Akamonkai Board of Directors

Board of Directors as of April 1 2018

The new Directors of Board for FYs 2018-20 shall be effective April 1st 2018.
Appointment Name Affiliation
Honorary President Mr. N.R Narayana Murthy Founder of INFOSYS,
Committee Member of UTokyo Global Advisory Counsil
President (New) Mr. Shrikrishna Kulkarni Chairman of Board of Governors-IIM Calcutta /
Master of Engineering-Electrical
Vice President, Director (New) Dr. Ranjana Mukhopadyaya Associate Prof. Study of East Asia University of Delhi /
Bachelor of Economics / PhD in Literature
Vice President, Director (New) Mr. Tomoji Nakao General Manager - The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. /
Bachelor of Laws
Vice President, Director (Re-elected) Prof. Sudhir Misra Civil Engineering IIT Kanpur /
PhD in Engineering-Civil
Director (Re-elected) Mr. Hideki Ogawa President of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal India Pvt. Ltd. /
Bachelor of Economics
Director (Re-elected) Dr. Shahanak Bishnoi Associate Professor Civil Engineering IIT Delhi /
Master of Engineering-Civil
Director (New) Mr. Yoshihiro Kumamoto Senior Executive Officer High Speed Rail Project in India JR East /
Bachelor of Engineering-Civil
Director (New) Dr. Absar A.Kazmi Professor Civil Engineering IIT Roorkee /
PhD in Engineering-Urban
Director (New) Dr. Ms. Satoko Yano Chief and Programme Specialist for Education UNESCO New Delhi /
Bachelor of Literature
Director (New) Mr. K.K Varma Joint General Manager(Civil) , National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. /
Master of Engineering-Civil
Director (Re-elected) Ms. Naho Shigeta Managing Director INFOBRIDGE HOLDINGS GROUP LIMITED /
Bachelor of Education
Director (New) Mr.Kazuhisa Yoshida First Secretary Embassy of Japan (from MEXT) /
Master of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Director (New) Mr. Takema Sakamoto Chief Representative, JICA India Office / Bachelor of Laws
Director (New) Mr. Shigekazu Suenaga Chief Representative Toray Industires.Inc. for India
Managing Director Toray Industiries ( India ) Pvt. Ltd. / Bachelor of Agriculture
Vice President, Director (Re-elected),Secretary General Mr. Hiroshi Yoshino Director The University of Tokyo India Office /
Bachelor of Science
Secretary Ms. Priyanka Parashar Senior Advisor for Higher Education and Research in Japan
The University of Tokyo India Office (effective as of April 9 2018)
The number of the members as of February 21, 2018 : 66 Indian and 34 Japanese.