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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF" title="সাহিত্য অকাদেমি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সাহিত্য অকাদেমি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sahitya Akademi" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sahitya Akademi" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sahitya Akademi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80" title="भारतीय साहित्य अकादमी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारतीय साहित्य अकादमी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF" title="ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF" title="കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80" title="साहित्य अकादमी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="साहित्य अकादमी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80" title="साहित्य अकादमी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="साहित्य अकादमी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sahitya Akademi" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F_%E0%AC%8F%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A1%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%80" title="ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80" title="ਸਾਹਿਤ ਅਕਾਦਮੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸਾਹਿਤ ਅਕਾਦਮੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%81%D8%AA_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%DB%8C" title="ساہت اکادمی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ساہت اکادمی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sahitya Akademi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a 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Bhawan, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/aboutus/executive_board_member.jsp">Madhav Kaushik</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Literature_(journal)" title="Indian Literature (journal)">Indian Literature</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organisation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Ministry of Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/">sahitya-akademi<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sahitya Akademi</b>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">languages of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hota_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hota-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government">Indian government</a>. Its office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near <a href="/wiki/Mandi_House" title="Mandi House">Mandi House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>. </p><p>The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature" title="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature">Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature</a></i>; and presents the annual <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> of INR. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sahitya Akademi fellows">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a> for lifetime achievement. </p><p>The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the largest multi-lingual libraries in India, with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. </p><p>It publishes two bimonthly literary journals: <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Literature_(journal)" title="Indian Literature (journal)">Indian Literature</a></i> in English and <i>Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya</i> in Hindi.<sup id="cite_ref-hota_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hota-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognised_literary_languages">Recognised literary languages <span class="anchor" id="Recognised_languages"></span><span class="anchor" id="Literary_languages"></span><span class="anchor" id="Languages"></span><span class="anchor" id="Official_languages"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recognised literary languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners" title="Lists of Sahitya Akademi Award winners">Lists of Sahitya Akademi Award winners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Translation_Prize" title="Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize">Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Yuva_Puraskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar">Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bal_Sahitya_Puraskar" title="Bal Sahitya Puraskar">Bal Sahitya Puraskar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi supports work in the following 24 languages, 22 of which are included in the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Schedule_to_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India">Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani</a>: </p><p><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dogri_language" title="Dogri language">Dogri</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_language" title="Kashmiri language">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manipuri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipuri language">Manipuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santhali_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Santhali language">Santhali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>. </p><p>The recognition of languages by Sahitya Akademi is independent from the recognition of languages by the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Schedule_to_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India">Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Recognition by the Akademi before enlistment to the 8th Schedule</dt></dl> <ul><li>Sindhi had been recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long before it was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India">Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maithili had been recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 1966,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long before it was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Ninety-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India">Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dogri had been recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 1969,<sup id="cite_ref-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long before it