Chair, CSIS, USA

Keynote Address:

Yoshiyuki Kasai, Chairman, Central Japan Railway Company
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Session I - Political and Strategic Relations

Chairperson:

H. K. Singh, Chair Professor, ICRIER-Wadhwani Programme of Research Studies on India-US Relations & Policy Issues.

Guest Speakers:

Taniguchi Tomohiko, Professor Keiō University

Arvind Gupta, Director General IDSA

Hajime Hayashi, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi

Arjun Katoch, Disaster Management Adviser

Chairperson:

Dr. Srabani Roy Choudhury, Associate Professor in Japanese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Guest Speakers:

Tamaki Tsukada, Minister (Economic and Development) Embassy of Japan, New Delhi
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Ram Upendra Das, Senior Fellow, RIS

Takahiro Sato, Associate Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University
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Session III - Towards Regional Economic Integration

Chairperson:

Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER

Guest Speakers:

Shujiro Urata, Professor, Waseda University
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Nagesh Kumar, Chief Economist, UN-ESCAP and Director, ESCAP Sub-regional Office for South and South West Asia
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So Umezaki, Senior Research Fellow (in Singapore), Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
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Biswajit Nag, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
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