IITH with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), organized the first chair lecture by Prof Taichi Ono on Thursday.
Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad’s (IIT-H) department of Liberal Arts, in association with the Office of International Relations and with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), organized the first chair lecture by the director, of health care policy concentration from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), University of Tokyo, Prof Taichi Ono.
The relationship between JICA and IIT Hyderabad (IITH) is steeped in legacy and has strengthened with time.
In 2007, the relationship was based on the commitment between the Prime Ministers of the two countries. Since then, IITH has been the most important institute for JICA’s cooperation toward human resource development in India.
The cooperation is extended by providing comprehensive assistance through various projects, including an ODA loan of Rs 23,035 million Japanese yen (around Rs 1,400 crore) for the development of the IITH campus.