was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Ninety-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India">Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-book0c20_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book0c20-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Manipuri had been recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 1971,<sup id="cite_ref-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long before it was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Seventy-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India">Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Konkani and Nepali had been recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Sahitya_Akademi_recognised_languages-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long before these were recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Seventy-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India">Seventy-first Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Recognition by the Akademi after enlistment to the 8th Schedule</dt></dl> <ul><li>Santhali was recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after it had been recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Ninety-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India">Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bodo was recognised by Sahitya Akademi in the year 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after it had been recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Ninety-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India">Ninety-second Amendment of the Constitution of India</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The idea of constituting a National Academy of Letters in India was considered by the colonial British government, and in 1944 a proposal from the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal for the formation of a 'National Cultural Trust' was, in principle, accepted. The original plan conceived of three institutions, or academies, devoted to the visual arts, performing arts, and letters.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The independent Government of India carried out this proposal, constituting a National Academy of Letters, called the 'Sahitya Akademi' by a government resolution on 15 December 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first General Council of the Akademi included members such as <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abul Kalam Azad">Abul Kalam Azad</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a>, <a href="/wiki/K._M._Panikkar" title="K. M. Panikkar">K. M. Panikkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanaiyalal_Maneklal_Munshi" title="Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi">K.M. Munshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a>, <a href="/wiki/D._V._Gundappa" title="D. V. Gundappa">D. V. Gundappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramdhari_Singh_Dinkar" title="Ramdhari Singh Dinkar">Ramdhari Singh Dinkar</a>, and was presided over by the then-Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of India clarified that the choice of Prime Minister Nehru as the first chairperson was "not because he is Prime Minister, but because he has carved out for himself a distinctive place as a writer and author."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated on 12 March 1954 in New Delhi. A ceremony was held in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Indian Parliament</a>'s Central Hall, with speeches by Maulana <a href="/wiki/Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abul Kalam Azad">Abul Kalam Azad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a>. Radhakrishnan elaborated on the purpose of the Sahitya Akademi in his speech, noting that, </p> <blockquote><p>"The phrase, Sahitya Akademi, combines two words. 'Sahitya' is Sanskrit, and 'Academy' is Greek. This name suggests our universal outlook and aspiration. Sahitya is a literary composition; Academy is an assembly of men who are interested in the subject. So Sahitya Akademi will be an assembly of all those who are interested in creative and critical literature. It is the purpose of this Akademi to recognise men of achievement in letters, to encourage men of promise in letters, to educate public taste and to improve standards of literature and literary criticism."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>A key concern in the early days of the Sahitya Akademi was the establishment of its autonomy from the Central Government. This concern was echoed by the Prime Minister, who noted that, "...it is an honour to be the President of an organisation which includes it in its fold the eminent writers of India in various languages. As President of that Akademi I may tell you quite frankly, I would not like the Prime Minister to interfere in my work."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Council made recommendations to amend the Akademi's governing constitution, including proposals to have the chairman elected by the council and not appointed by the Government.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these suggestions were incorporated, and the Akademi was constituted as a society under the <a href="/wiki/Societies_Registration_Act,_1860" title="Societies Registration Act, 1860">Societies Registration Act of 1860</a>, as it had not originally been incorporated by an Act of Parliament, but by an executive order.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council was reconstituted and elected Prime Minister Nehru as its president, and he continued in that capacity until his death in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Subsequent presidents of the Sahitya Akademi have included <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">S. Radhakrishnan</a> (1958) who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru after serving as the vice-president along with him; <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Hussain</a> (1963); <a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterjee</a> (1967); <a href="/wiki/K._R._Srinivasa_Iyengar" title="K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar">K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar</a> (1969, and re-elected in 1973); <a href="/wiki/Umashankar_Joshi" title="Umashankar Joshi">Umashankar Joshi</a> (1978); <a href="/wiki/Vinayaka_Krishna_Gokak" title="Vinayaka Krishna Gokak">Vinayaka Krishna Gokak</a> (1983); <a href="/wiki/Birendra_Kumar_Bhattacharya" title="Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya">Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya</a> (1988); <a href="/wiki/U._R._Ananthamurthy" title="U. R. Ananthamurthy">U. R. Ananthamurthy</a> (1993); <a href="/wiki/Ramakanta_Rath" title="Ramakanta Rath">Ramakanta Rath</a> (1998); and <a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> (2003).