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 or research pertinent to South Asia
- Hosting the annual Indo-American Friendship Day Dinner
- Providing funds to schools and libraries for materials to enhance learning about India
- Sponsoring scholars and artists to speak or perform locally to enhance the understanding of South Asia, with focus on India
- Promoting Hindi language courses at OHIO
- Hosting free Indian movies at the Athena Cinema
Upcoming Friends of India Events
Saturday, September 21 Free Indian Movie: Monsoon Wedding
1:00 PM
Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St, Athens, OH 45701
Explore past Friends of India Events on the OHIO Calendar Archive or enjoy photos, below.
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
Anirudh Ruhil, ruhil@ohio.edu
Maria Modayil (Treasurer), modayil@ohio.edu
Friends of the Board
Rajindar Koshal, koshalr@ohio.edu
Ashok Gupta, gupta@ohio.edu
Amish Askri, aa545423@ohio.edu
Aqeel Ahmad, aa760923@ohio.edu
Kavita Yadav (Fulbright FLTA- Hindi), ky295624@ohio.edu
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/