The One World Educational Trust was established in the year 1985 by Dr. Henry Thiagaraj to promote National Integration and International Harmony through education to respect cultural diversity, human dignity and human rights of people. A partnership with the International Ship Board Education of the University of Pittsburg has been established for more than 16 years. He organizes programmes to take American students traveling in the ship M.V. Explorer which is also known as the “Floating University”, or the “Semester at Sea” on field visits.