Officers
Officers
The Japan-India Association Officers
(Vice-chairperson is in order of inauguration, others are in alphabetical order by name)
(Vice-chairperson is in order of inauguration, others are in alphabetical order by name)
Jul. 2023
| Chairman/Representative Director |
Yoshihide Suga | Former Prime Minister, House of Representatives |
|---|---|---|
| President/Representative Director |
Akitaka Saiki※ | Former Ambassador to India, Deputy Minister of FA |
| Trustee | Makoto Kojima | Professor Emeritus of Takushoku University |
| Trustee | Ken Shibusawa | Shibusawa and Company - President |
| Trustee | Hideaki Domichi | Former Vice Chief Director of JICA, Former Ambassador to India |
| Trustee | Pema Gyalpo | Visiting Professor of Takusyoku University |
| Trustee | Yasuo Hayashi | coming soon |
| Trustee | Takenori Horimoto | International Political Scientist |
| Trustee | Junichi Matsuda | Managing Partner - MATSUDA & PARTNERS |
| Trustee | Takeshi Yagi | Former Ambassador to India, Ex Ambassador to Germany |
| Vice Chairman(VC)/ Director |
Osamu Suzuki | Senior Advisor - SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION |
| VC/Director | Tetsuji Ohashi | Director Chairman-KOMATSU |
| VC/Director | Kuniharu Nakamura | Executive Chairman-Sumitomo Corp |
| VC/Director | Shinichiro Omachi | Advisor-MITSUI & CO., LTD. |
| VC/Director | Hiroshi Hirabayashi | Former President Representative Director, Former Ambassador to India, France |
| VC/Director | Katsuka Nakanishi | President and Representative Director-Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Director | Harumi Ouchi | Ouchi Tax firm - Representative |
| Director | Rhohei Kasai | Visiting Associate Professor-Center for South Asian Studies of Gifu Women's Univ. |
| Director | Yuichi Kanazawa | COO for Global Parts and Logistics Division- Toyota Tsusho Corporation |
| Director | Katsuyoshi Sasada | Former Senior Director/Executive Director |
| Director | Chiharu Takenaka | Former Prof. Rikkyo Univ. |
| Vice President, Permanent Managing Director | Tatsuo Nishimoto※ | Former Secretary General of JIA |
| Director | Yuji Hara | Former CMD of Mitsubishi Corp. India |
| Director | Haruhisa Handa | IFAC (NPO) - Chairman |
| Director | Ryuko Hira | Shinryo Company Ltd. - Senior Advisor |
| Director | Taizo Masuda | SITAR Ltd. - President |
| Director | Mami Yamada | Author, Director Linguistics,Indo Japan Art Institute |
| Auditor | Tsunehiro Takanashi | Takanashi Tsunehiro Tax firm - Representative |
| Advisor | Sengaku Maeda | Prof. emiritus of Tokyo Univ. |
| Advisor | Sakutaro Tanino | Former Ambassador to India, China |
| Advisor | Soichiro Tawara | Journalist |
| Advisor | Yasukuni Enoki | Former Ambassador to India |
| Advisor | Kenji Hiramatsu | Chairman of IIT-The Japan Research Institute ,Former Ambassador to India, Spain |
| Advisor | Tomoharu Katsuta | Former Director of JIA |
※Full-time service.