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A registered Society under Travancore-Cochin Act XII of 1955 (act for registration of literary,
scientiﬁc and charitable societies), Govt. of Kerala, India

The First JSPS Alumni Association in Asian RegionMessages
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science6, Inchibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471

Since 1995, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) has been working to create an expansive organization that
supports researchers of other countries who have participated in its programs. In doing so, JSPS seeks to form, maintain,
and strengthen networks between Japan and counterpart countries. At present, there are 19 JSPS alumni associations locatedin countries and regions around the world. Altogether, they have some 8,000 members.
Launched in 2006, the Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) was JSPS's sixth ofﬁcially established alumni association. It
was the ﬁrst alumni association to be established in the Asia-Paciﬁc region and in a country without a JSPS overseas liaisonofﬁce.
IJAA has four branches located in the east, west, north and south of India. IJAA's current membership numbers around 400,
among whom are many excellent researchers who are world leaders in their ﬁelds. We at JSPS are very proud of our Indianalumni, who after advancing their research through participation in JSPS programs havegone on to play important roles in
the globalarena. Needless to say, IJAA is one of JSPS's most vibrant alumni associations. Your self-initiative and independent
spirit coupled with the boundless energy you devote to your activities have served to greatly tighten the collaborative ties
between India and Japan.
This marks the tenth time for IJAA to hold its India-Japan Science & Technology Conclave. It is an event that attracts
considerable attention and interest from both in and outside India. The Conclave offers an idealplatform for theparticipating students, researchers, university faculty and administrators, and people from the corporate sector to learn about
the cutting-edge science and technology being advanced in India and Japan. Students attending past Conclaves have been
prompted to study in Japan and are now forming bridges between our two countries. We look forward to this tenth Conclave
giving encouragement for many more young researchers to come to Japanand become future bridge-builders between India
and Japan.
I would like to mention in conclusion JSPS's 4th Midterm Plan and Objectives, which will be carried out over a period of ﬁve
years staring from April of 2018. One of the Plan's main goals is to “build robust international research infrastructures.” Indoing so, the Plan mandates “developing sustainable scientiﬁc exchange between Japan and other countries by creating
networks and supporting collaboration between overseas researchers who have experienced JSPS programs and Japanese
researchers who are residing overseas.” In pursuing this objective, JSPS will work to sustain and advance scientiﬁc exchange
between India and Japan by continuing to support the activities of the Indian JSPS Alumni Association.

Susumu Satomi
President
Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceIndian JSPS Alumni Association

Journey of Indian JSPS Alumni Association since 2006…….
Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) launched in 2006 with an aim to boost India-Japan S&T activities, Enriching Indian
students' information about Japanese Universities and courses for inspiring them to take courses in Japan and for strengthening
cultural exchanges. Started with humble beginning currently IJAA is having around 400 members well spread all over India inalmost all leading institutions in very good and powerful positions.
IJAA Organized India-Japan International Science seminars in different parts of India to give awareness of Indian students allover India to boost collaboration in science ﬁeld between India-Japan from 2010 onwards with the support from JSPS, Japan,
MEXT Japan and DST, India in different cities in India. 2010 (New Delhi – 125 participants), 2011 (ThiruvananthapuramAbout 250 participants), 2012 (Nagpur- About 300 Participants), 2013 (Bhubaneswar- About 350 Participants) 2014 (ChennaiAbout 300 Participants), 2015 (Varanasi – About 450 Participants: Hon. State Minister of MEXT, Mr. Motoyuko Fuji
Inaugurated the seminar), 2016 (Mysore – About 650 Participants), 2017 (Goa – About 350 Participants), 2018 (Santi Niketan– About 450 Participants), 2019 (New Delhi – to be conducted – Expecting about 500 Participants, JSPS President Prof. Susumu
Satomi will be attending- 10 th India-Japan Science seminar). To attend our seminars numerous well reputed Japanese scientists
attended various parts of India, and after the close interactions with the students of India, they acknowledged and appreciated thereal potential of India in the ﬁeld of S&T.
During these seminars we always organized Japanese University booths and presentations from Japanese University
representatives to Indian students attended seminar from different parts of India allowed to increase the awareness about theJapanese Universities among Indian Students all over India. This helped IJAA to start “Friends of Japan Clubs, all over India
underIJAA members in their institutes having more than 5000 active members and they conduct various programs time to time.
IJAA also organized S&T seminar in Tokyo to mark the 60 th year diplomatic relations between Japan and India with the support
from JSPS, Japan and Embassy of India, Tokyo. Plenary talks delivered by Hon. Scientiﬁc Advisor to Prime Minister of India Dr.
Chidambaram and Nobel Laureate Dr. Makoto Kobyashi.
Under Bridge Fellowship program, more than 20 Indian JSPS fellows revisited various Japanese institutions which rejuvenatedtheir tie-ups with the Professors in the institutes resulted in winning various India-Japan S&T projects.
IJAA is alsoclosely working with Embassy of Japan, New Delhi from 2017 onwards to select very good Indian students to Japan
with MEXT fellowship.) Total about 55 Indian JSPS Alumni members are involved in different scientiﬁc disciplines.
Since the inception of IJAA in 2006, IJAA has been actively worked for enhancing India-Japan S&T activities and became very
successful in the initiatives. I am really grateful and thankful to all IJAA members for their active support and only based on theirsupport we could achieve many heights.
We hope we will be able to deliver more in coming years with the active support from JSPS, Japan.
Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar
Chairman, IJAAJapan Society for the Promotion of Science

