Cultural Exchange Programmes
Any and every culture grows only when there is an exchange and interaction with other cultures. Knowledge is taken and given and this is very true of every cultural paradigm.
Sahitya Akademi has been undertaking Cultural Exchange programmes with the literary institutions of various countries across the globe for more than three decades.
Sahitya Akademi sends writers’ delegations to various countries to participate in the Cultural Exchange Programmes and also received writers’ delegations from various countries.
Writers for these delegations are chosen by the President of Sahitya Akademi in consultation with experts across the spectrum. These writers’ delegations are approved by the Ministry of Culture before each and every Cultural Exchange visit.
Sahitya Akademi participates in the Festivals of India Abroad organized by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India from time to time.
The Akademi nominates writers for these exchanges and festivals and promotes translations from foreign language into Indian language and vice versa to promote understanding between different Cultures. The Akademi has published some anthologies and individual works under the scheme. This is a fast-expanding area of activity of the Akademi.
Sahitya Akademi also coordinates, collaborates and cooperates with several international institutions such as UNESCO & Union Academique Internationale (UAI). In fact, Sahitya Akademi is the only Indian institution to be part of UAI.
Collaboration with the UNESCO
Five decades ago, Sahitya Akademi collaborated with the UNESCO, Paris in the implementation of Unesco’s major project of Mutual Appreciation of Eastern and Western Cultural Values, and has also maintained contact with several literary and cultural institutions in foreign countries to encourage better appreciation of Indian literature abroad.
At that time, besides advising on matters of common interest, the Akademi has prepared for Unesco the following publications:
Selections from the Adi Granth: A selection of hymns and their translation into English was made by a committee of distinguished Sikh scholars. The book with an introduction by S. Radhakrishnan, has been published by George Alien and Unwin, London, under the title Sacred Writings of the Sikhs.
The Ayodhya Canto of the Ramayana as told by Kamban: Translation into English by C. Rajagopalachari, was published by George Alien and Unwin, London, a second edition of the book was published by the Sahitya Akademi on behalf of the Unesco in 1970, and was reprinted in 1981.
All Men are Brothers: The selection by Krishna Kriplani, from the writings of Mahatma Gandhi, with an introduction by S. Radhakrishnan, was published directly by Unesco. An American edition was subsequently published. An Indian edition too was published by the Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad. The Sahitya Akademi has sponsored and published its translation in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Konkann, Malayalam, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. A low priced second edition of the Bengali version was published in 1969, for the government of West Bengal, on the occasion of the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Chemmeen: This Malayalam novel by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, which won the Akademi Award in 1957, was recommended to Unesco for translation. An English translation by V.K. Narayana Menon was published by Harpers, USA. and Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. Translations in several foreign languages have also been published.
The Puppet’s Tale: Under this title, Unesco sponsored the English translation, by S.L. Ghosh, of the well-known Bengali novel Putul Nacher Itikatha by Manik Bandyopadhyay, two editions of which have been published by the Sahitya Akademi.
Wild Bapu of Garambi: Sahitya Akademi has published for Unesco, the English translation, by lan Raeside, of the well-known Marathi novel Garambicha Bapu by S.N. Pendse. A second edition of the book was published in 1981.
Poems of Subramania Bharati: The Sahitya Akademi has published for Unesco, this English translation of select poems of the well-known Tamil poet, Bharati, is an English verse rendering, with an introduction and notes by Prema Nandakumar. A revised and popular edition was published in 1982 during the poet’s birth centenary.
UNESCO has also sponsored publication of translations of the following Indian classics in consultation with the Sahitya Akademi:
Classics In English Translation
Sanskrit classics: Chaurapanchashikha, attributed to poet Bilhana and Avimaraka (play) attributed to Bhasa. Two volumes of Kalidas works into English have been brought out.
Bengali classics: Baul songs of Bengal entitled The Mirror of the Sky; Krishnakanter Will (novel) by Bankimchandra Chatterjee; select writings of Tagore, entitled A Tagore Reader; Jagari (novel) by Satinath Bhaduri; Pather Panchali (novel) by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay and Padma Nadir Majhi (novel) by Manik Bandyopadhyay.
Hindi classics: Kavitavali and Vinay Patrika (poems) by Tulsidas; Godan (novel) by Premchand and also a Selection of Short Stories by Premchand.
Maithili classic: Love Songs of Vidyapati. Marathi classic: Janeshwari, Vols. I & II.
Urdu classic: Three Mughal Poets: Mir Sauda, Mir Hasan, Ghalib. Life and Letters, both by Ralph Russel and Khurshid-ul-Islam and Umrao Jan Ada (novel) by Ruswa.
Classics In French Translation
Bengali classics: Balaka (poems), Gora (novel) and Bhikarini and other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore; Pather Panchali (novel) by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay.
