Regional Boards [Northern, Eastern, Southern & Western]

Sahitya Akademi has language advisory boards for each of the 24 languages recognized by it. Each of these boards recommends programmes to be organized, books to be taken up for publication and the translation workshop – in that given language.

But, nature of Indian languages is that there is bound to be enormous synergy among the literatures of the cognate languages and at times with languages from far-off regions.

To develop this synergy among cognate language literatures and to provide first hand exposure to writers and translators from one language to other traditions in a given region, Regional Boards were set up.

Each board recommends regional literary programmes, translation workshops, publication of dictionaries containing literary terms among the languages of the region. Conveners of the languages of the region will be the members of the board.

The Regional Board also prepares for publication a journal brought out once a year. Dakshina by Southern Board, Uttara by Northern, Prachi by Eastern and Paschim by Western.

MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL BOARDS [2018-2022]