The events are mostly organized by the Akademi on the basis of recommendations by the Language Advisory Boards. The Akademi also has its own Programme Committee that recommends programmes.

Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, Sukumar Sen in the Akademi function Calendars are drawn up well in advance to give sufficient publicity to the programmes and adequate notice to the participants.

FORTHCOMING PROGRAMMES page up
Date	Occasion	Venue
November 2004	Kabir Festival (Singing, Talks)	Allahabad
3-5 December 2004 10-12 December 2004	Seminar on New Voices	Bhubaneswar Ahmedabad
First week of December 2004	3-day Tribal Writers' Conference	Chhattisgarh
December 2004	Visit of Writers' Delegation to Pakistan
17 December 2004	All India Mushaira	Goa
18 December 2004	Film Festival	Goa
21 December 2004	Release of Golden Jubilee Commemorative Postage Stamp	New Delhi
4-6 January 2005	Shankardev Folklore Festival: Talks, Singing, Performances (North-East)	Guwahati
10 - 11 January 2005	Seminar on Pravasi Bharatiya Hindi Sahitya Lekhan Tatha Bharatiya Hindi Lekhan Ke Beech Sambandh Setu	New Delhi
28-30 January 2005	All India Women Writers' Meet	Hyderabad
18 - 20 February 2005	South Asian Literary Festival	Delhi
March, 2005	Poets' Meet	Sikkim
March/April, 2005	Lal Ded Festival	Srinagar