Marathi classic
Selections from Tukaram
Tamil classic
Silapadikaram
Cultural Exchange Programmes and Festivals of India Abroad
Following is the list of Cultural Exchange Programmes undertaken by Sahitya Akademi and also the Festivals of India Abroad where Sahitya Akademi participated:
Indian writers’ delegation to China under CEP (04-16 June 1993) |
1. Prof. U. R. Anantha Murthy
2. Prof. Bhalchandra Nemade 3. Smt. M. Leelavathy 4. Sri Nagen Saikia 5. Sri Girdhar Rathi (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to China for Festival of India in China(23 June to 06 July 1994) |
1. Sri Ramakanta Rath
2. Dr. G. N. Devy 3. Dr. Laxman Gaikwad 4. Dr. D. R. Nagaraj 5. Smt. Gagan Gill 6. Prof. K. Satchidanandan (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Kazakhistan to celebrate Days of Indian Literature in Kazakhistan (29 November to 05 December 1994) |
1. Prof. U. R. Anantha Murthy
2. Prof. Kedarnath Singh 3. Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar 4. Prof. Bh. Krishnamurthi 5. Smt. Padma Sachdv 6. Sri M. T. Vasudevan Nair 7. Sri Kadir Zaman 8. Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri (Secretary, Sahitya Akademi) |
Indian writers’ delegation to China (27 July to 11 August 1995) |
1. Sri M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2. Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar 3. Sri Prayag Shukla 4. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay 5. Sri O. P. Sharma, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Thailand to participate in Festival of India in Thailand (28-31 January 1996) |
1. Sri M. Y. Taing
2. Ms Krishna Sobti 3. Sri Chandrakant Keni 4. Dr. B. C. Ramachandra Sharma 5. Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Days of Indian Culture in Russia (21-25 September 1996) |
1. Dr. D. R. Nagaraj
2. Sri Manglesh Dabral 3. Smt. A. Jayaprabha 4. Smt. P.S. Vasanthi 5. Sri Kh. Prakash Singh 6. Sri N. K. Bhattacharjee (Coordinator) |
Festival of Indian culture in Bangladesh (21-25 November 1996) |
1. Sri Nilim Kumar
2. Sri P. Sachidanandan 3. Ms. Anamika 4. Sri Vivek Shanbag 5. Dr. Pratibha Ray 6. Smt. Mahasweta Devi |
Festival of Indian Literature in Berlin (10-17 June 1997) |
1. Prof. U. R. Anantha Murhty
2. Sri Nirmal Verma 3. Sri Dilip Chitre 4. Smt. Githa Hariharan |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (16-29 July 1997) |
1. Sri M. Mukundan
2. Sri K. G. Shankar Pillai 3. Ms. Volga 4. Sri Jayant Kaikini 5. Sri H. S. Shivaprakash (Coordinator) |
Days of Indian Culture in Kazakhistan (03-10 September 1997) |
1. Sri Vishnu Khare
2. Sri Motilal Saqi 3. Sri Mohammad Alvi 4. Sri Laxman Mane 5. Sri Prakash Bhatambrekar, Regional Secretary, RO, Mumbai (Coordinator) |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Sweden (08 October to 05 November 1997) |
1. Sri Ramakanta Rath
2. Sri Prabodh Parikh 3. Sri Abdul Rasheed 4. Sri Balachandran Chullikkad 5. Sri Kanji Patel 6. Sri Prasanna 7. Ms. Teji Grover 8. Ms. Pratibha Nandakumar 9. Ms. B. Chandrika 10. Prof. K. Satchidanandan (Coordinator) 11. Sri A. Krishna Murthy, Regional Secretary, RO, Bangalore (Coordinator) |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Italy (20 April to 03 May 1999) |
1. Prof. K. Satchidanandan
2. Ms. Chandrasekharan Sivasankari 3. Mr. Dibyendu Palit 4. Prof. Giriraj Kishore 5. Prof. Udaya Narayan Singh |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Jordan (07-13 August 2000) |
1. Prof. K. Enoch
2. Sri Balraj Komal |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (10-23 December 2000) |
1. Prof. Manoj Das (Leader)
2. Sri Arun Kamal 3. Sri Surjit Patar 4. Dr. Ramakumar Mukhopadhyay (Coordinator) 5. Sri Ajit Barua (Could not go due to illness) |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (24 June to 08 July 2002) |
1. Sri Shrilal Shukla
2. Smt. Abburi Chayadevi 3. Sri Ibomcha Singh 4. Dr. Vanita 5. Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari 6. Sri Keki N. Daruwalla 7. Sri Gourahari Das 8. Sri P. Sachidanandan 9. Prof. Shafi Shauq 10. Sri Nabarun Bhattacharya |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Syria (06-15 May 2004) |
1. Sri Keki N. Daruwala
2. Mrs. Nasira Sharma 3. Prof. K. Satchidanandan |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (10-23 October 2004) |
1. Prof. Bh. Krishnamoorthi
2. Sri Balraj Komal 3. Sri Dibyendu Palit 4. Dr. Giraddi Govindaraj 5. Dr. Giriraj Kishore 6. Dr. Mahip Singh 7. Dr. (Smt.) Pratibha Ray 8. Dr. Ashvin Kumar Desai 9. Smt. G. Thilakavathi 10. Sri Sylvanus Lamare |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Syria (30 September to 09 October 2005) |
1. Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, President, S.A.
