Sahitya akademicordially invite you to a MULTILINGUAL POETS’ MEET on the occasion of INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAYThursday, 21 February 2019Sahitya Akademi Conference Hall, Third FloorRabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi

RSVP: 011-23387064/23073002, E-mail: secretary@sahitya-akademi.gov.in, Website: www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in, Live Webcast: http://goo.gl/py/7FYD

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 21 February 2019Inaugural Session: 10.30 am – 11.30 am

Welcome Address : K. Sreenivasarao Secretary, Sahitya Akademi

Inaugural Address : Leeladhar Jagoori Eminent Hindi Writer

Guest of Honour : Rahul Dev Eminent Journalist

Presidential Address : Madhav Kaushik Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi

Vote of Thanks

Tea

First Session: 11.45 am – 1.00 pm Chair : Sheen Kaaf Nizam Readings : Rajeev Barua (Assamese) Adnan Kafeel Darwesh (Hindi) Lalitha Siddabasavaiah (Kannada) Narendra Debbarma (Kokborok) Nadim Shoqia (Kashmiri) Mahendra Kadam (Marathi) Jagdeep Sidhu (Punjabi)

Lunch

Second Session: 2.00 pm – 3.15 pm Chair : Vanita Readings : Devakanta Ramchiary (Bodo) Bibhas Roy Chowdhury (Bengali) Roshan Bral (Dogri) Mohan Himthani (Sindhi) Mamidi Harikrishna (Telugu) Salim Saleem (Urdu)

Tea

Third Session: 3.30 pm – 4.45 pm Chair : Aziz Hajini Readings : Amit Shankar Saha (English) Joysing Tokbi (Karbi) Nutan Sakhardande (Konkani) K.V. Ramakrishnan (Malayalam) I. Deven Singh (Manipuri) Surya Mishra (Odia) Arvind Tiwari (Sanskrit) Fourth Session: 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm Chair : Darshan Darshi Readings : Esha Dadawala (Gujarati) Neelmadhav Choudhary (Maithili) Dipok Doley (Mising) Uttam Kumar Chhetri (Nepali) Roshan Bafna (Rajasthani) Damayanti Beshra (Santali) Ambaadhavan (Tamil)

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 21 February 2019Inaugural Session: 10.30 am – 11.30 am

Welcome Address : K. Sreenivasarao Secretary, Sahitya Akademi

Inaugural Address : Leeladhar Jagoori Eminent Hindi Writer

Guest of Honour : Rahul Dev Eminent Journalist

Presidential Address : Madhav Kaushik Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi

Vote of Thanks

Tea

First Session: 11.45 am – 1.00 pm Chair : Sheen Kaaf Nizam Readings : Rajeev Barua (Assamese) Adnan Kafeel Darwesh (Hindi) Lalitha Siddabasavaiah (Kannada) Narendra Debbarma (Kokborok) Nadim Shoqia (Kashmiri) Mahendra Kadam (Marathi) Jagdeep Sidhu (Punjabi)

Lunch

Second Session: 2.00 pm – 3.15 pm Chair : Vanita Readings : Devakanta Ramchiary (Bodo) Bibhas Roy Chowdhury (Bengali) Roshan Bral (Dogri) Mohan Himthani (Sindhi) Mamidi Harikrishna (Telugu) Salim Saleem (Urdu)

Tea

Third Session: 3.30 pm – 4.45 pm Chair : Aziz Hajini Readings : Amit Shankar Saha (English) Joysing Tokbi (Karbi) Nutan Sakhardande (Konkani) K.V. Ramakrishnan (Malayalam) I. Deven Singh (Manipuri) Surya Mishra (Odia) Arvind Tiwari (Sanskrit) Fourth Session: 4.45 pm – 6.00 pm Chair : Darshan Darshi Readings : Esha Dadawala (Gujarati) Neelmadhav Choudhary (Maithili) Dipok Doley (Mising) Uttam Kumar Chhetri (Nepali) Roshan Bafna (Rajasthani) Damayanti Beshra (Santali) Ambaadhavan (Tamil)

Sahitya akademicordially invite you to a MULTILINGUAL POETS’ MEET on the occasion of INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAYThursday, 21 February 2019Sahitya Akademi Conference Hall, Third FloorRabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi

RSVP: 011-23387064/23073002, E-mail: secretary@sahitya-akademi.gov.in, Website: www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in, Live Webcast: http://goo.gl/py/7FYD