Gujarat Sahitya Akademi

Gujarat Sahitya Akademi
ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી
	logo of Akademi
	Akademi headquarters in Gandhinagar
Formation	24 September 1981
Founder	Government of Gujarat
Type	Literary institution
Purpose	Literary and language development
Headquarters	Abhilekhagar Bhavan, Sector-17, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Coordinates	23°13′28″N 72°39′16″E / 23.224431°N 72.654421°E
Fields	Gujarati literature
Chairman	Vishnu Pandya
Registrar	Jayendrasinh Jadav
Main organ	Shabdasrishti
Affiliations	Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat
Website	sahityaacademy.gujarat.gov.in

The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi (Gujarati: ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમી) or Gujarat Sahitya Academy, established in 1981, is a government institution dedicated to the development of the languages spoken in Gujarat, India and their literature. Gujarati, an official language of Gujarat, is one of them; the others are Hindi, Sanskrit, Kutchi, Sindhi and Urdu. As of 2022^[update], Bhagyesh Jha is the chairman of the Akademi.^[1]

^ ભાગ્યેશ જહા ફરી ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમીના અધ્યક્ષ બન્યા. janmabhoominewspapers.com. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

[Janmbhoomi-1] ભાગ્યેશ જહા ફરી ગુજરાત સાહિત્ય અકાદમીના અધ્યક્ષ બન્યા. janmabhoominewspapers.com. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

[1]