Over 50,000 people likely to join virtual Konnichiwa Pune 2021 event, meet galaxy of performers, renowned speakers from across the world
Those who are yet to register for the event starting on Nov 19, can go to the IJBC website www.konnichiwa.ijbc.org and register to enjoy the 3-day big show.
PUNE (Maharashtra): Come Friday, and Pune is all set for a big show with the world of Japan converging at Konnichiwa Pune 2021, the 3-day cultural-business event. Over 50,000 people are expected to join the annual event from across the world as Konnichiwa Pune goes virtual this year.
The audience would have the opportunity to meet top diplomats from India and Japan including Sanjay Kumar Verma, Ambassador of India to Japan, and a galaxy of CEOs and founders of the Indian and Japanese companies, educational institutions heads, professional bilingual experts, authors, artists, students, enthusiastic, and leading journalists during the event which is being organized by Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC) and Consulate General of Japan together.
Asian Community News (ACN) Network has partnered with IJBC as the Online Media Partner to promote the event Konnichiwa Pune 2021 in India, the USA, Japan, and other parts of the world.
Starting November 19 and to be streamed live on YouTube platform embedded with some more mass media channels, the Konnichiwa Pune 2021 will have speakers including Masahide Sato, Deputy Consul-General, Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai, Tauchi Noritaka, Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai, Saito Mitsunori, Chief Representative, The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), INDIA, Tomonari Kuroda, Japanese language advisor, The Japan Foundation, New Delhi, Siddharth Deshmukh, President, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC) and Founder & CEO, Shimbi Labs, and Yusuke Yamamoto, Executive Director, Delhi Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO).
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Other renowned speakers include Sudhir Jaiswal, President & CEO, Enterprise System Solutions Private Limited (ESSPL) India, Tomio Isogai, Freelance Advisorin Indo-Japanse Relations and Director of Kansai Japan India Cultural Society, Abhishek Choudhury, VP, Industrial Relations, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), Onkar Bari, Director, Membership, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), Sunil Kulkarni, CEO, Fidel Technologies KK, Yogendra Puranik, First India-born Asian-origin assemblyman in Japan, President, All-Japan Association of Indians (AJAI), Ms. Tomo Kawane, Independent Consultant, Dr. Tomio Mizokami, Professor Emeritus of Osaka University of Foreign Studies, and Present President of Kansai Japan-India Cultural Society, Kobe, Prof. Manabu Koiso, Department of Tourism, School of International Communication, Kansai University of International Studies, Kobe, Japan, Ms. Yoko Deshmukh, JTF certified freelance translator, Ms. Kazuko Barisic, Calligrapher of “Shodo”, and “Ura-Senke Sado” master, Hiroshi Koike, Koike Hiroshi Bridge Project, and Megumu Ishiguro, The Ramayana Animation (Indo-Japan collaboration anime).
The list of well-known speakers is even longer and includes Dr. Satoru Nagao, Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute and Expert in US-Japan-India security cooperation, Shigeru Toyoda, Former Executive Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ms. Mari Nogami Itoh, PhD, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka and Senior Research Fellow, AI & Bioinformatics Project, Anil Raj, Founder, Raj Group, Japan, and CEO, Nehan Technologies K.K., Dr. Aravind Chinchure, Founder & CEO, QLeap Academy, Prof. Rajib Shaw Keio University, Japan, Maj Gen (Dr) G D Bakshi, SM,VSM (retd), Ms. Nupur Tewari, Motivational speaker, Transformation and Mindfulness coach, Nixon Joseph, CEO, CLT India (Childrens Lovecastles Trust), Bengaluru, former President & Chief Operating Officer, SBI Foundation, Ms. Sujata Kolekar, IT Sector Specialist, Multilingual (Japanese), Gautam Bambawale, Ambassador (Retd) to Bhutan, Pakistan & China, Hemanth Noothalapati, Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Shimane University, Ms. Avantika Sinha Bahl, Founder & Director of Kampai, EBK Luxury Catering, Mai Bao & Cocodate, Bhupendra Singh, Managing Partner & Mentor Artham Law Chambers, Professor Srabani Roy Choudhury, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ms. Shaifali Tiwari, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), Dr. Manasi Shirgurkar, Founder, The Japanese Hub and Visiting Faculty, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeet, Ms.Binaifer Khajotia, Sales & Marketing, All Nippon Airways Co.Ltd., and Satish Jawale, Co-founder and CEO, Transfinite.
The added attraction during Konnichiwa Pune 2021, the Northeast India panel would be represented by Ms. Tage Rita, CMD, Lambu Subu Food and Beverages, Hong Village, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, Ms. Sentilla T Yanger, Padmashree and Chairperson, North East Handloom Committee, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Sosang Longkumer, Founder, Konger Agritech, Dimapur, Nagaland, and Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Founder, Jaceex – Japan Centre of Excellence and Youth4Japan – Creating a Gateway to Japan for Young Professionals from North East Region India.
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This year’s new attraction Author’s Corner would have four renowned personalities including Professor Prem Motwani, Author of Becoming World Class: Lessons from ‘Made in Japan’ , Dr. Megha Wadhwa, Author of Indian Migrants in Tokyo (Routledge: 2021), Ms. Pallavi Aiyar, Author of Orienting: An Indian in Japan, and Nobuhiro Takahashi, Author of Japanese book “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).
Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute.
The performers during the Konnichiwa Pune 2021 event would include Ms. Sujata Pandit, President Ikenobo Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune, Ms. Arundhati Deshpande, Vice President Ikenobo Ikebana Chapter Pune, Ms. Hiroko Sarah, Mumbai-based Japanese Singer & Dancer (Classical Kathak & Indian Fusion), Team Mystic Jounetsu, Kushmir, Ibex and Hiroko Sarah, KJICS-Bharatanatyam, Ms. Haruna Tsunoda, Kimono Expert, Ms. Kazuko Barisic, Calligrapher of “Shodo”, and “Ura-Senke Sado” master, Ms. Kikusen Maruichi, Edo Daikagura Artist, Qualified Japanese Dancer, Sayuki (Dr. Fiona Graham) Geisha at Fukagawa, T M Hoffman, US-born artist and ethnomusicologist and Director of Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association, Dai Ichi Martial Arts Academy India (DIMAA), Chef Imna Ndr, The Art of Slow Cooking Naga Food and similarity with Japanese Cusine, Ms. Swati Dharmadhikari, Origami Mitra, Ms. Manjushri Dhume, Origami Mitra, Serah Milton Lopez, St. Mary’s School, Pune, and the youngest IJBC Member.
The young generation YouTubers who own the onus of introducing New India during Konnichiwa include Ms. Fumiko Takahashi and Ren Suzuki, MaharaJapan YouTube Channel, Jay Mori & Hiro Mori, Low Key Japan YouTube Channel, and Pawan Lohomord, Rom Rom ji YouTube Channel.
