20 Mar. 2015

It was organized by Professor Jayant Jain of the Applied Mechanics Department. His students attended the lecture. Prior to the lecture, Prof. Watanabe met the students and discussed their research interests. After the lecture, Prof. Watanabe, Prof. Jayant, Professor Rajesh Prasad, and Professor Ajeet Kumar discussed future collaborations with UTokyo.

20, 27 Feb. 2015

The i.schoool EDGE program was held at Hongo Campus in Tokyo and was attended by 9 participants (graduate students and young researchers). 2 professors from IIM Bangalore joined the workshop. Further collaboration in innovative education between UTokyo and IIMB is expected to happen in the near future.

i.school EDGE
http://ischool.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/programs/workshop/ut-edge-entry/

20, 27 Feb. 2015

“IITH – UTokyo Symposium on Smart City & Wireless Networking” held in Tokyo.

5-9 Jan. 2015

12 students from IIT Hyderabad and 11 Japanese participants (including 7 UTokyo students) visited Indian middle class families and interviewed them about their lives. A workshop called “Service Innovation in India” was conducted based on fieldwork. The workshop aimed to develop service innovation for Indian middle class families through analysis of successful services in Japan.

i.school

http://ischool.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/about/

26-27 Dec. 2014

Professors from UTokyo gave lectures at the Centre for Railway Research, IIT Kharagpur.