Question: Who amongst the following has been recently elected as the new president of Sahitya Akademi?
(a) Pratibha Roy
(b) Bhalchand Nemade
(c) Madhav Kaushik
(d) Prof. Chandrasekhar Kalbar
Answer: (d)
related Facts:
- On February 12th, 2018, famous Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar was elected the new president of Sahitya Akademi.
- He is the third Kannada litterateur to be the President of the Sahitya Akademi.
- Earlier, Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Anantamurthy (1993) have served as president.
- At this post will replace Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari.
- Till Year 2013-18 Prof. Kambar was the Vice President of Sahitya Akademi.
- Hindi poet Madhav Kaushik was elected its vice-president.
- These two will have tenure of five years.
- It is known that Sahitya Akademi was established on March 12th, 1954.
Reference:
http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/aboutus/about.jsp
http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/festival/pdf/fol-12-2-18_PressRelease.pdf
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kambar-is-sahitya-akademi-president/article22730795.ece