Tara Sethia is Professor of History, founder and Director of Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University , Pomona, where she has helped establish on campus a degree program for a Minor in Nonviolence Studies.  In addition to teaching courses dealing with India and Southeast Asia, Women and South Asia, and nonviolence, she has also offered a seminar on Gandhi and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in World history. Her recent publications include an edited book ,Ahimsa , Anekanta and Jainism (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass , 2004); and articles on Vardhamana Mahavira , Mohandas K. Gandhi , Nonviolence and Social Change for the Berkshire Enclyopedia of World History (2005). She has also made numerous presentations at national and international conferences on a variety of topics , including peace and nonviolence. Sethia is the recipient of several grants, awards and honors, including Gold and Silver Medals from the University of Rajasthan, India. She was the principal investigator and director of Program on India and China for K-12 Educators, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995-98.Currently, she is editing a volume of essays, Rediscovering Gandhian Wisdom: Building a Peaceful Future (forthcoming, Penguin India).