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) plays a signiﬁcant role in the administration of an array of Japan's
scientiﬁc and academic programs within the broad framework of government policies. It is an independent administrative
institution for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science and carries out its programs in a manner ﬂexible
to the needs of the participating scientists.
JSPS was originally founded in 1932 as a non-proﬁt foundation through an endowment granted by Emperor Showa. JSPS
became a quasi-governmental organization in 1967 under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports andCulture (Monbusho), and since 2001 under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(Monbukagakusho). Since the past seven decades JSPS has worked continuously to develop and implement myriads ofdomestic and international scientiﬁc programs. (http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html)
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To promote international scientiﬁc cooperation
To award Grants-in-Aid for scientiﬁc Research
To implement the Research for the Future Program
To support scientiﬁc cooperation between the academic community and industry
To collect and distribute information on scientiﬁc research activities

Indian JSPS Alumni Association

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers has labelled us as JSPS fellows...
and we are proud to be the ﬁrst JSPS Alumni Association in the asian region.
Every year, many researchers from India come to Japan under the JSPS Fellowship Programs or Scientist Exchanges. Aftercompleting their tenures, some of them return to India, others remain in Japan and still others go on to different countries
to pursue their research activities.
The Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) was founded in the year 2006, with the objectives to promote and advancescientiﬁc exchange, research and cultural collaboration between India and Japan, to encourage collaborative researchamongst the JSPS Fellows and their host professors as well as to provide a common platform for the Indian JSPS Fellows.
Among its several scientiﬁc activities, IJAA organizes International conference every year in the emerging ﬁelds of Scienceand Technology under the sponsorship of JSPS.
New programmes initiated by IJAA
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Annual conferences/Continuing education programme
Exchanges of ideas and joint programms in multidisciplinary areas
Attracting young minds in the scientiﬁc ﬁelds by outreach programs
Scientiﬁc, cultural and social networking through Friends of Japan club
Support to students internship
Collaborative projects
Students travel supports

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Santiniketan

NagpurVaranasi
Bhubaneshwar

Goa
MysuruChennai

Trivandrum
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10

Year
2019

Name of Conference
International Conference on
Emerging Advancement in Science& Technology (IC EAST 2019)
International Conference on
Advancement in Science andTechnology (ICAST 2018)
International Conference on Crystal
Ball vision on Science andEngineering for Societal Upliftment
International Conference on
Science and Technology: Future
Challenges and Solutions.
International Conference on
Contemporary Advances of Scienceand Technology (IC-CAST 2015)
International Conference on
Advancements in Materials, Healthand Safety
towards Sustainable Energy &Environment (MHS-2014)
International Conference on
Frontiers in Energy, Environment,
Health and Materials Research(EEMER 2013)
New Age Science and Technology
for Sustainable Development

Place and date
New Delhi
5-6, September
2019
Santiniketan
3-4 September
2018
Goa
7-8 August 2017

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International Conference on
Futuristic Science and Technology
in Frontier areas (ICFST 2011)

Trivandrum
5-6 August 2011

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Recent advances and Future
Directions in Science andTechnology

New Delhi
10-11 May 2010

Institution
Solid State Physics
Laboratory, DRDO, Delhi
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan, West Bengal
CSIR-National Institute of
Oceanography, Goa

Mysuru
8-9 August 2016

University of Mysuru

Varanasi
7-8 August 2015

Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi

Chennai
7-8 August 2014

Atomic Energy Regulatory
Board &
Safety Research Institute,Chennai

Bhubaneswar
12-13 August 2013

CSIR-Institute of Minerals& Materials &Technology, Bhubaneswar

Nagpur
6-7 August 2012

CSIR-National
Environmental
Engineering ResearchInstitute, Nagpur
Sree Chitra Tirunal
Institute for Medical
Sciences and Technology,
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Indian Institute ofTechnology, New Delhi

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Nameof Fellows
Bridge Fellows
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2019
Prof. Ashis Bhattacharjee , Visva Bharati University
Dr. Anjani Kumar Tiwari, BBA Central University
Dr. Sushil Kumar Singh, Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO
Dr. Gautam Panda, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute2018
Dr. Dr. Alakananda Hajra, Visva-Bharati University
Dr. Sathish Marappan, -Central Electrochemical research Institute
Dr. Dr. Diganta Sarma, Dibrugarh University
Dr. Santhosh Gaonka, Manipal Institute of Technology
2017
1. Dr. Shivaji B. Sadale, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
2. Dr. Praveen Singh, ICAR-IVRI, Iztanagar, Bareilly
3. Dr. Dinesh Rangappa, VTU, Bengaluru
4. Dr. Manjanna Jayappa, Rani Chinnamm Univ., Belgavi
2016
1. Dr. Sankar Bose, Presidency University, Kolkata
2. Dr. Sailaja Sunkari, BHU, Varanasi
3. Dr. Bhuvaneswaran, Anna University, Chennai
4. Dr. Darsak R Trivedi, NIT, Surathkal
2015
Dr. Maya Nandkumar A, SCTIMST
Dr. Bhabani Prasad Mandal, Banaras Hindu University
Dr. Dr. RadhaChaube, Banaras Hindu University
2014
Dr. G. Gurumoorthy, SRI, IGCAR, Kalpakam
Dr. Kailash Manda, INMAS, Delhi
Dr. Satyen Saha, BHU, Varanasi
2013
Dr. Divya Prakash, BHU, Varanasi
Dr. Utpal Bora, Tezpur Central University, Assam
Dr. Annie John, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
2012
Dr. PV. Mohanan, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
Dr. Bhushan Choudhury, North Maharashtra University
Dr. Bhimal P Singh, CSIR Institute, Bhubaneswar
2011
Dr. Sanjay Dhakate, NPL, Delhi
Dr. Sanjib K. Panda, Utkal University
Dr. Srinivaslu Tadisetty, VCE, Hyderabad
2010
Dr. Dilip Kumar Chand, IIT Madras
Dr. Tharmalingam Punniyamoorthy, IIT Guwahati
Dr. Rajesh Biniwale, NEERI, Nagpur
2009Prof. Thomas Kurian, CUSAT, Cochin
Dr. Kamini Numbi, CLRI, Chennai

