Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Seventy two employees of National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) from Project Offices in Mumbai, Vadodara, Palghar, Ahmedabad, Surat and Corporate office in New Delhi were today presented with a “Japanese Language and culture learning training programme” certification for completing a five month long Japanese language course.

The successful Employees were presented certificates by ‘The Japan Foundation’ in the presence of Managing Director, Achal Khare, at a function organised at NHSRCL Corporate office in New Delhi. Event was attended by senior officials of NHSRCL and Japan Foundation, New Delhi.

The High-Speed Rail technology is being adopted from Japanese Shinkansen train technology, hence there is a need of inter-country exchanges between the officials of two countries, which would be facilitated by proficiency in Japanese language and empathetic understanding of their culture, a press statement by the NHRCL today said.

A training program on Japanese language and culture has been developed by the Japan Foundation which is based on the established standards for Japanese Language Education. The study material is designed with an emphasis on using Japanese language for oral communication, and better understanding the Japanese culture.

Till now 140 NHSRCL employees have received such training programmes in last 1.5 years. NHSRCL, is a joint sector company of Govt. of India and Participating State Governments formed for implementation of High Speed Train Corridor Project between Mumbai & Ahmedabad.

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