2. Dr. Vijaya M. Rajadhakshya 3. Sri F.S. Ejaj 4. Sri Abdul Rasheed |
Indian Writers’ delegation to Frankfurt Book Fair (October 2005) |
1. Sri Keki N. Daruwala
2. Prof.K. Satchidanandan 3. Sri R.K. Sharma, Dy. Secretary, S.A. |
Indian writers’ delegation to Leipzig Book Fair (March 2006) |
1. Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, President, S.A. |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Mexico (August 2006) |
1. Mr. Kiran Nagarkar
2. Dr. M. Narendra 3. Mr. Akhilesh Kumar |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Germany (Akshara Project) Sept./Oct. 2006 |
1. Sri Bhupinder S. Parihar
2. Ms. Adyasha Das 3. Dr. Mogalli Ganesh 4. Ms. Rajula Shah 5. Sri Mahesh Dattani 6. Sri Maythil Radhakrishnan (could not go) 7. Sri Swapnamoy Chakravorty |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Frankfurt Book Fair (03-08 October 2006) |
1. Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, President, S.A.
2. Prof. Harish Trivedi 3. Dr. B.A. Viveka Rai 4. Prof. Alok Bhalla 5. Sri M.T. Vasudevan Nair 6. Smt. Chitra Mudgal 7. Sri Upamanyu Chatterjee, 8. Sri Gulzar 9. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay 10. Sri Leeladhar Jagoori 11. Ms. Kanimozhi Aravinthan 12. Sri A. Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. (coordinator) 13. Sri R.K. Sharma, Dy. Secretary, S.A. |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (10-19 October 2006) |
1. Dr. Balachandran Bala
2. Dr. Pushpa Bhave 3. Dr. Rambachan Roy 4. Prof. Kapil Kapoor 5. Dr. A. M. K. Shahryar 6. Sri Damodar Mauzo 7. Prof. G.H. Nayak 8. Dr. Lalit K. Mangotra 9. Sri N. Guruprasada Rao 10. Maj Gen. Himmat Singh Gill 11. Sri K.S. Rao, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (coordinator) |
Indian Writers’ delegation to Syria (09-20 December 2006) |
1. Dr. Zubair Ahamd Farooqi
2. Prof. Mohd. Zaman Azurdah 3. Sri Sheen Kaaf Nizam 4. Prof. Shafey Kidwai |
Indian Writers’ delegation to Paris |
1. Prof. Gopi Chand Narang
2. Sri Pavan K. Verma 3. Dr. Shashi Deshpande 4. Ms. Alka Saraogi 5. Sri Tarun Tejpal 6. Sri Upamanyu Chatterjee 7. Sri Amit Chaudhury 8. Prof. Mushirul Hasan 9. Sri M.T. Vasudevan Nair (could not go) 10. Sri Pradip Chhabra, Sales Manager, S.A. |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Japan (20-28 May 2007) |
1. Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, President, S.A.
2. Mr. V. Veerappa Moily 3. Dr. Chandrashekar B. Kambar 4. Mr. Sampooran Singh Gulzar 5. Prof. Harish Trivedi 6. ms. Antara Dev Sen 7. Dr. Pratibha Ray 8. Mr. Manzoor Ahtesam 9. Ms. Mamang Dai 10. Mr. A. Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. |
Indian writers’ delegation to Cuba to attend International Congress on Culture and Development (10-17 June 2007) |
1. Sri Keki N. Daruwalla
2. Sri Bharat Bharadwaj 3. Ms. Mamta Sagar 4. Sri Om Thanvi 5. Sri Nusrat Zaheer |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to China (08 to 19 September 2007) |
1. Prof. Udaya Narayan Singh (Maithili) – Leader
2. Dr. Karabi Deka Hazarika (Assamese) 3. Dr.(Ms.) Soma Bandyopadhyay (Bengali) 4. Professor Harish Narang (English) 5. Dr.K.P. Ramanunni (Malayalam) 6. Dr.Temsula Ao (North-East) 7. Sri Malchand Tiwari (Rajasthani) 8. Sri Sajid Rashid (Urdu) 9. Sri Nand Kishore Acharya (Hindi) 10. Sri A. Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. Coordinator |
Mexican Writers’ Delegation to India (28 September to 05 October 2008) |
1. Mr. Francisco Hernandez
2. Ms. Margo Glantz 3. Mr. Armando Gonzalez Torres |
Indian writers’ Delegation to China (06-14 August 2009) |
1. Smt. C. Mrunalini
2. Smt. Pratibha Nand Kumar 3. Sri Vinod Joshi 4. Sri Vasudev Mohi 5. Sri Amitabha Chakravarty 6. Smt. Gitanjali Chatterjee, Dy. Secretary (Coordinator) |
Sahitya Akademi delegation to Syria for signing of an MoU between Sahitya Akademi and Arab Writers’ Union (6-13 November 2009) |
1. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay
2. Sri Agrahara Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. 3. Sri Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Dy. Secretary, S.A. |
Indian writers’ Delegation to China to participate in Beijing International Book Fair 2010 (30 August – 03 September 2010) |
1. Prof. Sutinder Singh Noor (Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi & eminent Punjabi writer & critic)
