CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY OF INDIA(GIGA)

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CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY OF INDIA(GIGA)

Lecturer(s)	SHAW, RAJIB; ATAKA, KAZUTO; OKI, SATOKO; KATO, AKIKO; SAVAGE, PATRICK E.; VAN METER, RODNEY D.
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2026 Spring
Day/Period	Tue.5
Campus	SFC
Class Format	Online classes (mainly real-time format)
Registration Number	43069
Faculty/Graduate School	POLICY MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Year Level	1, 2, 3, 4
Field	SPECIAL SUBJECTS
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English Support	With English Support
Prerequisites(Required)	Nothing specific
Prerequisites(Recommended)	Nothing specific
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Course Description	In special courses dealing with pioneering themes, students learn cutting-edge knowledge and skills and cultivate new perspectives on social issues. The interdisciplinary approach enhances creative problem-solving skills, which will significantly impact their future research and careers.
K-Number	FPE-CO-06102-222-08

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FPE	POLICY MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	6	Other Course
	Minor Classification	10	Special Subjects
	Subject Type	2	Elective required subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	2	Online classes (mainly real-time format)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		08	Sociology and related fields

Course Summary

India being a diverse country, with a long history and close and strategic partnership with Japan, the course aims to enhance understanding on depth and diversity of India, and would explain the partnership areas of India Japan bilateral collaboration. This will be first of its type of cross-disciplinary course, which will provide a comprehensive overview of the studies related to India. A new laboratory is being proposed in KRI in SFC. This course would be part of the activities of the new laboratory.

Overall three aspects related to India would be addressed:
- Culture, history, art, religion, and language studies
- Development, environment and economic growth strategies
- Science, technology and innovation studies
The course would have a combination of in-house and guest lectures from eminent personalities, who are knowledgeable on different aspects of from different aspects and disciplines related to India. Several lectures would be provided through online presentations from India and elsewhere.

Course Description/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

The objects are:

-To provide an overview of diversity of Indian studies
-To enhance student's interest in Indian related research topics
-To encourage field or internship programs in India

Course Taught by Faculty Member with Professional Experience

Not applicable

Active Learning MethodsDescription

Discussions, Debates
Group work

Preparatory Study

Following book will be useful:
Approximate study time for preparation: 5 hours
Reading documents / lecture notes: 2 hours
Report and assignment: 4 hours

Shaw R. and Roy Choudhury S. (2024): India, Japan and beyond: human security, environment, development, innovation and resilience, Springer publication, 284 pages.

Course Plan

Lesson 1

Title

Lecture 1: Overview

Overview

India’s diversity and basic introduction on India Japan relation: Embassy of India in Japan (guest lecture): This lecture would provide an overview of India Japan bilateral collaboration on historical perspectives, as well as in the context if current global world.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 2

Title

Lecture 2 Indian music

Overview

Indian music, art and cultural diversity: Viveknanda Culture Center (guest lecture): This lecture would provide an overview of diversity of art, music, culture in the context of India. The key purpose is to expose the students the key word of diversity in relation of India.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 3

Title

Lecturer 3 Meditation and its importance in the current world:

Overview

Mediation is a core part of Indian culture and history. This part would provide both theory and experiences of mediation and its importance to human health and well-being.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 4

Title

Lecture 4 Yoga and SDGs

Overview

Yoga and its evolution in India: Yoga Association of Japan (in-house)
Yoga has been a traditional custom in India. These two lectures would provide demonstrations on Yoga (both theory and practice) and highlight its importance in the current world, with specific context of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 5

Title

Lecture 5 Yoga and SDGs

Overview

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 6

Title

Lecture 6 Core development issues of “New India”

Overview

India is in the verge of development, currently being a developing country, and with an aspiration to be a 5 trillion economy. This lecture would provide an overview of current major initiatives in India

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 7

Title

Lecture 7 Synergies of environment, development and disaster risks

Overview

Coherence of environment, development and disaster risks is an important issue for India. This lecture would provide the climate change impacts, and its challenges on environment and development and disaster risks in the country.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 8

Title

Lecture 8 Urban growth strategies, smart cities and its future implications

Overview

India is going through a high speed of urbanization. Several smart city programs are currently ongoing to make the urban development more sustainable and inclusive. The lecture would highlight some of the experiences of Indian urban growth strategies, and its future directions.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 9

Title

Lecture 9 India Japan collaboration of technology and its implementation 1

Overview

Technology is always the core of India Japan bilateral collaboration, and this is more important in recent days. This includes strategic partnership on cyber security, other technological developments, capacity building through higher education institutions etc. This lecture would provide glimpses of current technological collaboration.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 10

Title

Lecture 10 India Japan collaboration of technology and its implementation 2

Overview

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 11

Title

Lecture 11 India Japan collaboration of technology and its implementation 3

Overview

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 12

Title

Lecture 12: Emerging technologies and its future potentials in India Japan relation

Overview

Emerging technologies, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Block chain etc. have a strong implication to an emerging and IT superpower like India. This lecture will provide some examples of current trends and development in the field of emerging technologies in India and role of bilateral collaboration.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 13

Title

Incubation on future collaboration ideas 1

Overview

These two/ three lectures would be used for developing new ideas for possibilities of future collaboration of India and Japan and would be does through group discussion and presentation sessions.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 14

Title

Incubation on future collaboration ideas 2

Overview

These two/ three lectures would be used for developing new ideas for possibilities of future collaboration of India and Japan and would be does through group discussion and presentation sessions.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Other

Title

Incubation on future collaboration ideas 3

Overview

These two/ three lectures would be used for developing new ideas for possibilities of future collaboration of India and Japan and would be does through group discussion and presentation sessions.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Method of Evaluation

In class report and group discussion plus attendance

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