17th December (Monday) - Jacaranda Hall - I & II 10.00 am Inaugural Session Welcome Remarks by Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER Opening Remarks by Yuji Takagi, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Special Guest Remarks by Takeshi Yagi, Ambassador of Japan, India Keynote Address by Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for External Affairs, Government of India 11.15 am Coffee Break 11.30 am Session I - India-Japan Strategic Partnership Chair: H. K. Singh, Chair Professor, ICRIER-Wadhwani Chair in India-US Policy Studies [Download Presentation] Guest Speakers: Taniguchi Tomohiko, Visiting Professor, Meiji University C. Rajamohan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Madhu Bhalla, Professor, Dept. of East Asian Studies, Delhi University 1.00 pm Lunch 2.00 pm Session II - Regional Dimensions of India-Japan Relations Chair: Rajiv Kumar, Distinguished Economist Guest Speakers: Shujiro Urata, Professor, Waseda University [Download Presentation] Nagesh Kumar, Chief Economist, UN-ESCAP and Director, ESCAP Sub-regional Office for South and South West Asia [Download Presentation] Sanjaya Baru, Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) [Download Presentation] 3.15 pm Coffee Break 3.30 pm Session III - India-Japan Bilateral Economic Cooperation Chair: Tamaki Tsukada, Minister (Economic and Development) Embassy of Japan, India Guest Speakers: Ram Upendra Das, Senior Fellow, RIS [Download Presentation] Taisuke Watanabe, Senior Representative, JICA India Office [Download Presentation] Rajeev Anantaram, Professor, IMI [Download Presentation] Anupam Khanna, Chief Economist and Director General, NASSCOM 7.00 pm Release of Book Devaluing to Prosperity: Misaligned Currencies and their Growth Consequences Union Minister of Finance, Shri P. Chidambaram will release the book. Book release will be followed by panel discussion. The discussion will be moderated by T.N Ninan, Chairman, Business Standard Limited Panelists: Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser, Govt. of India Shinji Takagi, Professor, Osaka University Surjit Bhalla, Author of the Book 8.15 pm Dinner Reception   18th December (Tuesday) - Jacaranda Hall - II 10.00 am Special Address by Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe, CEO and Executive Managing Director, JBIC [Download Presentation] 10.45 am Coffee Break 11.00 am Concluding Session - Future Outlook for India-Japan Relations Chair: Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE ICRIER Guest Speakers: R.V. Kanoria, President, FICCI Shinji Takagi, Professor, Osaka University [Download Presentation] Amitabh Kant, CEO &MD, DMICDC Hajime Hayashi, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi Gautam Bambawale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs Toshiro Nishizawa, Director General, Country Credit Department, JBIC [Download Presentation] 1.00 pm Lunch