Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meets representatives from Japan’s top universities
Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with representatives from Japan’s leading universities in Tokyo and asked them to explore linkages with Assam based universities; particularly through joint degree courses, student exchange programs and collaboration in research and skilling.
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Chief Minister during the meeting also spoke about providing more educational opportunities to the vast community of students from Assam and the rest of the country, as well as creating more pathways for students in Assam to access Japan’s university network.
Sarma met Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister Akiko Ikuina as he exchanged his views with her on a wide range of issues concerning Assam and Japan. The meeting that followed afterwards, highlighted Assam and Japan cooperation in the fields of skilled work force and prevailing opportunities in Japan for Assam’s youth. During the meeting, she conveyed to the Chief Minister about Japan’s intention of offering India particularly Assam’s young and skilled workforce job opportunities in Japan. Sarma referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a robust friendship between India and Japan, said that the friendly bilateral relations between the two countries are the cornerstones for making the lives of people living in both the nations better.
