About the Friends of India Endowment
History and Origin
In 1986, Dr. Rajindar Koshal, Dr. Atmaram Gawande, and Dr. William Harlan and Athens community members founded the Friends of India Endowment to develop a better understanding of India and the United States.
Objectives
To achieve our objective of creating a better understanding between the United States and India the Friends of India Endowment undertakes many activities including:
- Awarding travel funding for study in India
- Sponsoring the Indo-American Friendship Day Dinner
- Providing funds to schools and libraries for materials to enhance learning about India
- Sponsoring scholars to speak on topics that enhance understanding of South Asia, with focus on India
Upcoming Friends of India Events
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Board of Trustees
Brian Collins (Interim Chair), collinb1@ohio.edu
Vipin Koshal (Secretary), vkoshal@gmail.com
Bela Bhatt-Koshal, bhatt-ko@ohio.edu
Andrew Holzaepfel, holzaepa@ohio.edu
Jatin Srivastava, srivastj@ohio.edu
Anirudh Ruhil, ruhil@ohio.edu
Friends of the Board
Rajindar Koshal, koshalr@ohio.edu
Ashok Gupta, gupta@ohio.ed
Contact the Endowment
Get in touch with the Friends of India to ask questions or to receive additional information at friendsofindia@ohio.edu
Supporting the Endowment
Donate to support the Friends of India at give.ohio.edu/