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sunil Gangopadhyay was elected president in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and held office until his death in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Prasad_Tiwari" title="Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari">Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari</a> served as president from 2013 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-odishabytes.com_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odishabytes.com-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Akademi has never elected a female president although, <a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a> in 2003 and <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a> in 2018 unsuccessfully contested against <a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekar Kambara</a> respectively for the position.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The logo of Sahitya Akademi was designed by <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu.com_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constitution_and_structure">Constitution and structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constitution and structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg/220px-Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg/330px-Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg/440px-Sahitya_Akademi_Regional_Office_Banglore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a><figcaption>Sahitya Akademi Regional Office at <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bengaluru</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Sahitya Akademi was constituted by the Government of India by a resolution passed on 15 December 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was formally inaugurated on 12 March 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahitya_Akademi_-_About_Us_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahitya_Akademi_-_About_Us-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It initially functioned under executive order, but was subsequently registered as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahitya_Akademi_-_About_Us_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahitya_Akademi_-_About_Us-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution of the Sahitya Akademi provides that it shall be run by three authorities — a General Council, an Executive Board, and a Finance Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Council is empowered to elect a president and vice-president, from a panel of three candidates chosen by the executive board.<sup id="cite_ref-sahitya-akademi.gov.in_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sahitya-akademi.gov.in-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to these, the executive board appoints a secretary, who functions as both the Secretary of the Akademi and as ex-officio secretary of all three governing bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-sahitya-akademi.gov.in_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sahitya-akademi.gov.in-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Council">General Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: General Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The General Council of the Sahitya Akademi operates for a term of five years, following which it is reconstituted. It meets once a year and performs several important functions, including appointing the Akademi's president and vice-president, electing members of the executive board, framing rules and procedures for the Akademi, and electing fellows on the recommendation of the board.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Council consists of the following members:<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The president and the financial advisor. The current president of the Sahitya Akademi is <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Five persons nominated by the Government of India, including one each from the <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Trust" title="National Book Trust">National Book Trust</a>, the Department of Culture, and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a></li> <li>One person from each state and union territory in India (these are to be nominated by the outgoing General Council, based on recommendations from the states and union territories)</li> <li>One person to represent each language supported by the Sahitya Akademi (nominated by the outgoing General Council)</li> <li>A representative each, from a maximum of 20 universities, with post-graduate departments in the humanities (selected by the outgoing Council)</li> <li>Eight other persons from the field of letters (nominated from by the outgoing General Council)</li> <li>Representatives from the <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi" title="Lalit Kala Akademi">Lalit Kala Akademi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council for Cultural Relations</a>, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library, and a representative from an Indian publisher based on recommendations from publishers' associations.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_Board">Executive Board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Executive Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The executive board of the Sahitya Akademi exercises executive authority and is responsible for supervising and controlling the Akademi's work. It prepares the Akademi's annual budget, appoints the secretary, and prepares panels of nominees for the General Council to consider and select fellows.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consists of the president, the vice-president, the financial advisor, two of the Government of India's nominees in the General Council (one of whom must represent the Ministry of Culture) and one person to represent each of the Akademi's supported languages, as nominated by the General Council.