Wright State University Newsroom · April 4, 2023
Boonshoft School of Medicine representatives tour India with Gandhi family member
The Wright State University Newsroom documents the January 2023 India trip that became the founding journey of the Gandhi-King Center for Nonviolence. Dr. Terry Oroszi (Vice Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Wright State's Boonshoft School of Medicine) and Dr. David Ellis (adjunct faculty in pharmacology and toxicology, and now the center's Treasurer) traveled with Tushar Gandhi, who guided the tour after his father Arun Gandhi became ill and could not.
Of the trip, Dr. Oroszi described it as "both an educational and philanthropic tour" where the group had "the distinct honor of intimately learning about the history and modern socio-economic principles of Gandhian philosophy directly from a descendant of Gandhi."
The article also notes the existing memorandum of understanding between Arun Gandhi and Wright State's provost for future global educational opportunities, and Tushar Gandhi's commitment, secured on the trip, to return to Wright State in 2024 to speak about how Mahatma Gandhi influenced Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights work. That 2024 visit happened in conjunction with the first Season for Nonviolence kickoff at The International Peace Museum in Dayton.
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A recap of the January 2023 Gandhi Legacy Tour.
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