Concept Note
India has some of the world’s topranked R&D Institutes, including but not limited to IITs,NITs, IISc, ISRO, and DRDO. Collaboration has always been the essence of R&D.
Collaboration with Indian institutes and scholars provides various benefits such as costsaving, access to young talent, extensive market access, high-end technology expertise, andupskilled human resources contribution. Many promising Indian institutes still lack robustinternational collaborations because of various factors, and the challenge is how to unlock
the R&D potential of Japan and India.NEDO intends to accelerate India-Japan Joint R&D byidentifying challenges and opportunities for collaboration.For the same, a joint survey wasconducted by NEDO and NRI. In order to present the findings to a larger audience, a webinar
is being planned. This webinar intends to share the key findings of the survey.

About NEDONEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), is a national
research and development agency that fosters innovation by promoting technologicaldevelopment for achieving a sustainable society. It leverages industry, academia, andgovernment talents to create project implementation frameworks with technologicalstrategies and project plans. It evaluates and allocates funds to promising projects, helping
them with on-ground implementation and accelerating their growth.

About NRINRI Consulting & Solutions India, established in 2011, is the largest overseas office among
NRI’s consulting business. NRI provides a wide range of support, from strategy and vision
formulation, the creation of business plans, and operational reform, to digitaltransformation as well as market entry and M&A support. NRI creates value for our clientsby providing industry-leading services and continuing to innovate to assure the highest levelof value as the society and global market develop.

About the Report
To promote Indo-Japan collaboration, NEDO and NRI conducted a detailed survey of 41
leading Indian institutes (IITs, NITs, IISc, ISRO & DRDO) to understand the current
collaboration models, the opportunities and the challenges. To understand better thechallenges and opportunities, the survey incorporates perspectives from key decisionmakers at these institutes. The survey also presents case studies highlighting successful
collaborations and schemes by the Indian and Japanese stakeholders. These can act asgreat
starting points for collaboration between institutes & industries from both nations.
Considering the above points, NEDO and NRI would like to share the findings of theinternational joint research survey with a larger audience in the form of a webinar to aid
implement its findings.

Webinar Overview (Tentative)
Agenda:View of International Joint Research and Driver of accelerating collaboration
between India and Japan

Date:

26August, 2022 (Fri)Time:

11:00 hrs – 12:30 hrs IST, 14:30hrs-16:00 hrs JST

Organizers:

 New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), NewDelhi Office NRI Consulting and Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (NRI)

Detailed Agenda
S.No.

1TopicOpening Remarks

Presenter
Mr. Yoshiro Kaku
Chief Representative
NEDO New Delhi Office
Dr. Usha Dixit
Counsellor (S&T)
Embassy of India in Japan (P)Mr. KunihikoKawazu,
Minister & Deputy Chief ofMission
Embassy of Japan in India
Nomura Research InstituteVineet Jain, Partner and Group
Head, NRI Consulting andSolutions India Pvt Ltd
Mr. S K Varshney,
Advisor & Head, Department ofScience and Technology, GoI
Mr. Sunil Kaul, Chairman, Indian
Scientists Association in Japan(ISAJ),
Prof. Sakthi Kumar, Chairman,
Indian JSPS Alumni Association(IJAA)
Dr. Kotaro Kataoka,
Associate Prof.
IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Manoj Singh Gaur, Director,
IIT Jammu

2Presentation on Joint
Research Survey

3

Panel Discussion*8 minutes presentation/each speaker

4

Q&A

5

Closing Remarks & Greetings NEDO

-Duration
5 minutes

5 minutes

5 minutes

15 minutes

40 minutes

15minutes
5 minutes