
JET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
COUNTRY INFORMATION - JETAA INDIA
Our special article series highlights the experience and contributions of participants from countries who send a small number of JETs.

India joined the JET Programme in 1998, with 43 recorded JETs having been on the Programme.
However, from 2008 until 2016, no JETs had been requested from India, until 2017, when 1 CIR and 1 ALT were sent. The JETAA India chapter was set up in 2012 and can be contacted through their Facebook Page.
COMMENTS BY JTE AND BoA
The following information was supplied by a JTE with whom Divya Jha (JETAA India CR) worked with.
What sets this country's JET apart from all others?
Most of the Japanese students tend to think that people who speak English are Caucasian people because they have few chances to see different kind of people in Japan. JETs from India can show the students that English is spoken in many countries and there are many different kind of English. I think this experience is very valuable for Japanese students.
What they brought to the cultural exchange
They showed Japanese students how colorful their culture is. For example, there are many different kinds of language, food, clothes, festivals and so on in each are in India. Japan is a small country and our culture doesn't have such diversity. It is good for Japanese students to learn.
Comments from their teachers, supervisors, Contracting Organisation
JETs from India are very polite and hard working people. We were very happy to work with such reliable people.
JETAA INDIA ACTIVITIES
The rise of online video conferencing apps like Zoom in response to lockdown and isolation from 2020's global pandemic has provided unexpected help to JETAA India's alumni and community outreach. Below are some examples of successful online events that the chapter has run.
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Storytelling, Quiz and Origami (29th June 2020): An event run for children, co-hosted by Mr Fumiaki Sato from CLAIR Singapore. Children are invited to ask questions about Japan, listen to the Japanese folktale of Momotaro, and learn how to fold various origami objects.
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Cooking with Natsuko-san (21st July 2020): An online cooking demonstration of Japanese cuisine. Despite problems with Internet connectivity, an enthusiastic audience was still in attendance of the lesson given by a member of CLAIR Singapore.
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Japan Culture Talk and Quiz (26th July 2020): Japanese language and culture expert Dr Rakhi Jain provides a discussion on Japanese culture, with help from CLAIR Singapore.
JETAA INDIA ALUMNI
The following are a list of known JET alumni from India. If you notice anything amiss, please inform at jetaaindia@gmail.com. All linked names go to their LinkedIn profiles.
2001 – 2002: Ajit Kaur, ALT
2001 – 2004: Sudip Sen, CIR, Softopia Japan, Ogaki City, Gifu
2001 – 2003: Simrit Kapila, ALT, Mie
2004 – 2007: Manu Mittal, CIR, Gifu
2006 – 2008: Aarti Barve Upasani, Okayama City, Okayama
2006 – 2007: Avneeta Kaur Gulati, ALT, Fukuoka
2006 – ?: Juhi Rituparna, ALT
2006 – 2011: Lediya Rufus, ALT, Koriyama, Fukushima
2006 – 2011: Nikhil Ranade, CIR, Kanazawa
2006 – 2007: Nikita Phadnavis, ALT, Maebashi-Gunma, Miyagi
2006 – 2008: Richa Ogra, ALT, Osaka
2006 – 2007: Riddhi Pimputkar, ALT, Nagasaki
2006 – 2008: Shaily Jain, ALT, Gifu
2006 – 2008: Sheena Bhalla, ALT, Oita
2006 – 2011: Tapojoy Mandal, ALT, Akita
2006 – 2007: Teena Nani, ALT, Fukuoka
2006 – 2009: Vinayak Bhardwaj, ALT, Iwate
2007 – 2008: Divya Jha, ALT, Kitakyushu
2007 – 2008: Sohil Goswami, ALT, Fukuoka
2007 – 2011: Soma Poddar, ALT, Akita
2007 – 2010: Pradeep Rao, CIR, Fukuoka
2007 – 2010: Mahender Gakkula, ALT, Kitakyushu
2007 – 2010: Prema Janardan, ALT, Kitakyushu
2007 – 2011: Prajakta Patil, ALT, Fukuoka
2010 – 2015: Ajit Kaur, ALT
Below are JETs whose tenure are not clear:
Abhedya Yeole
Abhishek Chaudhary
Agnes Lepcha
Ankita Naresh
Anuradha Gokhale
Anurag Gupta
Aparna Sethi
Ashima Chaudhary
Basabdatta Chatterjee, ALT, Kobe
Bidhisha Basu
Harshvardhan Gupta
Jayshri Ganeshan
Joita Banerjee
Marisa Ono
Medom Razoukhrienuo E. Joy
Neha Sareen
Rashmi Mandayan Apprameyan
Saee Mundale, ALT, Yamato
Shikha Shivani
Sujatha Kumar
Supriya Dashaputre