♦ Indian actor Darasing Khurana was honored with the Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award for his work towards raising awareness around mental health issues as the 'Commonwealth Year of Youth Champion'.

♦ He received the award at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum. 

♦ Khurana also served as the keynote speaker at the Global Mental Health Summit 2024 at the Oxford University’s historic Oxford Union before heading over to Samoa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).