2. Sri Tapan Bandyopadhyay (Eminent Bengali writer) 3. Sri Harsha Datta (Noted Bengali writer and critic) 4. Dr. Chandrakant Nageshwrao Patil (Well-known Marathi poet, critic and translator) 5. Dr. Maula Bakhsh Ansari (Noted Urdu critic and poet) 6. Sri Ravindra Nath Tripathy (Noted freelance writer and critic in Hindi) 7. Sri Himanshu Joshi (Eminent Hindi writer) 8. Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (Eminent Hindi critic and poet) 9. Prof. Siddaiah Kenkerebylappa (Eminent Kannada writer) 10. Dt. Viswanatha Reddy Kethu (Eminent writer and critic in Telugu) 11. Sri Scaria Mundattuchundayil Paul (Eminent Malayalam writer) 12. Ms. Mridula Behari (Noted Hindi writer) 13. Smt. Paramita Tripathy (Noted Oriya writer) 14. Ms. Rajathi Samsudeen (Eminent Tamil poet) 15. Dr. Anil Kumar Baro (Eminent Bodo writer) 16. Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Eminent Assamese fiction writer) 17. Dr. Thounaojam Chanu Ibemhal (Eminent Manipuri writer) 18. Sri Agrahara Krishna Murthy (Secretary, Sahitya Akademi) 19. Sri Rakesh Kumar Sharma (Deputy Secretary (Sales), Sahitya Akademi) 20. Sri Kruthiventi Sreenivasarao (Deputy Secretary (Admn.), Sahitya Akademi) |
Syrian writers’ delegation to India under Indo-Syrian Cultural Exchange Programme(20-30 April 2011) |
1. Dr. Rateb Sukkar (Head of the delegation)
2. Dr. Taleb Omran 3. Dr. Ghanem Bou Hamoud |
Indian writers’ Delegation to China (10-18 May 2011) |
1. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, President, S.A.
2. Smt. Swati Gangopadhyay 3. Dr. Deepak Manmohan Singh 4. Dr. Jiwan Namdung 5. Dr. Siddhaling Pattanshetti 6. Sri Jadumani Besra 7. Sri Vishwas Patil 8. Smt. Renu Mohan Bhan, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Canada to participate in Year of India in Canada(22-30 October 2011) |
1. Sri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
2. Sri Agrahara Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. 3. Sri Chandrashekhara Kambar 4. Sri Surjit Patar 5. Sri Govind Mishra 6. Sri A. Sethumadhavan 7. Sri Sheen Kaaf Nizam 8. Sri Prabodh Parikh 9. Smt. Tarannum Riyaz 10. Ms. Sebanti Ghosh 11. Sri Robin S. Ngangom 12. Sri K. Sreenivasarao, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Nepal for signing of an MoU between Sahitya Akademi and Royal Nepal Akademi as also for attending a two-day Conference on Common Languages between Nepal and India (2-4 February 2012) |
1. Sri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (Leader)
2. Dr. Jiwan Namdung 3. Prof. Udaya Narayan Singh 4. Dr. Vimlesh Kanti Verma 5. Dr. Ravindranath Srivastav 6. Sri B.I. Khamdak 7. Sri D.M. Pradhan 8. Prof. Manjula Rana 9. Sri Agrahara Krishna Murthy, Secretary, S.A. 10. Sri K. Sreenivasarao, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Chinese writers’ Delegation to India (20-25 March 2012) |
1. Mr. He Jianming (leader of the delegation)
2. Mr. Wang Bisheng 3. Mr. Wu Kejing 4. Mr. Li Junhu 5. Mr. Gao Kai 6. Mr. Hu Wei |
Indo Czech Culture Exchange Programme during the International Book Fair “Svet Knihy 2012” (16-21 May 2012) |
1. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, leader of the delegation
2. Smt. Swati Gangopadhyay 3. Sri Raman Soni 4. Sri Ramesh Chandra Shah 5. Sri Pankaj Thakur 6. Sri Agrahara Krishna Murthy, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Bangladesh for joint celebrations of the 90th Anniversary of the publication of “Bidrohi” by Kazi Nasrul Islam (25-26 May 2012) |
1. Dr. Badhan Chandra Sengupta
2. Sri Prodip Ghosh 3. Ms. Sushmita Goswami 4. Sri Nabaroon Bhattacharjee 5. Smt. Gitanjali Chatterjee, Deputy Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Korea (18-24 June 2012) |
1. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
2. Harsha Dutta |
Korean writers’ delegation to India (21-27 July 2012) |
1. Mr. Moon Taejun
2. Ms. An Heon Mi |
Indian Writers’ Delegation to Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in 9th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan (22 to 24 September 2012) |
1. Dr. Chandrakant Patil (Marathi writer)
2. Dr. Madhav Kaushik (Hindi writer and Executive Board member, Sahitya Akademi) 3. Dr. Ram Bachan Roy (Hindi poet & critic) 4. Dr. Prabhakar Shrotriya (Hindi writer) 5. Smt. Soma Bandyopadhyay (Hindi/Bengali writer) 6. Sri Brajendra Kumar Tripathi (Deputy Secretary, Sahitya Akademi) (Coordinator) |
