National Institute of Advanced Studies

Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru - 560 012

  International Strategic and Security Studies Programme

Webinar

on

“Impact of COVID-19 on FDI Regime and Japanese Investment in India”

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

1100 – 1230 hrs

CHAIR & OPENING REMARKS

Ms Deepa Wadhwa

Former Ambassador of India to Japan

Ms Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa has been a distinguished career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. She was the first Indian woman to be appointed Ambassador to the Gulf State of Qatar and later Japan. She has also been India’s Ambassador to Sweden, Latvia and Republic of Marshall Islands.

SPECIAL REMARKS

Mr. Toshihide Ando

Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission in India

Embassy of Japan in India

SPEAKER

“Investment Climate in India”

Mr Saugata Bhattacharya

Chief Economist, Axis Bank

Mr Saugata Bhattacharya is the Chief Economist at Axis Bank. A respected financial expert with more than 15 years of experience, Mr. Bhattacharya is often quoted on a variety of monetary policy and financial market issues. Mr. Bhattacharya was a member of the Finance Ministry Sub-Group on Estimating Foreign Savings for the approach paper for the 12th five year plan.

SPEAKER

Japanese investments in India: Possibilities and Constraints

Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury,

Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Srabani Roy Choudhury is Professor in Japanese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has also been on a visiting scholar programme to Keizai Koho Centre, Ministry of Economics and Industry and Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan.

MODERATOR

Dr Prakash Panneerselvam

Assistant Professor

International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), NIAS, Bengaluru.

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