Konnichiwa Pune 2021
Celebrating trade, business, culture, food, music, people to people connect. It's India and Japan festival! The event you would surely not like to miss!
The event you would surely not like to miss!
Konnichiwa Pune 2021
November 19, 20, 21 2021
An event by IJBC Co-organised with Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai
Konnichiwa Pune is a three days festival by Indo Japan Business Council. Festival aimed to bring people, businesses, and educational institutes together. Konnichiwa Pune seeks to promote the exchange of trade, culture and educational ties between India and Japan in a friendly festive manner
The event you would surely not like to miss!
It’s one of a kind event which is going to bring together enthusiastic and like-minded people from India and Japan. Konnichiwa Pune can be the perfect platform you are looking forward to connecting, engage and tie-up with the right people in business, academia and governments.
Festival Highlights
- Participation of Indian and Japanese businesses, educational institutes, and cultural organisations.
- Witness the huge gathering of Japanese bilingual experts at one place.
- Participation of Japanese artists and Indian artists.
- NHK & other documentaries screening
- Business, Culture, Education.
- B2B & B2C meetings for industries.
- Richly diverse cultural programs and art display corners.
Business Seminars
Business Fair
Culture & Education
Food Stalls
Meet our Konnichiwa Pune 2021 Speakers
H.E. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Varma
Ambassador of India to Japan
Mr. Masahide Sato
Deputy Consul-General
Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai
Mr. Tauchi Noritaka
Consul
Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai
Mr. Siddharth Deshmukh
President, Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)
Founder & CEO, Shimbi Labs
Mr. Saito Mitsunori
Chief Representative
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), INDIA
Mr. Tomonari Kuroda
Japanese language advisor, The Japan Foundation,
New Delhi
Mr. Yusuke Yamamoto
Executive Director, Delhi
Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO)
Mr. Sudhir Jaiswal
President & CEO
Enterprise System Solutions private Limited (ESSPL) India
Mr. Tomio Isogai
Freelance Advisor in
Indo-Japanese Relations
Director, Kansai Japan India Cultural Society, Kobe, Japan
Mr. Abhishek Choudhury
VP, Industrial Relations
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)
Mr. Onkar Bari
Director, Membership
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC)
Mr. Sunil Kulkarni
CEO, Fidel Technologies KK
Mr. Yogendra Puranik
First India-born Asian-origin assemblyman in Japan
President, All-Japan Association of Indians (AJAI)
Ms. Tomo Kawane
Independent Consultant
(25 years in Gujarat, Indian affairs, politics, languages, voluntary sector)
Dr. Tomio Mizokami
Professor Emeritus of Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
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
Mr. Sanjeev Ahuja
Founder and Editor-in-chief
Asian Community News (ACN) Network
Mr. Hiroshi Koike
Koike Hiroshi Bridge Project
Mr. Megumu Ishiguro
The Ramayana Animation (Indo-Japan collaboration anime)
Dr. Satoru Nagao
Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute. Expert in US-Japan-India security cooperation.
Mr. Shigeru Toyoda
Former Executive Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Ms. Mari Nogami Itoh, PhD
National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka
Senior Research Fellow, AI & Bioinformatics Project
Mr. Anil Raj
Founder, Raj Group, Japan
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
Mr Nixon Joseph
CEO, CLT India (Childrens Lovecastles Trust), Bengaluru, former President & Chief Operating Officer, SBI Foundation.
Ms. Sujata Kolekar
IT Sector Specialist, Multilingual (Japanese)
Mr. Gautam Bambawale
Ambassador (Retd) to Bhutan, Pakistan & China.
Mr. Hemanth Noothalapati
Assistant Professor
Department of Life Sciences
Shimane University
Ms. Avantika Sinha Bahl
Founder & Director of Kampai, EBK Luxury Catering, Mai Bao & Cocodate
Mr. 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
Visiting Faculty, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeet
Ms.Binaifer Khajotia
Sales & Marketing
All Nippon Airways Co.Ltd.
Mr. Satish Jawale
Co-founder and CEO, Transfinite
Mr. Yu Ninomiya
Deputy Director
Office of Global Initiatives and Overseas Development
J.F. Oberlin University and Affiliated Schools
Northeast India Spotlight
Meet our Konnichiwa Pune 2021 speakers from Northeast India
Ms. Tage Rita
CMD, Lambu Subu Food and Beverages
Hong Village, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh
Ms. Sentilla T Yanger
Padmashree
Chairperson, North East Handloom Committee, Indian Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Sosang Longkumer
Founder, Konger Agritech
Dimapur, Nagaland
Mr. Rajeev Gupta
Founder, Jaceex - Japan Centre of Excellence and Youth4Japan - Creating a Gateway to Japan for Young Professionals from North East Region India
Author's Corner
Meet our renowned authors at Konnichiwa Pune 2021.
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
Mr. 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).
Meet our Konnichiwa Pune 2021 Performers
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
Mr. T M Hoffman
US-born artist and ethnomusicologist.
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.
The youngest IJBC Memeber
Coming Soon!
YouTubers of Konnichiwa Pune 2021
Young generation introducing New India!
Ms. Fumiko Takahashi
MaharaJapan
YouTub Channel
Mr. Ren Suzuki
MaharaJapan
YouTub Channel
Mr Jay Mori & Hiro Mori
Low Key Japan
YouTub Channel
Mr. Pawan Lohomord
Rom Rom ji
YouTub Channel
Networking
Last year over 10000 people visited in three days. We expect this year over 50,000 people will join as Konnichiwa Pune goes virtual this year. We’ll be joined by the CEOs and founders of the Indian and Japanese companies, educational institutes heads, professional bilingual experts, artists, students, enthusiastic, and leading journalists.
Learning
This program brings you the golden opportunity to initiate a one on one dialogue. Grab this chance to come together learn and build some new bridges which draw us closer. We believe in the exchange of ideas for improved business outcomes benefitting both nations.
Our stages cover topics anranging from business chaillanges , career and education opportunities, and cultutre.
Exposure
Konnichiwa Pune is already India’s largest gathering of Indo-Japan business event. Attracting more than 100 + journalists from well know publications. This program brings you the golden opportunity to initiate a one on one dialogue and give exposure to your business in Business Fair.
Culture
Join us and together at Konnichiwa Pune and let’s work towards strengthening our relations by understanding Japanese and Indian culture, people to people contacts. Our centre stage will bring together many artist and culture enthusiast and put up spectacular shows, which we promise a memorable experience for you.
Konnichiwa Pune Supported By
Japan National Tourism Organization
Wakayama Prefecture
City of Yokohama in Mumbai
Japan External Trade Organization
Japan Foundation
All Nippon Airways
J.F. Oberlin University
Japan
Event Partners for Konnichiwa Pune 2021
IT Partner
Shimbi Labs
www.shimbilabs.com
Travel Partner
Ichiban Travels
www.ichiban.group
Corporate Law Firm
VAB AND COMPANY
www.vabandcompany.com
Research & Stats Partner
Nano Biz
www.nano-biz.com
Finance Consultant
Rao & Emmar
www.raoemmar.com
Online Media Partner
Asian Community News
asiancommunitynews.com
Print Media Partner
Kisha Communications
www.kishapr.com
Apollo Innovative Group
About IJBC
Indo-Japan Business Council (IJBC), established in 2011, is the apex bi-lateral Chamber synergizing India-Japan engagement in business, trade, commerce, education, and culture. IJBC is continually working to enhance India-Japan Business and Economic Engagement. Today IJBC has a PAN India presence.
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