<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 ." </P> <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 ." and the first Council made a number of recommendations to amend the Akademi's governing Constitution, including proposals to have the Chairman elected by the Council and not appointed by the Government . Some of these suggestions were incorporated, and the Akademi was constituted as a society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, as it had not originally been incorporated by an Act of Parliament, but by an executive order . The Council was reconstituted and elected Prime Minister Nehru as its president, and he continued in that capacity until his death in 1964 . </P> <P> Subsequent presidents of the Sahitya Akademi have included S. Radhakrishnan (1958) who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru after serving as the Vice-President along with him; Zakir Hussain (1963); Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (1967); K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar (1969, and re-elected in 1973); Umashankar Joshi (1978); Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1983); U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993); Ramakanta Rath (1998); and Gopi Chand Narang (2003). Sunil Gangopadhyay was elected president in 2008, and held office until his death in 2012 . The current President of the Akademi is Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari . The Akademi has never elected a female president in its sixty - five years of existence, although in 2003, Mahasweta Devi unsuccessfully contested against Gopi Chand Narang for the position . </P> <P> The Sahitya Akademi was constituted by the Government of India by a resolution passed on December 15, 1952 . It was formally inaugurated on March 12, 1954 . It initially functioned under executive order, but was subsequently registered as a society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 . 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 . The General Council is empowered to elect a President and Vice-President, from a panel of three candidates chosen by the Executive Board . 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 . </P>

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