Understanding the 1st Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum: Cooperation and Challenges
The First Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum meeting was held on 20 December 2021 and this was attended by countries like Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Gitanjali Sinha Roy is Assiatnt Professor at O P Jindla Global University and is a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi with specialisation in Japanese Studies. At present, she is a visiting Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholar at the University of Tokyo. Her M.Phil dissertation was Role of Female Labour Force in Japanese Economic Development: A Case Study of Womenomics in Abe's Reform Strategy. Gitanjali is a graduate in Political Science (Hons) from Miranda House and completed her post-graduation from Lady Shri Ram College of Commerce in Political Science as well. Her interest areas comprise of India and Japan's Foreign Policy, Security Strategy and Diplomacy, India-Japan Relations: Maritime Security and Strategy in the Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asian and South Asian Politics, Security Strategy and Diplomacy. Ms Roy had worked working with Centre for Land Warfare Studies(CLAWS) as a research assistant. Gitanjali Sinha Roy is a Research Associate at the Centre for Security and Security Studies (CESCUBE) and apart from this, she is a Fellow at the Japan Division at CESCUBE
The First Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum meeting was held on 20 December 2021 and this was attended by countries like Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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