The Getty Foundation, USA, has awarded a grant of $1.3 lakh (around Rs 80 lakh) to Panjab University for the conservation of Gandhi Bhavan.

The grant has been provided under the philanthropic initiative 'Keeping It Modern', which is focused on conserving the twentieth century architecture. Welcoming the grant awarded through a juried competition, PU vice-chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover said it was a matter of pride for the varsity to become the first institute in India to receive it.

Gandhi Bhavan was designed by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret ... The varsity will get technical support from the Development and Research Organisation for Nature, Arts and Heritage, Gurgaon, and the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, besides other specialised national experts.