Mauritian Writers’ delegation to India (30 September – 07 October 2012) |
1. Mr. Ramdeo Dhoorundhur
2. Mr. Swabir Goodur |
Indian writers’ delegation to participate in Frankfurt Book Fair & a Seminar on “Indian Literary Resurgence : a Publishing Perspective (10-14 October 2012) |
1. Dr. Bhalchandra Nemade
2. Ms. Chitra Lahiri 3. Smt. Gitanjali Chatterjee |
Nepali writers’ Delegation to India as per an MoU between Sahitya Akademi of India and Nepal Academy of Nepal (11-15 October 2012) |
1. Mr. Til Bikram Nembang (Bairagi Kainla)
2. Mr.Tilak Prasad Sharma 3. Dr. Sanjita Verma 4. Ms. Sulochana Manandhar Dhital 5. Mr. Bishnu Prasad Arjyal 6. Dr. Govinda Raj Bhattarai 7. Mr. Lalijan Rawal 8. Ms. Gayatri Bista 9. Ms. Reena Tuladhar 10. Mr. Gyan Hari Adhikari |
Indian writers’ delegation to Croatia (16-23 October 2012) |
1. Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra Mehta (Eminent Gujarati writer)
2. Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri (Eminent English, Hindi, Bengali writer & critic) 3. Sri Ranjit Das (Eminent Bengali writer) |
Chinese writers’ Delegation to India (31 January – 05 February 2013) |
1. Mr. Zhang Jian (Leader)
2. Mr. Jimi Pingjie 3. Ms. Ha Ruohui 4. Mr. Chang Xingang 5. Mr. Hu Wei |
Slovakian writers’ Delegation to India under CEP (15-24 March 2013) |
1. Mr. Martin Solotruk
2. Mr. Peter Sulej 3. Mr. Jan Litvak 4. Ms. Eva Lukacova |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Nepal as per an MoU between Sahitya Akademi of India and Nepal Academy of Nepal (9-15 June 2013) |
1. Sri Gangesh Gunjan (eminent Maithili writer)
2. Sri Bir Bhadra Karki Dholi (eminent Nepali writer) 3. Dr. Surya Prasad Dikshit (eminent Hindi writer) 4. Sri Prem Pradhan (eminent Nepali writer) 5. Prof. Appukuttan Aravindakshan (eminent Malayalam/Hindi scholar/writer) 6. Dr. Vashistha Dwivedi (eminent Hindi writer) |
Writers’ Delegation to Seoul (Korea) in connection with the Seoul International Book Fair 2013 (19 to 23 June 2013) |
1. Sri Leeladhar Jagoori (Eminent Hindi writer)
2. Sri Dhruba Jyoti Borah (Eminent Assamese writer) 3. Dr. M. Priyobrata Singh (Eminent Manipuri writer) 4. Dr. Basavaraj Kalgudi (Eminent Kannada writer) 5. Dr. K.S. Rao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) 6. Smt. Renu Mohan Bhan, Dy. Secretary (Admn.), Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Thailand under CEP (07-15 July 2013) |
1. Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy (Eminent Sanskrit scholar and poet)
2. Dr. Arjun Deo Charan (Eminent Rajasthani Playwright) 3. Dr. (Mrs.) Rita Shukla (Eminent Hindi fiction writer 4. Dr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Croatian writers’ delegation to India under CEP (16-23 September 2013) |
1. Mr. Nikola Petkovic
2. Ms. Nadezda Cacinovic 3. Mr. Srecko Horvat |
Indian writers’ delegation to Frankfurt in connection with the Frankfurt Book Fair (09-13 October 2013) |
1. Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, President, Sahitya Akademi
2. Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay 3. Mr. Patel Kanajibhai Rayajibhai 4. Mr. Vikram Visaji 5. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) 6. Ms. Renu Mohan Bhan, Dy. Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Peru & Cuba (Peru : 25-27 Oct. & Cuba : 29-31 Oct. 2013) in connection with a Mini Festival in Latin American countries (25-31 October 2013) |
1. Prof. K. Satchidanandan
2. Dr. Purushottam Agrawal 3. Prof. Arun Kamal 4. Prof. H.S. Shivaprakash 5. Prof. S.P. Ganguly 6. Prof. Karabi Deka Hazarika 7. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Sharjah to participate in Sharjah International Book Fair (06-16 November 2013) |
1. Dr. Madhav Kaushik
2. Sri Anwar 3. Smt. Kavita Mahajan 4. Sri Sheen Kaaf Nizam |
Literary Festival – 2013 Bhutan with Special Focus On South Asian Novel(18-20 December 2013) |
1. Sri Govind Mishra, Eminent Hindi writer
2. Ms. Prativa Ray, Eminent Odia writer 3. Sri C. Radhakrishnan, Eminent Malayalam writer |
Nepali writers’ Delegation to India as per an MoU between Sahitya Akademi of India and Nepal Academy of Nepal (19-25 December 2013) |
1. Mr. Ganga Prasad Uprety
2. Dr. Mahadev Awasthi 3. Dr. Benju Sharma 4. Mr. Ram Bharos Kapadi 5. Mr. Boond Rana 6. Mr. Sanat Regmi 7. Ms. Sandhya Pahari |
Writers’ delegation from Thailand to India under CEP (15-22 January 2014) |
