Bhagyesh Jha is new chairman of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi

Bhagyesh Jha, retired IAS officer and writer, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi for two years. The akademi functions  under the Department of Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities, Government of Gujarat. Educationist and writer Dr Jayendra Singh Jadav, who is known as the Akademi's registrar, has been repeated. On the completion of the term of the current chairman of the Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Padma Shri Vishnu Pandya, Bhagyash Jha has been appointed on his place.