- India-Japan Higher Education Conclave 2025 opens in New Delhi with OP Jindal Global University hosting a senior delegation from the University of Tokyo.
- The six-day, tri-city tour across Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru aims to deepen academic collaboration, research partnerships, and student mobility between India and Japan.
- The conclave will chart a future-ready roadmap for joint programs, policy dialogue, and innovation-led cooperation in global higher education.
The India-Japan Higher Education Conclave 2025 kicked off in New Delhi with OP Jindal Global University (JGU) welcoming a high-level delegation from the University of Tokyo as part of a six-day, tri-city tour to India. This expedition aims at fortifying academic cooperation between both nations.
Led by professor Kaori Hayashi, executive vice president for Global and Diversity Affairs at UTokyo, the delegation includes professor Yujin Yaguchi, vice president (global education), and professor Satsuki Shioyama, project research associate at GlobE.
The India tour spans Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru and is themed 'Future of Global Education: India and Japan as Leaders of Knowledge and Innovation'. It forms a flagship component of JGU's Act East mandate, designed to deepen international higher education engagement with Japan and the broader Indo-Pacific.
The delegation will conclude the tour to India on December 12, wherein both institutions are likely to firm up a forward-looking roadmap for resilient and future-ready India-Japan cooperation in the higher education space.
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Speaking at the inaugural session, JGU's founding vice chancellor professor C Raj Kumar said, "Our exclusive partnership with the University of Tokyo opens new platforms for research innovation, circulation of scholars and robust academic linkages", he said.
During the tour, the conclave will be hosting policy dialogues, strategic university visits, student interactions and engagements with the press for laying down a long-term road map on joint academic programs, research collaborations and capacity-building initiatives.
Professor Hayashi praised JGU’s commitment to diversity and inclusion as a strong foundation for future collaborations between the two nations. Professor Yaguchi underscored the value of academic pathways that enable students to navigate multiple systems, while Professor Shioyama contributed with perspectives on inclusive, gender-sensitive global education frameworks.