CALENDER OF EVENTSpage up
Date	Occasion	Venue
3 January 2005	Five Decades (A Short History of Sahitya Akademi : 1954 – 2004) released. The Hon’ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, formally received the first copy of this prestigious publication from the hands of Professor Gopi Chand Narang, President of the Akademi. President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who had earlier read the book, called it “a beautiful book … an important contribution … a brilliant historical study … great history of Sahitya Akademi’s five decades …” Earlier the Akademi President, Professor Gopi Chand Narang introduced the book as “a critical history … a prestigious publication … an objective and balanced evaluation of the work done by the Akademi …” The short but dignified function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan was attended by eminent writers and personalities among whom were Sri I. K. Gujral, former Prime Minister, Smt. Sheela Gujral, Dr. Giriraj Kishore, Professor Indra Nath Choudhuri, Sri K. Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Smt. Padma Sachdev, Sri Karanjit Singh and Professor K. Satchidanandan, Secretary of the Akademi. Dr. D. S. Rao, the author of the book, was also present on the occasion. The book is a short history of the Sahitya Akademi spanning 50 years and marks the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Akademi. While the different chapters detail the growth of the Akademi over the decades, the Appendices carry its Constitution, names of Officers, Members, Award-winners and Fellows. The book also carries historic photographs taken during the inauguration and various activities of the institution as also facsimiles of rare letters and documents from the Akademi Archives. The well-produced book is expected to generate a lot of interest among writers, scholars and journalists as an objective assessment of the Akademi’s role in promoting Indian literature.	New Delhi
1 December 2004	A programme was held in collaboration with Seher and India International Centre. Sri Om Prakash Rai presented Sur-Gayan while Professor Manager Pandey introduced the theme.	New Delhi
21 December 2004	A function to release the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Commemorative Stamp was held. Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications and IT, released the Stamp while Sri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Culture, received the Stamp. Professor Gopi Chand Narang, President, Sahitya Akademi, presided and Professor K. Satchidanandan, Secretary, welcomed the gathering. Sri Sunil Gangopadhyay, Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi offered a vote of thanks. The function was followed by an Odissi Recital by the eminent dancer Sharon Lowen.	New Delhi
4 November 2004	During the Vigilance Awareness Week observed by the Sahitya Akademi, employees took oath on 4 November 2004 and Sri K.C. Gupta, Under Secretary, Ministry of Culture, gave a lecture on the subject on 5 November 2004.	New Delhi
4 November 2004	During the Vigilance Awareness Week observed by the Sahitya Akademi, employees took oath on 4 November 2004 and Sri K.C. Gupta, Under Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, gave a lecture on the subject on 5 November 2004.	New Delhi
1 November 2004	A programme was held to inaugurate the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Akademi. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the celebrations and presented the Akademi Fellowships to newly elected Fellows, namely Sri Vijay Dan Detha, Sri Bh. Krishnamurti, Professor U.R. Anantha Murthy, Smt. Amrita Pritam and Sri Sankha Ghosh, and Honorary Fellowship to Professor E.P. Chelyshev and felicitated the existing fellows. He also gave away the Golden Jubilee Life Time Achievement Award to Sri Namdeo Dhasal and the Young Writers’ Awards to Smt. Mandakranta Sen, Sri Ranjit Hoskote, Ms. Neelakshi Singh, Sri Abdul Rasheed and Ms. S. Sithara. Dr. S. Jaipal Reddy was the guest of honour. Professor Gopi Chand Narang, President, Sahitya Akademi, welcomed the gathering and gave the presidential address. Professor K. Satchidanandan, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, proposed a vote of thanks. The presentation ceremony was preceded by an invocation by Sri Madhup Mudgal and followed by screening of excerpts of a film on the Akademi directed by Gulzar. Later in the evening, the famous ghazal singer, Sri Jagjit Singh, gave a concert at Kamani auditorium.	New Delhi
1 November 2004	A programme was held to inaugurate the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Akademi. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the celebrations and presented the Akademi Fellowships to newly elected Fellows, namely Sri Vijay Dan Detha, Sri Bh. Krishnamurti, Prof. U.R. Anantha Murthy, Smt. Amrita Pritam and Sri Sankha Ghosh, and Honorary Fellowship to Sri E.P. Chelyshev and felicitated the existing fellows. He also gave away the Golden Jubilee Life Time Achievement Award to Sri Namdeo Dhasal and the Young Writers' Awards to Smt. Mandakranta Sen, Sri Ranjit Hoskote, Ms. Neelakshi Singh, Sri Abdul Rasheed and Ms. S. Sithara. Dr. S. Jaipal Reddy was the guest of honour while Professor Gopi Chand Narang, President, Sahitya Akademi, welcomed the gathering and Sri K. Satchidanandan, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, proposed a vote of thanks. The presentation ceremony was preceded by an invocation by Sri Madhup Mudgal and followed by screening of excerpts of a film on the Akademi directed by Gulzar.	New Delhi
14-22 September 2004	Annual Hindi week was observed in which various written competitions and debates were organised for the staff . Sri Kedar Nath Singh, eminent Hindi writer, inaugurated the programme and Sri Manager Pandey participated in the valedictory programme	New Delhi
24 July 2004	An evening of Urdu poetry was held wherein Ibrahim Ashk, Athar Aziz, Rajesh Reddy, Abdul Ahad Saaz, Shamim Tariq and Hamid Iqbal Siddiqi participated	Mumbai
19 July 2004	Video films on Mahasveta Devi, Bhisham Sahani and Vinda Karandikar, produced by the Akademi, were screened as a part of week long literary celebration ‘Lokotsava'.	Mumbai
9 April 2004	Mushaira Jashn-e-Bahar programme was held as part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Akademi. Najma Heptullah was the chief guest. Gopi Chand Narang, President, Sahitya Akademi, presided over the function. Poets form India, Pakistan, China and Gulf countries participated.	New Delhi
3 ­7 November 2003	The Vigilance Awareness Week was observed by the Sahitya Akademi, where in the staff members participated in essay competitions etc.	New Delhi
12-19 September 2003	Annual Hindi week was observed in which various written competitions and debates were organised for the staff. Sri Maheep Singh, eminent Hindi writer inaugurated the programme and Ms. Krishna Sobti, eminent Hindi writer and Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi, participated in the valedictory programme.	New Delhi
25 August 2003	A Documentary Film was screened on Mahasveta Devi, directed by Sandip Ray.	Kolkata
24 December 2002	A Film was screened on Sri Dharamveer Bharati	Mumbai
7 November 2002	During the Vigilance Awareness Week observed by the Sahitya Akademi, Sri A.K. Agarwal delivered a lecture on the subject and the Akademi Staff members interacted with him.	New Delhi
31 October to 5 November 2001	The Akademi observed Vigilance Awarness Week	New Delhi
31 October to 1 November 2000	The Akademi observed Vigilance Awarness Week	New Delhi
14 - 20 September 2000	The Akademi observed Hindi Week at the Head office and its Regional office	New Delhi
12 August 2000	Imaging the word: A screening of films on Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay and Navakanta Barua.	Mumbai
14 June 2000	Films on Dharamveer Bharati and Narayan Surve were screened in collaboration with Hokwangmaya Griha	Mumbai
22-24 February 2000	Seminar (details to be worked out)
21 February 2001	Samvatsar Lecture by Sri Niranjan Bhagat
21 February 2001	Writers' Meet where Award-winners will speak
20 February 2001	Awards Presentation Ceremony
19 February 2001	Akademi 2000 Exhibition
19 to 24 February 2001	Festival of Letters - 2001
19 to 21 September 2000	National Seminar on Jeebanananda Das at Calcutta
7 September 2000	Meet the Author Programme with Sri Kamaleshwar at New Delhi.
30-31 August & 1 September 2000	Translation Short Story Workshop in Kashmiri at Srinagar
19 August 2000	Lecture by Dr. Raja Ramanna in our Antaral Series at New Delhi.
5 August 2000	Translators' and Bhasha Samman Awardees Meet at New Delhi.
4 August 2000	Release of the first five books in our Tribal literature series at New Delhi.
4 August 2000	Presentation of 1999 Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman to four Scholars and Translation Prizes to 18 Translators at New Delhi.
26 July 2000	Lecture by Sri Jayant Narlikar under our Antaral Series at New Delhi.
19 July 2000	Release of Smt. Padma Sachdeva's book A Handful of Sun by Dr. Karan Singh at New Delhi.
6 July 2000	Presentation of Sahitya Akademi Fellowship to Prof R. N. Dandekar at Pune.