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IJAA registered under the Travencore-Cochin Literary, Scientiﬁc and charitable Societies registration Act (ACT XII of 1955).
IJAA registration number: TVM/TC/1472/2013
Felicitations to Prof. Sumio Iijima, inventor of Carbon Nanotubes: at Head quarters (SCTIMST, Trivandrum - 2013)
Felicitations to Prof. Atsushi Suzuki, Yokahama National University at Head quarters (SCTIMST, Trivandrum - 2014)
IJAA participated in the Bridge Fellowship programme
IJAA participated at the Masters and PhD student's Selection process, organized by MEXT, Japan
Implemented an SOP for organizing the IJAA annual meet
IJAA oration award and Fellowship initiatedJapan club initiated in 2013 and actively progressing across the country
Travel fellowships to students participating at the IJAA meetingF

riends of Japan ClubIJAA started Friends of Japan club in Universities, Institutes and Research Centres to attract more researchers, teachers, students andothers who are interested to provide active input to promote India-Japan cooperation in the ﬁeld of education, culture. business etc.,
etc.,.
Any one who is interested in India-Japan activities can be a member of friends of Japan club.
As of March 2019, we have 21 friends of Japan club across the country with more than one thousand IJAA members.

Registration Certiﬁcate of IJAA

Nostalgic Gallery

One day salary of IJAA members
to Tsunami Fund - 2011

Formation of IJAAFirst Discussion with JSPS Ofﬁcials

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2014: at SCTIMST

2014: At SCTIMST

Felicitation to Prof. Iijima 2013

2014
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Our Chairman with Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji

Prof. Makoto Kobayashi, Nobel Laureate 2008 in Physics: Along with Prof. R. Chidambaram,
Principal Scientiﬁc Advisor to the Govt. of India and Former Chairman, Atomic Energy
Commission Indo-Japan meeting at Toyo University, Japan, 2013

Prof. Harold W Kroto, Nobel Laureate 1996 in
Chemistry, Indo-Japan meeting at Tokyo, Japan, 2014

Goa meeting, 2017

Indo-Japan Meeting at Toyo University. Hon.
Ambassador of India and Nobel Laureate Prof.
MoU singing with Banaras Hindu University, 2015
Makoto Kobayashi

Interactive session with students - 2018

Goa Meeting - 2017

Prof. Toru Maekawa, IJAA 2011 Trivandrum Meeting

IJAA Interaction with students

Dr. Kailash Manda at a
JST meeting in New Delhi - 2018

Indian JSPS Alumni Association
Annual Conference – Meetings

2010: First Annual Conference of IJAA,
Indian Institute Technology, New Delhi

2011: 2nd Annual Conference of IJAA,
Thiruvananthapuram

Inauguration of the First Conference - 20102015: Mr. Motoyuki Fujii, Hon. State Minister,
Ministry of education, culture, sports, scienceand technology (MEXT) Japan inaugurated theconference at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

2014: Prof. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientiﬁc Advisor to
the Government of India and Former Chairman, Atomic
Energy Commission at the IJAA Conference in Chennai

2016: Inauguration

2017: Inauguration of the Annual Meeting at Goa

Prof. Iijima Sensei, 2013Nobel Laureate Prof. Makota Kobayashi
with Dr. Chidambaram (2014)

Giving away student awards

Discussion during poster presentation
Prof. Iijima Sensei
inaugurating the
Poster Session: 20132018: Annual Meetingat Visva-Bharati University,
Shantiniketan, Kolkatta

Inauguration
Varanasi Conference, 2015

Cultural Evenings with Dinner

Japanese Cultural Program

Traditional
Indian Solo Dance“Kathakali”
An Indian Dance Form(2011, Thiruvananthapuram)

A Gourmet Dinner at the Conference Venue

Indian Folk DanceJapanese delegatesat their hilarious moment

IJAA Conference Reports
2010
North Indian chapter of JSPS Alumni association of India in collaboration with JSPS organized the 1st seminar on "Recent Advancesand Future Directions in Science & Technology" on May 10-11, 2010 in New Delhi .
Objectives of the seminar wereŸStrengthening the scientiﬁc bonding between Indian-Japanese research communityŸ

Orientation to prospective young students and researchersŸBrain storming sessions on Nanomaterials and BiotechnologyŸInteraction among JSPS alumni fellows

The seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Masashi Mizukami, Charge d'affaires, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi. The key note address
was given by Prof. Manbu Kiuchi, Teikyo Heisei University, on the topic “Background and base of manufacturing in Japan”. The
seminar was attended by around 70 Indian JSPS Alumni members.
The two day seminar comprised of only invited talks from Japanese and Indian invited speakers, and booths from different Japanese
Universities as well as from JSPS.
The Invited Speakers namely
1. Prof. Yoshio Bando, Chief Operating Ofﬁcer (COO), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA),
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan.
2. Prof. B. R. Mehta, Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
3. Prof. A. Jayakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, Kerala University, India.
4. Prof. A. Misra, Chairman-India, Intellectual Ventures (Former Director IIT B, Mumbai
5. Mr. Hisashi Kato, Head, JSPS Overseas Fellowship Division
6. Prof. Yozo Fujino, University of Tokyo, Japan
7. Prof. Joby Joshep, Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Organising Secretary: Dr. Sanjay Dhakate

2011
2nd Annual meeting of Indian JSPS Alumni Association and International Conference on Futuristic Science and Technology
in Frontier areas. Trivandrum; 5-6 August 2011
An International Conference on Futuristic Science and Technology in Frontier areas (ICFST 2011) and 2nd Annual Conference ofIndian JSPS Alumni Association was organized by the Indian JSPS Alumni Association in association with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institutefor Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala on 5-6 August 2011 at Hotel Residency Tower, Press Road,
Thiruvananthapuram. The conference was sponsored by Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Govt. of Japan and cosponsored by Toyo University, Japan.
The objective of the 2 day International Conference was to discuss the recent advancements in science and technology. It was an updateon the current status of futuristic science and technology and new developments, in particular, to consolidate and develop its
understanding and application in frontier areas.
This was an unique event where distinguished scientists, researchers and technologists from Japan and India participated. The scientiﬁcsessions provided wide opportunities for informal and intensive exchange of views on emerging areas of Futuristic Science &Technology.
Shri VS. Sivakumar, Honorable Minister for Transport and Devasom, Govt of Kerala inaugurated the International Conference on
Futuristic Science and Technology in Frontier areas & 2nd Annual Conference of Indian JSPS Alumni Association. The meeting waspresided by Prof. K. Radhakrishnan, Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology and Patron of theconference. Mr. Akihiko SATOMI, Head, Overseas Fellowship Division, JSPS addressed the audience and presented an over view of
JSPS activities. Prof. D. Sakthikumar Chairman of the Indian JSPS Alumni Association presented the report of IJAA. Chairman oforganizing committee Dr. GS Bhuvanshwar welcomed the gathering. Dr. PV. Mohanan, Organizing Secretary and Chairman of South
Chapter, IJAA proposed the vote of thanks.

International Conference on Futuristic Science and Technology in Frontier Areas & 2nd Annual Conference of Indian JSPS Alumni

Association concluded with constructive discussions and interactions with multidisciplinary experts. Prof. Jayakrishnan, Vice
Chancellor, University of Kerala and an alumni of JSPS was the Chief Guest of the Valedictory function. Dr. GS Bhuvanshwar, Head,BMT wing of SCTIMST presided the valedictory function. Prof. Sakthikumar, Chairmanof IJAA, Dr. Praveen Kunte, Secretary of
IJAA and Dr. Gurumoorthy, Convener IJAA South chapter spoke on the occasion. The 2nd Annual Conference of IJAA concluded withvote of thanks by Dr. PV. Mohanan, Chairman of the South Chapter, IJAA.
For the technical session there were 7 speakers from Japan and 10 speakers from India, who were stalwart in their chosen areas. The
Scientiﬁc program consisted of one keynote address, 16 invited guest speakers, 16 poster presentations from the alumni members and
32 poster presentations from students. The participants of the conference were JSPS Alumni members, researchers, young scientists
and students in all ﬁelds of science and technology. There were more than 150 participants, who with their students presented theirresearch ﬁndings as posters. During the course of these two days, we have been fortunate to listen to luminaries working at the cuttingedge of science and technology.
The scientiﬁc session began with Prof. Atsuto Susuki's key note address on high energy accelerator proceeded with nanotechnology andits applications, medical device development and challenges faced, future directions in veterinary research, which is of great importancefor India, having the largest cattle population in the world and more than six billion people to be taken care of, non-linear laser plasmainteractions, molecular cell biology, problems in cancer therapeutics, tissue engineering, high performance computing in chemistry,
nanotoxicology studies using ﬁsh model, polymer chemistry and earth sciences. This bilateral event was highly beneﬁcial to the scientiﬁccommunity and industry. The active participation of delegates in all the discussions was an indication of the importance of scientiﬁcinteractions between Japan and India.
14 universities from Japan exhibited their booths here to explain their scientiﬁc/technical activities. Toyo University, Hokkaido
University, Ochanomizu University, Kyoto University, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Yokohama National University, Nagoya
University, Chiba University, Kyushu University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University, Ritsumeikan University, Keio
University, Waseda University and AIST – Tsukuba. Thank you to all 14 universities.
The support of Toyo University for organizing this conference is greatfully acknowledged. It's our responsibility to thank Toyo
University for co-sponsoring this conference.
The South Chapter of Indian JSPS Alumni Association extends our whole hearted thanks to JSPS for supporting this conference bothﬁnancially and in technical terms. Without their support this would not have been successful. We the Indian JSPS Alumni members
expect continued future support from JSPS for our activities.
The world has faced and survived wars, natural and other calamities. In most instances, what brought any nation back to its feet was thesense of community that compelled people to help each another. We the Indian JSPS Alumni community have collected our one day
salary towards the tsunami relief fund. The contribution though small, expresses our whole support and solidarity with Japan. With thisgesture we are afﬁrming that 'We are with you Japan, God bless you Japan'.
A humble contribution (Rs.1,20,000/-) as tsunami relief fund from Indian JSPS Alumni Association members was handed over to Mr.
Akihiko SATOMI, Head, Overseas Fellowship Division, JSPS by the Hon. Minister for Transport and Devasom, Govt. of Kerala
during the Inaugural function.
The contribution of Prof. Sakthikumar, the founder chairman of Indian JSPS alumni association was gratefully acknowledged. He has
always supported wholeheartedly which indicated a clear expression of his deep commitment towards the growth of Indian JSPS
Alumni Association.
Organizing Secretary: Dr. PV. Mohanan

