IIT Hyderabad hosts Japan Academic Day 2024 in collaboration with JICA, Japanese Universities

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad), recently concluded its ‘Japan Academic Day 2024’ hosted from October 21 to 22. The event was held in collaboration with JICA and as a part of Japan Month 2024, designated by the Embassy of Japan in India.

The event was attended by a total of 72 participants from 15 universities and 6 organizations from Japan including representatives from the Embassy of Japan, JICA, and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Twenty booths were set up on the IITH campus for students to learn more about universities, higher education, research opportunities, and scholarship information in Japan.

Students, faculty members, and other participants engaged in discussions with Japanese professors and other representatives from universities. The discussions were held around opportunities such as joint supervision, internships, industrial collaboration, and joint proposal writing.

Japan Academic Day 2024

The event was honoured by the presence of chief guest Hashimoto Kazuhito, president of JST, guest of honor Ariyoshi Takashi, charge d’Affaires ad interim of Japan, and Takeuchi Takuro, chief representative of the JICA India Office.

Ariyoshi Takashi, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Japan, expressed his gratitude for the opportunity at IITH and said: “This wonderful event will be the start of a new joint research between IITH and Japan, as well as an opportunity for IITH students to study in Japan.”

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‘MEXT’ scholarships for students

As per the IIT Hyderabad statement, the Japan embassy introduced two people-to-people exchange initiatives. The first scholarship is government-sponsored students known as the “MEXT Scholarship”.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) provides scholarships for students willing to pursue a master's or doctoral degree at a Japanese university.

The Japan embassy is currently accepting applications for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme. It is inviting students from overseas to contribute to foreign language education and international exchange work at Japanese local governments and educational institutions, the IIT Hyderabad statement adds.