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Masanori Kondo, Senior Associate Professor at ICU, has won the 19th Kashiyama Junzo Award (General Book Category)

Update: October 2, 2024

Masanori Kondo, Senior Associate Professor at ICU (Major: Economics, Development Studies), has won the 19th Kashiyama Junzo Award (General Book Category) for his book 『インド―グローバル・サウスの超大国』("India: Superpower of the Global South") (Chuokoron Shinsha).
The Kashiyama Junzo Award has been awarded by the Kashiyama Scholarship Foundation since 2006 to recognize outstanding and original books on contemporary Asia. The award ceremony will be held on November 18.

Book Summary:
"India: Superpower of the Global South" (Chuokoron Shinsha)
India has overtaken China in population to become the most populous country in the world, and has also surpussed the UK and France in GDP to become the world's fifth largest economy. In recent years, India has been playing important roles as a leader of Global South to represent the voices of the emerging and developing nations. Amidst the increasingly complex multipolar world, India's unique diplomacy is attracting global attention. This introductory book, written by an economist who has long researched India, provides a wide-ranging explanation of the country, from the perspective of economy and business, including major conglomerates and rapidly growing IT industry, to the current issue of disparity between the rich and poor, as well as its diplomatic relations with the US, China, Russia, and Japan. (From the publisher's introduction)

Comment on the award:
I am extremely honored and surprised that my book "India: Superpower of the Global South" has been selected for the Kashiyama Junzo Award. The excellent research and educational environment of my work place at International Christian University has enabled me to get this good fortune.
India is now the world's most populous country, and its economy is the fifth largest. Consequently, increasing number of Japanese companies are entering India to take advantage of its huge market. In the international community, India's role is also growing along with the complex global situation.
I have made a numerous visits for research to all the states in India for more than three decades, and witnessed the rapid growth of the country and deveopment of modern sectors like the IT industry. Also, I studied the lives of rural poor, which have not changed much for decades. In this book, I have tried to elucidate these aspects of "changing India" and "unchanging India."
Receiving this award encourages me to redouble my continuous efforts in research and education.