Expectations for JIM and JEC

Speeches at the India-Japan Business Plenary (September 2017)

Speech by Prime Minister Abe (Excerpt)

I would also like to contribute to Prime Minister Modi’s “Skill India.” Japanese companies eagerly desire to have leaders on the shop floor who are industry-ready. This summer, four institutes were started as Japan-India Institutes for Manufacturing by Suzuki, Toyota, Daikin and Yamaha Motor, and I am happy to hear that Hitachi Construction Machinery and Toyota Tsusho are also planning to start institutions. (...) I would like to say this to young people in India: Please come to Japan-India Institutes for Manufacturing.

Speech by Prime Minister Modi (Excerpt)

From the activities launched today, you can see the depth of the relationship between the two countries. (...) Human Resource Development through the Japan-India Institutes of Manufacturing developed by Japanese companies. In addition to Gujarat, they will be developed in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

Statements of Prime Minister Modi at summit meetings

Japan-India summit meeting (October 2018)

I appreciate that eight JIMs such as Suzuki, Toyota, Yamaha Motor, Daikin and Toyota Tsusho have been launched.

Japan-India summit meeting (September 2017)

I appreciate Japanese companies’ contributions to “Make in India.”

Japan-India summit meeting (November 2016)

I greatly appreciate the establishment of Institutes for Manufacturing by Japanese companies. I hope more Indian students will be motivated to learn the Japanese language.