Book launch: “India-Japan relations @ 70: Building Beyond the Bilateral” at IIC New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Celebrating the ongoing year 2022 as the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations, the all-time ally nations India and Japan would witness yet another landmark event in New Delhi on April 29 when Satoshi Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan to India, and Prof. Santishree Dhulipuli Pandit Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University jointly release a book “India-Japan relations @ 70: Building Beyond the Bilateral”.

Supported by Japan Foundation New Delhi, this book consists of the contribution of Prof Srabani Roy Choudhury, Chairperson, Center for East Asian Studies, Professor in Japanese Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and ten young research scholars of the Japan Division.

Edited by Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury, and scholars Dr. Shahana Thankachan (University of Navarra, Spain) and Parul Bakshi (Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU), the book is being released the very next day of April 28. April 28 holds crucial significance as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, which was signed in San Francisco on September 8, 1951, had come into force on April 28, 1952, exactly 70 years ago.

Scheduled for April 29  at 6 pm at Seminar Hall II & III, Kamala Devi Complex, IIC, New Delhi, the book launch event would be chaired by Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary and Life  Trustee of IIC. Koji Sato, Director General, Japan foundation New Delhi, Ms. Deepa Gopalan Wadhawa, former Ambassador to Japan, and Dr. Sudhakar Vaddi, Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU will also be present on the occasion.

As India and Japan celebrate 70 years of cultural and civilizational bedrock of their diplomatic relations, this book delineates the past to the present and proffers a vision for the future. Commemorating the traditional areas of cooperation, it redefines the contours and components of bilateralism, and it offers a glimpse of existing and emerging areas of cooperation, enabling them to “Build beyond the Bilateral”.

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Book Title: India- Japan relations @ 70: Building Beyond the Bilateral

Edited by Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury, Dr. Shahana Thankachan and Parul Bakshi.

Supported by The Japan Foundation

Time and Date: April 29  at 6 pm

Venue: Seminar Hall II & III, Kamala Devi Complex, IIC, New Delhi

Centre for East Asian Studies is one of the leading departments of the School of International Studies, with brilliant minds who have engaged in building scholarships in Japan, China and Korea.

Japan studies as a division has produced eminent scholars Prof. P.A.N Murthy, Prof. K.V.Kesavan, Prof. Lalima Varma, and Prof. H.S.Prabhakar. All of them have been recognised and felicitated by the Government of Japan for their contribution to understanding Japan and enhancing India-Japan relations. In this momentous year, as a recognition of their dedication to nurturing talent, this book is dedicated to these scholars, who have shaped minds and imbibed passion for the subject to many, of whom, some are today, leading the narrative of India-japan relations.

The ten young research scholars of the Japan Division who have contributed the content of the book include Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Asmita Chandra, Aishwarya Sahay, Shahana Thankachan, Tunia Nabam, Swati Arora, Chandrali Sarkar, Makaranda Barik, Ashish Kumar Thakur and Parul Bakshi. Some of them have recently graduated from the doctoral programme, and others are in the process of concluding their research.