2012“New Age Science and Technology for Sustainable Development”
August 06-07, 2012 at Nagpur, India
Indian JSPS Alumni Association in collaboration with CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI) organized the 3trd
India-Japan International conference on Science and Technology: New Age Science and Technology for Sustainable Development”
August 06-07, 2012 at Nagpur, India venue at Radisson Blue, Nagpur.
During inauguration Dr. S. R. Wate, Director of NEERI delivered the welcome address and Prof. Mohan Khedkar, Vice Chancellor,
Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati University delivered the inaugural address. During this Conference, two Key note addresses were delivered :One by Prof. K. Yoshihara of JAIST, Japan and other one by Dr. R. N. Singh, former Director of NEERI. About 3 Plenary Lectures
were delivered by both Japanese and Indian experts along with 8 Invited talks, and about 150 Posters presented. Japanese and Indian side
speakers consisted of Prof. K. Yohihara, JAIST, Prof. Toru Maekawa, Toyo University, Prof. Yozo Fujino, Tokyo University, Prof. Kei
Ameyama and Mr. Satomi Hata, Ritsumeikan University, Mr. Hiroshi Yoshino, Tokyo University, Mr. Isamu Murayama, Toyo University,
Prof. Ganapathy Ayappa, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Dr. K Krishnamurthi, Scientist & Head, Environmental Health
Division, NEERI, Dr. Arun Balakrishna, Senior Vice President, Piramal Life Sciences Limited, Mumbai, Dr. Usha Goswami, Emeritus
Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, Dr. M.K.N. Yenkie, Director Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur andRegistrar, RTM Nagpur University, Dr. S.R. Rayalu, Scientist & Head, Environmental Materials Division, NEERI,
About 19 booths of Japanese Universities, JSPS and Japan Science and Technology (JST) were held to spread the information about
activities of Japanese Universities.
Organizing Secretary: Dr. Rajesh Biniwale

2013“International Conference on Frontiers in Energy, Environment, health and Materials Research” (EEMR -2013)
August 12-13, 2013 at Bhubaneswar, India
Indian JSPS Alumni Association in collaboration with CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar
organized the 4th India-Japan International conference on “International Conference on Frontiers in Energy, Environment, health andMaterials Research” (EEMR -2013) August 12-13, 2013 at Bhubaneswar, India.
During inauguration Prof. B. K. Mishra, Director, IMMT, Bhubaneswar delivered the welcome address and Prof. M. Chakraborty,
Director, IIT, Bhubaneswar delivered the inaugural address. Mr. Takeshi Kamei, Head Overseas fellowship Division, JSPS
headquarters, Japan released the abstract book and Mr. Shinchi Higuchi, First Secretary, Science & Technology, Japan embassy
delivered the address for Embassy of Japan, India. During this Conference, three Key note addresses were delivered : (1) Dr. Sumio
Iijima, Professor, Meijo University, Director, AIST/Nanotube Research Centre, Japan, (2) Dr. Minoru Takahashi, President, Nagoya
Institute of Technology, Japan and the (3) Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director, ARCI, Hyderabad. About 6 Plenary Lectures delivered byboth Japanese and Indian experts along with 5 Invited talks, and about 180 Posters presented. Japanese and Indian side speakers
consisted of Prof. Sumio Iijima, Meijo University, Director, AIST/Nanotube Research Centre, Japan, and Dr. Minoru Takahashi,
President, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Prof. Toru Maekawa, Toyo University, Prof. Yoshio Sakka, Director, Nano ceramic research
centre, NIMS, Japan, Prof. Tetsuo Uchikoshi, NIMS, Japan, Dr. Noriyuki Dokyu, Professor, Toyo University, Japan and Mr. Satomi
Hata, Ritsumeikan University, Mr. Hiroshi Yoshino, Tokyo University, Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director, ARCI, Hyderabad, Dr. Lalji Singh,
Vice-Chancellor, BHU, Varanasi, Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit of nanoscience, IIT Madras, Chennai, Prof. B. K. Mishra, Director, IMMT,
Bhubaneswar, Prof. Harinarayan, Director, GERMI, Gandhi Nagar, Dr. A. Ajayaghosh, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruanathapuram, Prof. Arup
Raychaudhury, Director, S N Bose National Centre for basic science, Kolkata.
About 23 booths of Japanese Universities, JSPS and Japan Science and Technology (JST) were held to spread the information about
activities of Japanese Universities. 10 Best poster awards were distributed during the valedictory function.
Organizing Secretary: Dr. Bimal P. Singh2014
International Conference on Advancements in Materials, Health and Safety Towards Sustainable Energy and Environment(MHS 2014)
International Conference on “Advancements in Materials, Health and Safety towards Sustainable Energy and Environment” wasorganized by Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) during August 7–8, 2014 at Kohinoor Asiana Hotels, Chennai, INDIA in
association with Government of India, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). The conference was sponsored by Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan with co-sponsorship by Bio-Nano Electronics Centre (BNERC) Toyo University, Japan andsupported by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Bharatiya Nabhiyiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI).
The main objective of the conference was to emphasis the essentiality of clean energy options towards sustainability and to meet theoverall energy demand.
In this direction, Eminent Chief Guests Dr. R. Chidambaram, Former Chaiman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Principal Scientiﬁc
Advisor to Prime Minister of India and Professor Emeritus Yoichi FUJI-IE delivered key note addresses on Energy, Environment andHuman Development and Self-Consistent Nuclear Energy Systems respectively. Followed by pleanary lectures by Eminent Scientists
and Oral presentations by scholars from India and Japan.
Accordingly, the conference clearly brought out the technological advancements towards objectives of nuclear development and wholeaspects of nuclear science and technology.
About 200 participants made the conference a grand success through sharing of innovative ideas on by means of invited talks, oral andposter presentations.
Organising Secretary: Dr. Gurumoorthy Chandrasekharan

