Intercultural facilitator Dr. Eun-joo Lim, Director, Indo-Korean Center, Pune joins ACN Advisory Board, an Asian Think Tank

NEW DELHI. Dr. Eun-joo Lim, Director, Indo-Korean Center, Pune has come on board ACN Editorial Advisory Board, an Asian think tank, as an Honorary Board Member.

Dr. Lim is an energetic intercultural facilitator with a Ph.D. in Indology adding a blend of Korean culture and language. She owns more than two decades of experience in multiple facets of Intercultural facilitation and has been an intercultural program planner, Korean language teacher, Kathak dancer with a zeal for cross-cultural synergies.

Dr. Lim came to India in 2002 to learn Indian culture, especially spirituality through dance form, and she owns an Overseas Citizen of Indian (OCI) status as well.

While accepting the ACN invitation, Dr. Lim said, “It’s an honor for me to be accepted on ACN Editorial Advisory Board. I will try to work for beautiful cultural exchanges and communication for a closer relationship between Korea and India and Asian countries.”

Living in Pune for two decades now, she conducted several experiments and made new attempts besides teaching Korean. She learned Kathak dance for more than 10 years and performed in India and Korea besides hosting K-pop concerts to spread the Korean Wave (Hallyu) in Indian cities i.e. Pune, Delhi, Imphal, and Nagaland.

Dr. Lim founded Indo-Korean Center (IKC) in collaboration with MITCON Foundation in Balewadi, Pune in March 2021. The center provides Korean language and culture education and currently, more than a hundred students from all over India are studying here.

Recently IKC’s project developed a training course for the translators who can translate Korean cultural content such as movies and animations into Hindi. This project has been selected to receive support from the Academy of Korean Studies under the Ministry of Education of South Korea.

Prior to establishing IKC, Dr. Lim worked as an Administrator and teacher at the King Sejong Institute, Pune. She is also CEO and Director with Kiwa Enterprises and Kiwa Consultants respectively. Previously she taught Korean at The Bishops Co-Ed. School, POSCO-Maharashtra, Korean Languages Culture, Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Language, Pune, and many other institutions of repute.

She did her Ph.D. in Indology from  Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth and Diploma in Indian Dance Theory (tiya Shastra) from Nalanda Dance Research Centre, Mumbai. She did her master’s from Women’s Studies, Dangduk Women’s University, and graduated in German Language & Literature, from Dongduk Women’s University.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board welcomes Dr. Lim to this Think Tank, which is all set to get greatly benefitted from her rich experience in the field of cultural exchange between India and South Korea.

Other Honorary board members include Mr. Euy Don Park, President, Korean Federation in India and VP, Korean Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KOCHAM), Prof. Do Young Kim, Honorary Director, Korean Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mr. Sung-chang Hong, Managing Director, NongHyup Bank (NH Bank), Mr. Suresh Chukkapalli, Honorary Consul General of Korea, Telangana, and Mr. Arshi Krishnachar, India Head, Seoul Semiconductor & Chairman, ISLE, Karnataka to represent Indo-South Korean affairs.

Peters Li-ying Chen, Assistant Representative, and Director of Education, Taiwan’s Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), represents the Government of Taiwan, ROC in the ACN Board.

Mr. Tomio Isogai, Former MD, Sharp India and UAE, Mr. Nobuhiro Takahashi, Former Advisor, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry India (JCCII), Mr. Hidehito Jay ARAKI, Management Consultant for Japanese companies in India, Mr. Prakash Yadav, Co-founder, AJU Group of Japanese Hotels, Mr. Shiv Kothari, Founder, Chain of Tokyo Stores to represent Indo-Japanese affairs, Kunna Dash, President of India Japan Friendship Center, Kyoto, and Ms. Ritu Agarwal, Country Head – Japan, Russia, and Southeast Asia, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship form the part of this think tank.

The honorary board members also include Mr. Sanjeev K Ahuja, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Asian Community News (ACN) Network, Mr. Pawan Choudhary, Advisor, Chief Minister, Haryana, (Foreign Cooperation Department), Mr. J C Pegu (IRS), Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, New Delhi, Mr. Rohit Kochhar, Founding Member & Managing Partner, Kochhar & Co., and Mr. Mohit Malik, Senior Taxation Expert, and Promoter, GST Academy.

About ACN Editorial Advisory Board:

Promoted by Asian Community News (ACN) Network – a real-time and online non-political news-media house dedicated to Indo-Asian affairs with a special focus on key Asian majors like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and ASEAN members, the ACN Editorial Advisory Board aims at bringing like-minded experts from various East Asian countries together on a common platform for strengthening Indo-Asian relationship and bilateral ties through the media and advocacy initiatives.

The invitation for joining the Board is sent to the prominent personalities from Asian countries who have been doing an extremely commendable job in promoting bilateral relations between India and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and ASEAN for the past many years.

The board members have the privilege of writing self-authored articles and contributing to various news stories developing from time to time as expert commentators. They could advise the ACN Editorial team on various topics & issues – current and evolving pertaining to Asian developments.

The board also offers an opportunity to the members to take up issues of common concerns through discussions, deliberations, and brainstorming sessions during physical and virtual meetings.

The Board plans to take the delegation of its members to various heads of state/union governments to discuss various Indo-Asian matters, prepare Advisory Document and submit the same to the government.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board also offers an opportunity to participate in Webinars/Seminars organized by ACN in which the government representatives/bureaucrats/ministers/Corporate leaders, Academicians/intellectuals from various countries could be invited to participate.