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finance_Committee">Finance Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Finance Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The finance committee's role is to prescribe the limit for total expenditure by the Sahitya Akademi in a financial year, and consider and recommend budget estimates to the executive board. The finance committee consists of a financial advisor, a nominee from the Government of India, a representative each from the General Council and Executive Board, and the vice-president of the Akademi.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accounts of the Sahitya Akademi are audited by the Auditor General of India.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications_and_activities">Publications and activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications and activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_2004_-_Colnect_158553_-_Sahitya_Akademi.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Stamp_of_India_-_2004_-_Colnect_158553_-_Sahitya_Akademi.jpeg/220px-Stamp_of_India_-_2004_-_Colnect_158553_-_Sahitya_Akademi.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Stamp_of_India_-_2004_-_Colnect_158553_-_Sahitya_Akademi.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>2004 Indian stamp of Sahitya Akademi</figcaption></figure> <p>The Sahitya Akademi publishes several regular publications, in addition to its bi-monthly literary journals, <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Literature_(journal)" title="Indian Literature (journal)">Indian Literature</a></i> and <i>Samkaleen Bhartiya Sahitya</i>. It undertakes bibliographic surveys, conducts translation workshops, seminars, and an annual festival of letters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publications">Publications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi publishes bibliographies, compilations, and critical editions in addition to publishing individual works and anthologies of literature and translation in the 24 languages that it supports. Amongst other things, it publishes the National Bibliography of Indian Literature (NBIL), an ongoing selective index of publications in 24 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first series of the NBIL consisted of four volumes, spanning literature published between 1901 and 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sahitya Akademi has stated that the second series will cover literature published between 1954 and 2000. The second series will consist of 16 volumes, of which seven have been published.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the Sahitya Akademi has published the <i>Collected Works of <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">Maulana Azad</a></i> in Urdu and Telugu, and critical editions of books by <a href="/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kālidāsa">Kalidasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bankimchandra_Chatterjee" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankimchandra Chatterjee">Bankimchandra Chatterjee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sahitya Akademi maintains reference materials for Indian literature, including the National Register of Translators, the Who's Who of Indian Writers,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Who's Who of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> literature.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two ongoing series of reference material are the <i><a href="/wiki/Makers_of_Indian_Literature" title="Makers of Indian Literature">Makers of Indian Literature</a></i>, which consist of biographical monographs on Indian writers, and <i>Histories of Indian Literature</i>, 18 of which have been published thus far.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahitya_Akademi:_Publications-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It publish two journal: <i>Indian Literature</i> (started in 1957) in English, and <i>Samakaleen Bharatiya Sahitya</i> (started in 1980) in Hindi.<sup id="cite_ref-Sadana2012_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sadana2012-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, it published a book (<i>Bulhe Shah: Volume 141</i>) on the life of <a href="/wiki/Bulleh_Shah" title="Bulleh Shah">Bulleh Shah</a> (authored by Surindar Singh Kohli).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activities">Activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi holds over 100 programmes related to Indian literature every year across India. It holds frequent seminars on Indian literature, as well as translation workshops.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, it holds several regular and annual events, including a Festival of Letters and the Samvatsar Annual Lecture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_seminars">International seminars</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: International seminars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi periodically holds International Seminars, sometimes in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council for Cultural Relations</a>. The first international seminar was held in 1961, in New Delhi, to mark 100 years since the birth of <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>. About 25 writers from 16 countries, along with 39 writers from India met over four days to discuss and commemorate Tagore's works. Attendees included <a href="/wiki/Aldous_Huxley" title="Aldous Huxley">Aldous Huxley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Wickramasinghe" title="Martin Wickramasinghe">Martin Wickremesinghe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Gu%C3%A9henno" title="Jean Guéhenno">Jean Guehenno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zaki_Naguib_Mahmoud" title="Zaki Naguib Mahmoud">Zaki Naguib Mahmoud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Berlin" title="Isaiah Berlin">Isaiah Berlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Untermeyer" title="Louis Untermeyer">Louis Untermeyer</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a>, Ramdhari Sinha Dinkar, Rayaprolu Subba Rao, and <a href="/wiki/Premendra_Mitra" title="Premendra Mitra">Premendra Mitra</a>. In 1991, the Akademi organised a second International Seminar on Tagore in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi" title="Lalit Kala Akademi">Lalit Kala Akademi</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council for Cultural Relations</a>. </p><p>The Akademi's second International Seminar in 1975 was also held in New Delhi and focused on the Ramayana tradition in Asia. Participants, including U Thein Han, Soewito Santoso, Harry M. Buck, C.E. Godakumbra, Kapila Vatsyayan, Camille Bulke and Umashankar Joshi, presented 44 papers on Ramayana traditions, which were published by the Akademi in a commemorative volume.