2015
International Conference on Contemporary Advances of Science and Technology (IC-CAST) Aug 7-9, 2015, BHU, Varanasi
The prestigious 6th IJAA (Indian JSPS Alumni Association; Home page: www.indianjspsalumni.org) International Conference wasorganized on “Contemporary Advances In Science & Technology (IC-CAST)” during August 7-9, 2015 at Mahamana 150th BirthAnniversary Hall, Faculty of Science, BHU, Varanasi, by IJAA members in association with Japan Society of Promotion of Science(JSPS). This conference was put forward by Indo-Japan scientiﬁc community to promote scientiﬁc activities in our country for the
beneﬁt of mankind.This conference was organized for the ﬁrst time in Varanasi, as a part of the BHU centenary celebration fromfaculty of Science and also marks the 30th anniversary of India - Japan Science and Technology cooperation as well as under the
Kyoto-Varansi partnership agreement signed during Hon. PM, Narendara Modi's visit to Japan in 2014. Keeping our founder Pandit
Madan Mohan Malviya's ideas in mind, we are emphasizing development of true knowledge through authentic research in Science andtechnology by pursuing of original inquiry. This conference beneﬁted all our young researchers (student and faculty) across thecurriculum from pure science, technology, medical science, social sciences.

Mr.MotoyukiFujii, HonorableState Minister, Ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT) Japanalongwith his delegates,Prof. Kayo Inaba, the Executive Vice President, Kyoto University, Japan, Prof. Dr. Makato Asashima, Executive
Dierctor, JSPS along with 50 other delegates from Japan were present during the inauguration function. Prof. G. C.
Tripathi, the VicethChancellor BHU, chaired the inauguration
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Seminar Complex (Mahamana 150th Birth Anniversary Hall), Science Faculty-BHU. During the semianr 2 Keynote addresses and 22
invited speaches were delivered by leading scientists from India and Japan in different areas of science and technology. About 200
posters were presented during the semianr to enable discussions in various ﬁelds.
More than 400 participants including many eminent scientists from India and Japan, JSPS fellows along with executive JSPS ofﬁcials
participated in this conference. Keeping the recent Varanasi-Kyoto treaty by our Honorable Prime Minister in mind, the Prime
Minister's Ofﬁce and its Japanese counterpart along with the Mayor ofﬁce of Kyoto took keen interest on this conference and theirrepresentatives are also took part in this meeting. Best two students of +2 standards along with their Principal from some reputed
schools in and around Varanasi took part and interacted with the ofﬁcials of MEXT and JST Japan.
There were about 24 Japanese University booths including JSPS, JST to provide information to students about differnet courses,
scholarships etc. to study in leading universities in Japan.
List of speakers include, TV Ramkrishna (BHU), Kayo Inaba (Kyoto), SV Shrikhande (TMH), T Maekawa, A Deguchi etc. Two MOUs
between (I) BHU and Kyoto University and (ii) BHU and Simane University were signed during the meeting. Total 424 participants:
Keynote speakers 24, Senior scientist 70, Young scientists 310, Postgraduate students 20.
Organizing Secretary: Prof. Bhabani Prasad Mandal

