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Ambassador's Lecture Series No. 6

ESUJ Honorary Chairman Ambassador Aftab Seth, Former Indian Ambassador to Japan, recently returned to Japan. ESUJ immediately asked him to speak to its members, and Ambassador Seth agreed post-haste. This will be the sixth in our very successful Ambassadorユs Lecture Series.

India: A View by an Indian in Japan

Lecture by
Prof. Aftab Seth
Director of the Keio University Global Security Research Center
Former Indian Ambassador to Japan


With a population of more than a billion people, India is an Asian giant. Like the eternal flow of the Ganges River, time flowed slowly in India. That India is waking up. Starting with the IT industry, many Indian enterprises are becoming prosperous and garnishing attention from the world. One of the ablest and most influential diplomats of India, an expert on Japan and former member of the local English-language dramatics society who gave poetry readings in Japan, Ambassador Seth will speak about India from a unique view point.

Date: Wednesday, September 1,  6:30-8:00pm
   
Place: Japan National Press Club (9th Floor, Banquet room)
Nippon Press Center Building
2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Tel. (03) 3501-8931
Kasumigaseki Station (Exit C-4) on the Chiyoda and Hibiya Lines; Uchisaiwaicho Station (Exit A-7) on the Mita Line; JR Shimbashi Station
   
Admission: Free for ESUJ members/ \1000 for non-members
   
To attend: Please inform the ESUJ office in advance.
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Aftab Seth, former Indian Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Japan
Born in 1943 in Bihar, India. Studied at Keio University. A graduate of the University of Delhi and Oxford University. Entered the Foreign Ministry in 1968. Following postings in Tokyo, Beirut, Cyprus, Cairo, Hamburg, Jakarta, and Karachi, as well as home postings, in 1992 he was appointed Ambassador to Greece, in 1997, Ambassador to Vietnam, and in 2000, Ambassador to Japan. Having left Japan in 2003, he returned again as Professor and Director of the Keio University Global Security Research Center. Author of "How much weight can an elephant loseモ (in Japanese). His publications are numerous and include criticism, poetry, etc.


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