The Kizuna India Japan Study Forum (KIJSF) is aimed at promoting the study of under-researched aspects of India-Japan historical and cultural interactions by holding lectures on a monthly basis. This will open avenues for all young and old researchers/scholars to share and exchange their work encapsulating rich history and contacts between the two countries in trade, business, economic, cultural, philosophical spheres. This would not only enhance mutual understanding but also strengthen the foundations of rapidly expanding multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.
Deepak Kumar, is a distinguished professor (retired) of the History of Science and Education at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is associated with numerous universities in India and abroad and held visiting fellowships at Cambridge, London, Leiden, and the Smithsonian Institution. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and York University, Toronto. His seminal work, Science and the Raj: A Study of British India, examines the impact of colonial rule on European scientific development. In The Trishanku Nation (2017), he explores India’s scientific and educational challenges. Kumar analyzed Western medical discourse in colonial India, arguing that it reinforced scientific hegemony. His extensive publications, cataloged in WorldCat, span English, German, Arabic, and Hindi.