2016
India Japan Science Seminar at Mysore STFCS 2016 – August 8-9, 2016
Indian JSPS Alumni Association in collaboration with University of Mysore (UoM) organized the 7th India-Japan International
conference on Science and Technology: Future Challenges and Solutions (STFCS 2016) during August 8-9, 2016. This conference
organized as a part of the UoM Centenary Celebration also marks the 31st anniversary of India - Japan Science and Technology
Cooperation. During this Conference, two Key note addresses delivered : (1) Prof. Ichiro Uyeda, Executive and Vice-President,
Hokkaido University, Japan and (2) Dr. RK Sharma, Director of Defense Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru. About 13
Plenary Lectures delivered by both Japanese and Indian experts along with 4 Invited talks, 32 Oral presentations and about 350 Posters
presented in multidisciplinary areas of research and development. Japanese and Indian side speakers consisted of Prof. Ichiro Uyeda,
Hokkaido University, Prof. Toru Maekawa & Dr. Yoshikata Nakajima, Toyo University, Prof. Osamu Tsutsumi, Ritsumeikan University,
Prof. Tomoaki Watanabe, Meiji University, Prof. Satoru Kobayashi, Iwate University,Dr. Kouichi Hasegawa, Kyoto University, Dr. RK
Sharma , Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru,Dr. Bikramjit Basu, IISc, Bangalore, Dr. R. Murugavel, IIT, Mumbai, Dr.
B. L. V. Prasad , NCL, Pune, Dr. Harish C Barshilia, NAL, Bengaluru, Dr. Konandur Rajanna, IISc, Bengaluru, Dr. H. Honne Gowda,
KSTePS, DST, Govt. of Karnataka, Dr. Sunil Agarwal , DST, Govt. of India, Mr. Balagopal, IAS, Enter Technologies (Businessconsultant and Mentor), Kerala.
About 25 booths of Japanese Universities, JSPS and Japan Science and Technology (JST) were held to spread the information about
activities of Japanese Universities. This enabled Indian researchers to understand the Japanese educational research systems andpolicies. A special session 'Ignition of Young Minds' for high school and PUC students was arranged wherein Japanese experts
interacted and explained the Educational system and developments in Science and Technology in Japan.
Organizing Secretary: Dr. Dinesh Rangappa

2017
Report on 8thIndia-Japan Science and Technology Conference (7-8 August 2017, IJAA-CSIR-NIO, Goa, India)(CSIR)-National Institute of Oceanography and IJAA (Indian JSPS Alumni Association) jointly hosted the 8th edition of the IndiaJapan Science and Technology Conference entitled “International Conference on Crystal Ball Vision on Science and Engineering forSocietal Upliftment” at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India during August 7-8, 2017 with an aim of supporting new
research and technology on issues of priority for both regions and to promote funding opportunities offered by JSPS (Japan Society for
Promotion of Science, Japan) to school children, research scholars, teachers, professors and the India – Japan bilateral cooperation
programmes. The conference coincided with the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Council of Scientiﬁc and Industrial Research (CSIR),
and Golden Jubilee celebration of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of IJST 2017 conference was held at the SZ Qasim Auditorium of National Institute of Oceanography, Dona
Paula, Goa on 7th August 2017, from 9:30 to 11:30. About 450 dignitaries attended the Inauguration ceremony. Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh,
Director, NIO welcomed all the dignitaries and participants to the event. Prof. Sakthi Kumar, Chairman IJAA, gave inaugural speech
and introduced the event. By lighting lamp, the event was declared as open. Mr. Kazunori Higuchi, JSPS inaugurated the Abstract
volume and delivered the speech. Dr. Mohanan, Gen Sec. IJAA reported activities of IJAA during the year. Presidential talk wasdelivered by Prof. R.G. Shevgaokar, IIT, Bombay, Ex-Director, IIT Delhi and Ex-VC University of Pune. Dr. Pravin D. Kunte,
Convener and Vice-chairman IJAA delivered vote of thanks. After Tea and Snacks, group photo of all dignitaries and participants was
clicked. Mr. Nishikawa, Liaison ofﬁcer, JST, New Delhi, introduced various India-Japan collaborative programs. Poster session
inauguration took place with the blessings of Prof. Toshio Yamagata.

Conference Sessions:
The IJST conference at NIO, Goa was conducted on 7th and 8th august in six sessions and was mainly focussed on research with thefollowing themes:ŸEnvironnemental ScienceŸTechno-worldŸLife ScienceŸSocial Fabric

Articles based on above themes were presented in six sessions composed of two key note address, four invited talks, three plenary
lectures and 18 oral presentations by participants. About 20 booths were organised which displayed information about courses,
fellowships offered by them, procedure for entrance etc.
Similarly, research scholars from BITS, IIT, NIT and students from other engineering colleges also participate and beneﬁted from thisconference. Highest authorities of one of the richest funding society attended the conference and the avenues were made open for thealert and open minded to make full use of it. More than 200 articles were presented in poster session during conference.
Igniting Minds of School Children
This program for the school children started at 14:00 pm. It has also been one of our prerogatives to serve for societal activities apartfrom our focused regular research activities. Under this programme, about 100 school going children studying in 9 to 12 standard wereselected from the schools in and around Panjim and invited to attend a program entitled, “Igniting Minds of School Children”. JapaneseProfessors from different Universities directly interacted with these children, inspired them to take up research activities as a career for
the future. JSPS has a special scheme, providing fellowships of 2/3 weeks duration to school children to visit Japanese schools tounderstand research activities in Universities and Institutes in Japan. Thereby their minds are moulded to think of science in theyounger generation to motivate them to pursue a career in science. As the program covers other disciplines of science also apart fromoceanography, it will help budding scientiﬁc talents in various ﬁelds at the school level. Program ended with distribution of snack parcels
and by thanking to all the participants.
Closing ceremony
Last but most important closing ceremony started at around 17 pm after school childern's program. Prof Toshio Yamaguchi presided
over the function in presence of Mr. Kazunori Higuchi (Director JSPS Fellow plaza), Prof. Sakthi Kumar, Dr. Pravin Kunte and Dr.
Shivaji Sadale. Pravin Kunte initiated function by delivering a short lecture. Prof. Higuchi expressed his impression about theconference. Six best articles, presented during poster presentation, were awarded to winners by the hands of Prof Toshio Yamaguchi.
Organising Secretary: Dr. Praveen D. Kunte

