SAHITYA AKADEMI

SAHITYA AKADEMI CHANDIGARH Under the aegis of Department of Culture Affairs To encourage and promote study and research in the field of literature.To promote co-operation among men of literature and literary associations, and to encourage establishment and development of such associations. To publish and to promote publication of literature including monographs, journals act. To foster cultural contacts within the country and also with other countries through exchange of personnel. To encourage popularization of literature of Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English in the union Territory. To maintain liaison with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and other literary organizations in the neighboring states and in order to achieve these aims and objectives, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi gives Grant –in – Aid to the authors of Chandigarh to get their manuscripts published in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and English every year.