About IJRC

The Indo-Japan Research Center (IJRC) at the Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIM Nagpur) was founded in the year 2020 with the aim of strengthening and furthering collaborative research and to further the internationalization efforts of IIM Nagpur. The Center’s establishment addresses the broader objectives laid out by the Government of India in this regard (refer to the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017).

Primarily, IJRC aims at creating new knowledge in the cross-cultural (Indo-Japan) context thereby contribute to both academia and industry.

Philosophically, IJRC will adopt, imbibe, and promote the spirit of universal humanism propounded and practiced by doyens like Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, and Tenshin Okakura, among other notables, with critical openness, in pursuing its goal and in conducting its activities.