S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Hyderabad in collaboration with JETRO organized Japan Career Day 2024. JETRO is popularly known as Japan External Trade Organization.
Over 18 distinguished Japanese companies attended this career comprising of startups, SMEs, and large corporates, to promote their businesses/cutting-edge technologies to attract students from IIT Hyderabad.
Collaboration
Since 2018, JETRO, in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad (IITH), has been organizing “JAPAN DAY” at the IIT Hyderabad campus.
The inaugural event in 2018 saw participation from 10 Japanese companies, primarily large corporations.
In 2019, five Japanese companies, mainly startups, joined the event.
The first-ever online “JAPAN DAY” in 2020 received an overwhelming response, leading to a steady increase in the number of participating companies, say sources from IIT Hyderabad.
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the 2021 event saw 13 companies take part. In 2022, the event returned to an offline format after two years, with 10 firms participating.
Last Year
Last year, there was a record participation of 20 Japanese companies. All participating companies are keen to recruit top Indian talent to enhance their technologies and products for global competitiveness.
Participants This Year
Among the companies that took part this year are – AWL Inc. (Start-up) and is a market leader in AI and Deep Learning-based video analytics working to revolutionize the retail industry.
Another participant is Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. which is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of electronic components who also work to synergize hardware and software technologies and offer system solutions to industries varying from automotive to IoT.
Over 18 companies took part in the event this year, say sources from IIT Hyderabad.
Director General of JETRO
Toshihiro Mizutani, Director General, JETRO Bengaluru, said they are pleased to welcome 18 Japanese firms this year, comprising of 8 large corporates, 5 SMEs and 5 startups to this year’s Japan Career Day.
‘All these companies have prior experience employing foreigners.’
‘Many companies in Japan are keen to hire driven Indian talent because there is a severe shortage of IT engineers in Japan.’
The participating Japanese companies believe that students from IIT Hyderabad will be important contributors to global strategies and new forms of technology innovation.
‘We have advanced the event date this year in an effort to enable Japanese businesses to hire students for semester internships as well.’
‘Additionally, we extended it to two days this year from its earlier one-day format. With the goal of strengthening understanding between students and companies, we look forward to conducting this event year on year.’
Director of IIT Hyderabad
Prof. B S Murty, Director of IIT Hyderabad, said IIT Hyderbad has a strong collaboration with Japan.
JAPAN DAY, which has been organized annually since 2018 at IIT Hyderabad, is a unique and important event that greatly helps our students to develop an understanding and confidence about the job, work culture, life, and career path in Japan, he said.
Many Japanese companies will also get exposure to the excellence and potential of IITH students through active interaction with them on JAPAN DAY.
We are indebted to JETRO for its amazing support in connecting IIT Hyderabad with prominent Japanese firms, he said.
‘I hope to see participation grow exponentially in the coming years, as we aim to collaborate globally.’
About IIT Hyderabad
IITH, established in 2008, as one of the second Generation IITs, has reached a respectable position in both academics, research, technology development and startups in the short span of 15 years.
In the NIRF 2024 rankings, IIT Hyderabad is placed at 3rd in Innovation and 8th among Engineering institutes in India.
It has 320+ full-time faculty, 5,200+ students (PG + PhD students accounting for about 60%).
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The institute has a strong research focus with Rs. 1200+ Cr of R&D funding, 10,500+ publications, 295+ Patents, and about 190+ startups (that have generated 1100+ jobs and a revenue of Rs. 1500+ Cr).
