President Obama meets India Fellow, Ratish Nanda

Dec 28, 2010 by admin    No Comments    Posted under: Featured, News

President Obama’s first stop in Delhi, India was at Humayun’s Tomb where Ratish Nanda, ’07, India, spent some time with him and his wife explaining the project through an exhibit Aga Khan Trust for Culture (where Nanda is Director) has organized. This was the first privately funded restoration of a World Heritage Site in India, completed in March 2003 through the joint efforts of the The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the aegis of the National Culture Fund.

The objective of the project was to revitalise the gardens, pathways, fountains and water channels of the chahâr-bâgh, or four-part paradise garden, surrounding Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi, according to the original plans of the builders.

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