1. Mr. Chart Korbjitti
2. Mr. Rewat Panpipat 3. Mr. Uthis Haemamool 4. Ms. Nardnisa Sukchit 5. Ms. Saengthiwa Narapit |
Writers’ delegation from Czech Republic to India under CEP (14-19 February 2014) |
1. Mr. Martin Vopenka
2. Mrs. Marketa Hejkalova 3. Mrs. Sylva Fischerova 4. Mrs. Blanka Skuckova 5. Mrs. Marta Hochmal |
Indian writers’ Delegation to China under the Cultural Exchange Programme(15-24 March 2014) |
1. Mr. Arunesh Kumar Mani
2. Mr. Mukunda Raju Lakkenahalli Narasegowda 3. Mr. Thomas Mathew Madapilleth 4. Ms. Esther Syiem; and 5. Mr. Brajendra Kumar Tripathi, Dy. Secy., S.A. (Coordinator) |
Participation in the IX International Poetry Festival held in Buenos Aires, Argentina(2-7 May 2014) |
1. Ms. Temsula Ao (Eminent English poet from North East) |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Germany to present Readings/Lectures organized by the Embassy of India in Berlin (Germany) (4-9 May 2014) |
1. Dr. Gopal Nakka (N. Gopi)
2. Dr. Angshuman Kar 3. Dr. Chander Dutt Trikha 4. Dr. Satish Kumar Verma |
Children’s writers’ Delegation from India to Singapore to participate in the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), 2014 (30 May to 04 June 2014) |
1. Sri Ramesh Chand Sharma (Eminent Hindi writer)
2. Ms. Leila Seth (Eminent English writer) 3. Mr. Umanath Selvan (Eminent Tamil writer) 4. Smt. Gitanjali Chatterjee, Dy. Secretary, S.A. (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ Delegation to South Africa to participate in the Hindi Literary Festival as part of Festival of India in South Africa (25-30 July 2014) |
1. Mr. Naresh Chandra Saxena (Eminent Hindi poet)
2. Mr. Om Kumar Mishra (Pen Name : Mr. Om Nishchal) (Eminent Hindi poet and critic) 3. Mr. Prem Shankar Shukla (Eminent Hindi poet) 4. Mr. Sri Bhagwan Singh (Eminent Hindi poet & critic) 5. Mr. Rewati Raman Prasad (Eminent Hindi critic) 6. Mr. Shiv Narayan Singh (Eminent Hindi poet and critic) 7. Mr. Ashok Sharma Chakradhar (Eminent Hindi poet) 8. Mr. Prem Parkash (Pen Name : Mr. Prem Jamejai) (Eminent Hindi writer) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Frankfurt in connection with the Frankfurt Book Fair (08-12 October 2014) |
1. Sri Damodar Esvonta Mauzo (Eminent Konkani writer)
2. Dr. Gourahari Das (Eminent Odia writer) 3. Sri Ramanunni Karumathil Puthanveetil (Eminent Malayalam writer) 4. Sri Balram Prem Narain (Eminent Hindi writer) 5. Dr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) 6. Smt. Renu Mohan Bhan, Deputy Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ Delegation to Russia under the Indo-Russia Cultural Exchange Programme (29 October – 05 November 2014) |
1. Prof. Varyam Singh (Eminent Hindi writer and Russian scholar)
2. Dr. Radhavallabh Tripathi (Eminent Sanskrit poet, scholar) 3. Mr. Vikram Sampath (Eminent English writer) 4. Mrs. Paramita Tripathy (Eminent Odia writer) 5. Dr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Sharjah in connection with the Sharjah International Book Fair (05-15 November 2014) |
1. Dr. Abdul Aziz Parrey (Dr. Aziz Hajini) (Eminent Kashmiri writer)
2. Sri Leela Krishnan Manappadi (Eminent Malayalam writer) 3. Prof. Vinodrai Hargovind Joshi (Vinod Joshi) (Eminent Gujarati writer) 4. Sri Rajendra Upadhyay (Eminent Hindi writer) 5. Dr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) 6. Sri Pradip Chhabra, Deputy Secretary (Sales), Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Chinese writers’ delegation to India under the Indo-Chinese Cultural Programme(25-29 November 2014) |
1. Mr. Bai Gengsheng
2. Mr. Lu Yaofeng 3. Ms. Qiu Shanshan 4. Mr. Sun Dequan 5. Ms. Ge Jing 6. Mr. Hu Wei |
Indian writers’ delegation to Mauritius under the Indo-Mauritius Cultural Programme 2010-13 (22-28 February 2015) |
1. Mr. Chander Bhan (Though nominated, he could not go due to ailment of a family member)
2. Mr. Astbhuja Shukla (Though he was to return on 28/2/15 but came back on 26 Feb. due to illness) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Malaysia to participate in Tamil Literary Festival under the Festival of India in Malaysia (03-05 April 2015) |
1. Mr. Kandasamy Santhappa Devar
2. Mr. Balasubramaniam Ponnuswamy Gounder 3. Mr. Narayan Venkat Subramanian 4. Ms. Sivakami Palanimuthu 5. Ms. Thilakavathi Govindasamy 6. Mr. Venkatesh Rathakrishnan 7. Mr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Japan to participate in the Festival of India in Japan (11-19 July 2015) |
1. Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, President, Sahitya Akademi & Eminent Hindi writer
2. Dr. Suresh Chandra Agarwal Rituparna, noted Hindi writer 3. Ms. Unita Sachidanand, noted English writer and Japanese scholar 4. Prof. Lalit Kumar Mangotra, noted Dogri writer 5. Sri Hemant Dayanand Divate, well-known Marathi writer 6. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi |
Indian writers’ delegation to China to participate in the 2nd Sino-Indian Literature Forum under the CEP (27 August to 01 September 2015) |
1. Prof. Chittaranjan Mishra (Eminent Hindi writer)
2. Dr. Sree Rama Murthy Dhenuvakonda (Eminent Telugu writer) 3. Mr. Prakash Bhatambrekar (Marathi writer) 4. Mr. Feroze Sultan Ejaz (Eminent Urdu writer) 5. Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh (Eminent Hindi writer & scholar) 6. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi |
Indian writers’ delegation to Slovenia to participate in the 30th Vilenica International Literary Festival (1-6 September 2015) |
1. Mr. Haraprasad Das
2. Mr. Sitanshu Yashaschandra Mehta 3. Mr. Sachidanandan Koyamparambath |
Indian writers’ delegation* to Frankfurt in connection with the Frankfurt Book Fair (14-17 October 2015) |
1. Mr. Jayakumar Krishnan Nair (Eminent Malayalam writer)
2. Mr. Joe Dcruz Remigius Nicholas (Eminent Tamil writer) |
Russian writers’ delegation to India under the Indo-Russian Cultural Exchange Programme (19-25 November 2015) |
1. Mr. Sergey Anatolievich Makhotin
2. Mr. Denis Vladimirovich Karasev 3. Ms. Marina Lvovna Moskvina |
Indian writers’ delegation to Mauritius to participate in Urdu Conference under Festival of India in Mauritius (26-28 November 2015) |
1. Sri Nida Fazli* (Eminent Urdu poet and lyricist)
2. Sri Chander Bhan Khayal (Eminent poet) 3. Sri Bhupinder Aziz Parihar (Eminent poet and translator) 4. Sri Rajesh Narayan Reddy (Eminent poet & ghazalkar) 5. Dr. (Mrs.) Waseem Begum (Eminent writer/scholar) 6. Prof. M. Shafey Kidwai (Eminent writer/scholar) 7. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) (*Though he had agreed, he could not join the delegation due to his personal reasons) |
Nepali writers’ Delegation to India as per an MoU between Sahitya Akademi of India and Nepal Academy of Nepal (15-21 July 2016) |
1. Dr. Bishnu Bhibhu Ghimire
2. Prof. Hemanga Raj Adhikari 3. Prof. Usha Thakur 4. Prof. Gyanu Pandey 5. Sri Matrika Pokhrel 6. Sri Hem Nath Poudel 7. Smt. Laxmi Sharma Gautam |
Chinese writers’ delegation to India to participate in the 3rd Sino-Indian Literature Forum under the CEP (21-25 August 2016) |
1. Mr. Li Hao
2. Mr. He Jianming 3. Ms. Lin Xiumei 4. Ms. Chen Yajun 5. Mr. Hu Wei |
Indian writers’ delegation to participate in Hay Festival, Segovia, Spain (22-25 September 2016) |
1. Sri Dileep Padgaonkar
2. Ms. Namita Gokhale 3. Ms. Anuradha Roy 4. Dr. A. Sethumadhavan 5. Sri Kiran Nagarkar. |
Indian writers’ delegation to London to participate in London Book Fair(14-16 March 2017) |
1. Smt. Arundhati Subramaniam (Eminent poet and writer in English)
2. Sri Yeshe Dorji Thongchi (Eminent Assamese writer) 3. Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa (Eminent Kannada writer and Fellow, Sahitya Akademi) 4. Sri Kuladhar Saikia (Eminent Assamese writer) 5. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) 6. Smt. Renu Mohan Bhan, Deputy Secretary (to attend the Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Brazil to participate in Festival of India in Brazil(04-10 September 2017) |
1. Sri K. Shiva Reddy (Eminent Telugu poet and writer)
2. Sri Shafi Shauq (Eminent Kashmiri poet) 3. Ms. Monalisa Jena (Eminent poet and translator in Odia) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Thailand to participate in a Seminar on Influence of Sanskrit & Pali on South East Asian Languages under the Festival of India in Thailand (23-27 September 2017)(The Festival was held to mark the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India & Thailand) |
1. Dr. Satyavrat Shastri, Fellow, Sahitya Akademi & Eminent Sanskrit writer
2. Prof. Kedarnath Sharma, Professor of Sanskrit, University of Jammu 3. Prof. S. Ranganath, Director, R.V. Institute, Bangalore 4. Prof. Bimalendra Kumar, Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies, Banaras Hindu University 5. Prof. Ajay Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Central University of Jammu, Jammu |
