The Second Japan India Exchange Platform Program (JIEPP) Symposium, “Expansion and Utilization of the Japan-India Exchange Platform Program”, was held in the Sanjo Conference Hall on Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) on December 20, 2019. Around 80 participants, including faculty, staff, students and members from the private sector involved in Japan-India collaborations, attended the symposium.

Three lectures and a panel discussion were given during the symposium with the perspective of supporting life events of young people in Japan and India using the framework of Japan-India exchanges and industry-government-academia collaborations.
The three lecturers shared their opinions and information on the good practices of (1) a university that promote exchange between Japan and India, (2) a private company that supports job-hunting activities for Japanese and Indian students, and (3) an institution that promotes the recruitment of Indian human resources by Japanese companies.

The symposium was opened by a short greeting from Prof. Sawako Shirahase, Executive Vice President of UTokyo, which in turn was followed by remarks from Mr. Kuniaki Sato, Director of the Office for International Planning, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Mr. Raj Kumar Srivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of India in Japan.