Ritu Agarwal, Country Head – Japan, Russia and Southeast Asia, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) joins ACN Advisory Board, an Asian Think Tank

NEW DELHI. Ms. Ritu Agarwal, Country Head – Japan, Russia, and Southeast Asia, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has joined ACN Editorial Advisory Board, an Asian think tank, as an Honorary Board Member.

With this, the ACN Board, which is a media and advocacy platform consisting of experts from East Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India, gets representation from the central government’s run organization NSDC.

Prior to this, the Board has representation from the government of Taiwan, ROC, and the state government of Haryana.

Peters Li-ying Chen, Assistant Representative, and Director Education, Taiwan’s Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), Government of Taiwan, ROC, and Pawan Choudhary, Advisor, Haryana Chief Minister, (Foreign Cooperation Department, Haryana Government) have joined the ACN Editorial Advisory Board.

Ms. Ritu Agarwal brings with her a rich working experience of 19 years. She has extensively worked on strategizing and implementing large-scale international and national programs. She has been part of various core teams engaged in curating the institutional model for skill development programs for the Government of India.

She is currently leading the Indo-Japan collaborations in the skill development space at NSDC, mainly the G2G initiatives, including the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and the Specified Skill Workers (SSW) programs.

She has worked in Japan for a few months to strengthen the bilateral relationships between the two countries in skill development, focusing on TITP and the IT sector needing highly skilled professionals.

She also led the Prime Minister Skill Development Scheme monitoring, a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, to skill the Indian youth and provide livelihood opportunities.

Ritu has previously worked with major corporates such as United Colors of Benetton, Orient Craft Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (skills division), to name a few.

In her endeavor to understand the Japanese market deeply, she is learning the Japanese language and aims to gain a command over it in a few years.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board welcomes Ms. Agarwal to this Think Tank, which is all set to get greatly benefitted from her rich experience in the field of skill development.

Other Honorary board members include 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.

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.

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 membership to the Board is strictly by invitation only and the related decision remains at the sole discretion of the parent organization Asian Community News (ACN) Network.

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, and 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.