Indian writers’ delegation to Spain to participate in a Sanskrit Round Table as part of India’s 70th independence anniversary celebrations (17-21 October 2017) |
1. Prof. Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi (Eminent Sanskrit writer & theatre personality)
2. Sri Rajendra Prasad Mishra (Eminent Sanskrit writer) 3. Prof. V. Muralidhara Sharma (Eminent Sanskrit scholar and writer) 4. Dr. S.R. Leela (Eminent writer and playwright in Sanskrit & Kannada) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Israel to participate in a Festival of India to celebrate 70th Anniversary of India’s Independence (05-10 November 2017) |
1. Mr. Paul Zacharia (Sahitya Akademi Award-winner and Novelist in Malayalam)
2. Ms. Sheela Rohekar (Eminent Hindi Novelist) 3. Ms. Esther David (Sahitya Akademi Award-winner and Novelist in English) 4. Sri Jatindra Kumar Nayak (Eminent English/Odia writer) 5. Prof. Margaret Zama (Eminent Scholar from North East) 6. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (Coordinator) |
Russian writers’ delegation to India (30 January to 11 February 2018) |
1. Mr. Lev Alexandrovich Danilkin
2. Mr. Petr Mikhailovich Voltsit 3. Ms. Tatiana Moskvina |
Israeli writers’ delegation to India (12-18 February 2018) |
1. Ms. Dorit Zilberman Ginzburg
2. Ms. Adiva Kitron Geffen 3. Ms. Hava Cohen 4. Ms. Avivit Levy 5. Ms. Smadar Sidi 6. Mr. Meir Ouziel |
Sahitya Akademi’s participation in Vishwa Hindi Sammelan, Mauritius (18-20 August 2018) |
1. Sri Devendra Kumar Devesh, Officer on Special Duty (P)
2. Sri Naveen Kumar, Sales-cum-Exhibition Assistant (for Book Exhibition) |
Sahitya Akademi’s participation in Sharjah International Book Fair (31 October – 09 November 2018) |
1. Sri Baburajan S., Deputy Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Nepal to participate in Festival of India in Nepal (19-21 March 2019) |
1. Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
2. Prof. G.S.R. Murthy 3. Dr. Ramakant Pandey 4. Prof. Dipti Tripathy 5. Dr. Bharat Bhushan Rath 6. Dr. (Ms.) Paramba Shree Yogamaya 7. Dr. Janardan Hegde 8. Prof. Harekrishna Satpathy |
Indian writers’ delegation to Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) to participate in Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (24-30 April 2019) |
1. Sri Madhav Kaushik, Eminent Hindi Poet & Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi
2. Sri C. Radhakrishnan, Eminent Malayalam writer 3. Dr. P. Sivakami, Eminent Tamil writer 4. Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil, Eminent Urdu writer and scholar 5. Dr. Sarjoo Katkar, Eminent Kannada writer 6. Sri Krishna Kimbahune, Regional Secretary, RO Mumbai (Coordinator & for Book Exhibition) |
Indian writers’ delegation to Kyrgyzstan to participate in a Symposium on “Mythopoetic and Epic Pictures of the World as a form of Reflection of Reality under the 5th World Epic Festival (26-30 June 2019) |
1. Prof. Abhai Kumar Maurya (Eminent scholar of Russian & English/Hindi writer) |
Visit of Indian writers’ delegation to Portugal to participate in FOLIO Literary Festival under Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Culture of the Portuguese Republic for 2017-22 (11-15 October 2019) (under CEP) |
1. Dr. Dhruba Jyoti Borah (Eminent Assamese writer & scholar)
2. Dr. Anil Kumar Baro (Eminent Bodo writer) 3. Prof. Shyama Prasad Ganguly (Eminent Bengali & French scholar) 4. Ms. Mini Krishnan (Eminent scholar & translator in English) 5. Dr. Sreenivasarao Kruthiventi, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (as Coordinator) |
Sahitya Akademi’s participation in Sharjah International Book Fair (30 October – 09 November 2019) |
1. Sri Naveen Kumar, Sales Manager, Sahitya Akademi (for Book Exhibition) |
Visit of Indian writers’ delegation to Mexico to participate in Guadalajara International Book Fair where India was the Guest of Honour country (30 November – 08 December 2019) |
1. Sri Madhav Kaushuk (Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi & Eminent Hindi poet and ghazalkar)
2. Dr. Balvantrai Shantilal Jani (Eminent Gujarati writer) 3. Ms. Mamang Dai (Eminent writer/scholar in English) 4. Dr. K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi (as Coordinator) |