India, July 2 -- In a rare honour reflecting the growing depth, maturity, and strategic importance of India-Japan relations, Professor C Raj Kumar, founding Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University (JGU) and Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India, addressed a distinguished bipartisan gathering of Members of the National Diet of Japan at the National Diet Building in Tokyo.

According to a Press note, their addresses highlighted the complementary roles of higher education and parliamentary diplomacy in advancing one of Asia's most important democratic partnerships through research, innovation, academic collaboration, and people-to-people engagement.

The significance of the interaction was heightened by coinciding with the of...