2018
An Account of the International Conference on the Advancement in Science & Technology' 2018 held at Santiniketan –the Abode of Peace
International Conference on the Advancement in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018) - the 9th Indo-Japan international scientiﬁc conference
organized by Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) under the sponsorship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) was
held during 3-4 September, 2018 at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. The motto of ICAST-2018 was to explore and promote the status of
the national science and technological research, and research collaboration in frontier areas within the country as well as abroad. To
make the conference a multidisciplinary platform, the themes of interest were quite wide - Advanced Experimental Techniques,
Agricultural Science, Biotechnology, Chemical Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Life Science, Materials Science,
Mathematical Science, Medical Science, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, and Physical Science.
On 3rd of September, 2019, the conference was inaugurated by Prof. Sabujkoli Sen, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati. Prof. Sen
in her enlightening inaugural address thanked the Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati and IJAA for organizing the ICAST-2018 at
Santiniketan and stressed upon the need of such conferences in Visva-Bharati for the global collaboration in the ﬁeld of scientiﬁc
research and culture. Mr. Masayuki Taga, Hon'ble Consul General of Japan at Kolkata was the Chief Guest, who in his speechhighlighted the growing relation between Japan and India in the ﬁeld of science and technology research and the long-standing relation
between Japan and Visva-Bharati. Ms. Atsuko Nakatsuka, Head, International Policy Planning Division, JSPS spoke about the role of
JSPS on the development of scientiﬁc and technological research collaboration globally. Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar, Chairman, IJAA in his
speech emphasized the activities of IJAA and its commitment in augmenting the scientiﬁc and cultural relationship between India andJapan. All other dignitaries on the dais in their speech applauded the growing Indo-Japan relation in different frontiers and hoped forthe further development of Indo-Japan bilateral cultural and scientiﬁc relationships. This function was attended by a galaxy of audience- invited speakers, large number of participants, IJAA members, JSPS ofﬁcials, Japanese university representatives, faculty members
and students of Visva-Bharati, and the university ofﬁcials.
The technical sessions were spread over the two days (3rd & 4th September) which included invited oral and contributed poster
presentations. The eminent speakers were - Prof. Y. Nakazawa (Director, RCST, Osaka University), Prof. S. Bhattacharya (INSA
Emeritus Professor, Visva-Bharati & Former Director, IICB, Kolkata) as Key-Note Speakers; Prof. S. Koshihara (Tokyo Institute ofTechnology), Prof. A. K. Das (Former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University), Prof. A. Chattopadhyay (IIT-Guwahati), Prof. A. J. Pal(IACS, Kolkata), Prof. G. Brahmachari (Visva-Bharati), rof. S. aner ee (BCKV, Mohanpur), Dr. M. Maesato (Kyoto University) andProf. R. Chandrasekar (University of Hyderabad) as Plenary Speakers; Dr. C. Banerjee (IIT-Dhanbad), Dr. S. Goswami (Calcutta

University), Dr. P. K. Chakraborty (IIT-Kharagpur), Dr. S. Dutta (IICB, Kolkata), Dr. S. Mukherjee, CNCRI, Kolkata), Dr. O.
Chakrabarti, SINP, Kolkata) and Dr. S. K. Agarwal (DST, Govt. of India) as Invited Speakers. There were nearly 200 posters presented
by the participants coming from various parts of the country.
Apart from these, there was a session - In iring ind in which students from six neighbouring high schools, most of the undergraduate and post-graduate ﬁnal year students of the Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati had participated. This open session brought
the opportunity to the students to have an interaction with the Japanese university ofﬁcials and Japanese invited speakers to know about
the different opportunities of higher studies in Japanese universities/institutes. This session was highly successful and beneﬁcial for our
future scientists.
Besides academics, in the evening of 3rd Sept, students and faculty members of Sangeet Bhavana, Visva-Bharati presented
a colourful
traditional cultural program for the participants. This was followed by the Conference Dinner. In the afternoon of 4th September, a one
hour guided tour of the Rabindra Bhavana Museum for the participants was arranged. This had become a mesmerizing experience forthe participants as reported. Later, in the evening of 4th September, the conference ended with the Valedictory Session followed by the
traditional A hrama Sangeet.
Thirteen Japanese Universities had sent their representations in this conference. Three JSPS ofﬁcials from Tokyo ofﬁce were atSantiniketan during the conference. Altogether, ICAST-2018 was attended by nearly 350 participants! ICAST-2018 had successfully
provided one of the primary platforms for scientists to share their achievements / to present their new work to the scientiﬁc fraternity.
It had allowed the participants to hear about what others in their ﬁeld and related disciplines are doing, talk with colleagues fromdifferent institutions, and learn about new research, tools, and techniques that might be relevant to their work. Organizers remained
thankful to the speakers, participants, students of the Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati and JSPS ofﬁcials who led the ICAST2018 to a memorable success and they also gratefully acknowledge the ﬁnancial supports from Visva-Bharati, JSPS, BRNS and CSIR.
Organizing Secretary: Prof. Ashis Bhattacharjee

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Indian JSPS Alumni Association
BioNano Electronic Research Center
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Kawagoe-Shi, Saitama, Japan 350-8585
The General Secretary(Dr. PV. Mohanan)
Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA)
Toxicology Division, Biomedical Technology Wing,
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
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