Office Bearers of Sahitya Akademi
President, Vice President and Secretary of Sahitya Akademi are office bearers of Sahitya Akademi. Secretary is the Chief Executive Officer who carries out the daily functions of Sahitya Akademi that are approved by the Executive Board and on behalf of the President. The President of Sahitya Akademi is the Chairman who acts on behalf of the Executive Board.
| S. No. |
Name |
From – To |
| 1. |
Jawharlal Nehru |
March 1954 to May 1964 |
| 2. |
S. Radhakrishnan |
September 1964 to February 1968 |
| 3. |
Zakir Hussain |
February 1968 to May 1969 |
| 4. |
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee |
August 1969 to May 1977 |
| 5. |
Umashankar Joshi |
February 1978 to February 1983 |
| 6. |
V.K. Gokak |
February 1983 to February 1988 |
| 7. |
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya |
February 1988 to February 1993 |
| 8. |
U.R. Ananthamurthy |
February 1993 to February 1998 |
| 9. |
Ramakanta Rath |
February 1998 to February 2003 |
| 10. |
Gopi Chand Narang |
February 2003 to February 2008 |
| 11. |
Sunil Gangopadhyay |
February 2008 to October 2012 |
| 12. |
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwary |
February 2013 to February 2018 |
| S. No. |
Name |
From – To |
| 1. |
S. Radhakrishnan |
March 1954 to May 1962 |
| 2. |
Zakir Hussain |
March 1963 to May 1967 |
| 3. |
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee |
September 1967 to August 1969 |
| 4. |
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar |
August 1969 to December 1977 |
| 5. |
V.K. Gokak |
February 1978 to December 1982 |
| 6. |
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya |
February 1983 to December 1987 |
| 7. |
Gangadhar Gadgil |
February 1988 to December 1992 |
| 8. |
Ramakanta Rath |
February 1993 to December 1997 |
| 9. |
Gopichand Narang |
February 1998 to December 2002 |
| 10. |
Sunil Gangopadhyay |
February 2003 to December 2007 |
| 11. |
Sutinder Singh Noor |
February 2008 to February 2011 |
| 12. |
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari |
March 2011 to December 2012 |
| 13. |
Chandrashekhar Kambar |
February 2013 to December 2017 |
| S. No. |
Name |
From – To |
| 1. |
Krishna Kripalani |
February 1954 to February 1971 |
| 2. |
Prabhakar Machwe |
March 1971 to September 1975 |
| 3. |
R.S. Kelkar |
September 1975 to February 1984 |
| 4. |
Indra Nath Choudhuri |
March 1984 to October 1996 |
| 5. |
K. Satchidanandan |
November 1996 to October 2006 |
| 6. |
Agrahara Krishnamurti |
November 2006 to February 2012 |
| Post |
Name |
From |
| President |
Chandrashekhar Kambar |
From March 2018 |
| Vice President |
Madhav Kaushik |
From March 2018 |
| Secretary |
K. Sreenivasarao |
From February 2012 |