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second International seminar on the same theme was held in New Delhi in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>International Seminars have since been held to mark the birth centenary of Hindi-language writer <a href="/wiki/Premchand" title="Premchand">Premchand</a>, in 1981; to mark the birth centenary of Tamil-language poet <a href="/wiki/Subramania_Bharati" title="Subramania Bharati">Subramania Bharti</a> in 1983; on the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, in 1987; and on 'the Narrative' in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Annual_Festival_of_Letters">Annual Festival of Letters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Annual Festival of Letters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi's Annual Festival of Letters is held in February and is the occasion at which the Akademi presents its <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">awards</a>. The festival is accompanied by an exhibition that covers major literary events of the previous year, as well as a 'Writers' Meet' which is a literary seminar spanning three days.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Samvatsar_Annual_Lecture">Samvatsar Annual Lecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Samvatsar Annual Lecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Samvatsar Annual Lecture is organised by the Sahitya Akademi and is delivered during the Akademi's Annual Festival of Letters. The Sahitya Akademi notes that these lectures "should open up new vistas of thinking regarding a literary movement, a current literary trend, some original thinking about a great writer or a great classic or a new path in literary criticism or literary creation".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lectures have been delivered since 1986 by people including the Hindi writer <a href="/wiki/Sachchidananda_Vatsyayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachchidananda Vatsyayan">Sachchidananda Vatsyayan</a> (1986), Marathi poet and writer <a href="/wiki/Vinda_Karandikar" title="Vinda Karandikar">Vinda Karandikar</a> (1991), Assamese novelist <a href="/wiki/Nabakanta_Barua" title="Nabakanta Barua">Nabakanta Barua</a> (1994), and Malayalam author and director, <a href="/wiki/M_T_Vasudevan_Nair" class="mw-redirect" title="M T Vasudevan Nair">M T Vasudevan Nair</a> (1999).<sup id="cite_ref-Samvatsar_Lectures_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samvatsar_Lectures-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the lecture was delivered by <a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a>, a Kannada playwright and author.<sup id="cite_ref-Samvatsar_Lectures_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samvatsar_Lectures-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent lecture was delivered by <a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Shankar_Dharmadhikari" title="Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari">Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari</a>, an author, lawyer, and former judge in the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Mumbai High Court">Bombay High Court</a> on 17 February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="'Meet_the_Author'_programmes"><span id=".27Meet_the_Author.27_programmes"></span>'Meet the Author' programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 'Meet the Author' programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sahitya Akademi organises regular public interactions with published Indian authors. These sessions, titled 'Meet the Author' consist of a 40-minute lecture by the invited author followed by an open session of questions and discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'Meet the Author' programmes have been conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru. Over 180 authors have participated to date.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To complement this, the Sahitya Akademi has held a parallel lecture series titled 'Men in Books' in which the Akademi invites persons distinguished for interdisciplinary studies to speak about literature. Notable speakers in the past have included film-maker <a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a>, journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, lawyer <a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Mall_Singhvi" title="Laxmi Mall Singhvi">Laxmi Mall Singhvi</a>, and former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kavi_Anuvadak">Kavi Anuvadak</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Kavi Anuvadak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kavi Anuvadak programmes, started in 2001, consist of a live performance of poetry in the original language and in translation. Nine Kavi Anuvadaks have been held to date, featuring, amongst others, <a href="/wiki/K._Satchidanandan" title="K. Satchidanandan">K. Satchidanandan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manglesh_Dabral" title="Manglesh Dabral">Manglesh Dabral</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ayyappa_Paniker" title="Ayyappa Paniker">Ayyappa Paniker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sahitya_Akademi_Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sahitya Akademi Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/Devnagari" class="mw-redirect" title="Devnagari">Devnagari</a>: साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Akademi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yuva_Puraskar">Yuva Puraskar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Yuva Puraskar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sahitya Akademi conferres annually the <a href="/wiki/Yuva_Puraskar" title="Yuva Puraskar">Yuva Puraskar</a> to young writers (under 35 years) of outstanding works in one of the 24 major Indian languages. It was founded in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia-economictimes_2015_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia-economictimes_2015-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_programmes">Other programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other programmes organised by the Sahitya Akademi include the Mulakat lectures, a special platform for lesser-known authors;<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Through My Window lectures, in which one author speaks on the works of another Indian author;<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Loka programmes on Indian folklore and the Kavisandhi poetry readings.