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Our Profile : The Indo-Japan Welfare and Cultural Association (IJWCA), located in a posh
locality of Kolkata (Calcutta), with its own three two-storied buildings inherited from the
Seaman's Employment Center of Japan for promoting cultural relations between India and
Japan and also for the welfare of the Indian people.

Our Sub-organizations, which are directly supported by us:
1) The Centre of Japanese Studies
2) The Indo-Japan Language Studies Society

Our Associate Organizations:
1) Ikenobo Calcutta Chapter of the Ikenobo Floral Art Society, Kyoto.
2) Eastern India Japanese Language Teachers' Association.
3) Bharat-Nippon Maitree Sangha (India-Japan friendship society).

Our Main Activities:
1) Japanese Language Teaching.
2) Teaching Japanology (Japan's Cultural History for general students
and research students for Ph.D. of any university).
3) Extending library / Reading Room facilities to the Japanese language course
students and persons interested in Japan.
4) Holding Cultural functions either independently or in association with the
Consulate-General of Japan.
5) We are the host organization for holding Japanese Language Proficiency Test
(Noryoku shiken) from 1998.for eastern India.
6) Eastern India Japanese Language Speech Contest.
7) Hosting Seminars on Japanese Language Teaching sponsored by The Japan Foundation
and supported by the Consulate-General of Japan.
8) Holding different other functions - Japanese language and culture-oriented ones.
9) For the first time in India, we organized "Japanese Language Prose Reading Contest"
(Eastern India).

Our Japanese Language Courses:
Beginners and other higher courses :
Januuary to June & (Admission closes in December)
From July to December (Admission closes in June)

We provide audio-visual facilities and Tape Listening facilities (for Chookai of JLPT).
We also hold special coaching for preparations for JLPT.
Special intensive or crash courses are provided for individuals or small group/s on request.
Ikebana, Origami and Japanology classes can be held any time of the year if students request.

Dr. D.N.Bakshi  Honoured We inform all our members and viewers that the Government of Japan has awarded a MEDAL titled, "The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays" to Dr. Bakshi. A letter dated 3rd November 2009 from Mr. Katsuya Okada, Hon'ble Minister for Foreign Affairs in this respect reads thus: 　 　 "Dear Dr.Bakshi, Please Accept my sincerest congratulations on the conferment of The Order of The Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, in recognition of your outstanding contribution, and my best wishes for your continued good health and happiness."                                                                             Sd/-Katsuya Okada The above letter has been forwarded to Dr.Bakshi by the Consulate-General of Japan, Kolkata.