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_Parliamentary_Committee_reviews">Controversies and Parliamentary Committee reviews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Controversies and Parliamentary Committee reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been widespread allegations of corruption and controversial appointments<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a> who headed Sahitya Akademi from 2003 to 2007 and the president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agrahara Krishnamurthy, appointed as the Secretary of Sahitya Akademi by Narang, had undergone a CBI probe in a paper purchase scam at the time of his appointment,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was censured and forced to retire after being accused of financial irregularities in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Agrahara Krishnamurthy who has been granted relief by the High Court<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has alleged a conspiracy against him by a cabal of writers and officials.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appointment by a committee composed of Narang, Tiwari and others of the current Secretary K. Sreenivasa Rao, is controversial as Rao's academic credentials for the top job, who had joined the Akademi as a lower division clerk (LDC), are said to be insufficient and extremely dubious. </p><p>The 171st Parliamentary Standing Committee on the functioning of Sahitya Akademi and three other institutions chaired by <a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Yechury" title="Sitaram Yechury">Sitaram Yechury</a> and tabled at the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> in August 2011 states, "It was felt that most of these institutions were not able to live up to the original mandates set out by their founding fathers. Controversies of different kind involving these institutions that keep cropping up from time to time, had caught this Committee’s attention. Questions were also raised about the indifference and helplessness shown by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Ministry of Culture</a> to do anything in the face of autonomy enjoyed by these institutions." </p><p>The committee also urged Sahitya Akademi to adopt the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/P._N._Haksar" title="P. N. Haksar">Haksar</a> Committee (1988) of having its head appointed by the president of India, a practice followed by <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi" title="Lalit Kala Akademi">Lalit Kala</a> Akademies, to avoid "the inevitable complications of the existing system of elections."<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversial_appointments">Controversial appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Controversial appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many controversial appointments of unqualified candidates to key positions at the Sahitya Akademi, done during <a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a>'s time, continue unchallenged to this day. Khurshid Alam and Mrignayani Gupta, both dismissed in 2004 for presenting counterfeit degree certificates, have made a backdoor entry and have been subsequently promoted to higher positions.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been widespread allegations in the Hindi press that the certificates of the current secretary, K. Sreenivasa Rao, who completed his M.Phil. and PhD degrees while being employed as deputy secretary (administration) at the Sahitya Akademi without availing a single day's leave, are fake and fraudulent.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Appeals by the writers community to the Ministry of Culture to launch an inquiry have not yielded any result. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sahitya_Akademi_Awards_controversy">Sahitya Akademi Awards controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sahitya Akademi Awards controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It has been alleged time and again that the procedure of nomination of litterateurs for the coveted <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Awards</a> is not transparent. The ground-list of books (from which the jury members make two short-lists and the final selection for the award) is supposed to be made by the General Council. But the books are provided to this council by the bureaucrats and employees of the Akademi who are allegedly unqualified to make any kind of literary selection.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the award regulations makes the recommendations of the Language Advisory Board mandatory, the recommendations of the board are often dismissed and ignored by the officials without citing any reason. This lack of transparency and rigour in the selection process has resulted in a lot of controversy. It has even resulted in writers being forced to return the award when it has been proven that the selection procedure was fraudulent, as was the case with the Sahitya Akademi award for a translation into <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sahitya Akademi is also highly criticized by writers such as <a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a> for ignoring eminent writers and awarding below-par writers<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sub-standard literary works.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners">List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanpith Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Kala_Parishad" title="Sahitya Kala Parishad">Sahitya Kala Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipuri_Sahitya_Parishad" title="Manipuri Sahitya Parishad">Manipuri Sahitya Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Sahitya_Academy" title="Karnataka Sahitya Academy">Karnataka Sahitya Academy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sahitya_Akademi&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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