Chandigarh, March 18- The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today called upon the newly appointed President of Kendriya Sahitya Akademi, Sh. Madhav Kaushik at his residence.  On this occasion, the Chief Minister extended his warm wishes to Sh. Madhav Kaushik on being appointed as the President of Kendriya Sahitya Akademi.

Chief Minister said that Sh. Kaushik is a litterateur associated with the soil of Haryana. He will certainly play key  role in expanding Haryanvi culture.

While expressing gratitude to the Chief Minister, Sh. Kaushik said that he will always be grateful to the Haryana Government for honouring him with the lifetime Sahitya Sadhana Award.  He said that the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi and Haryana Sahitya Akademi would jointly organize national and international literature conferences so that writers associated with the literary field could get a better platform.  On this occasion, Sh. Kaushik also presented self written books to the Chief Minister.

On this occasion, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Director General of Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture, Dr. Amit Agrawal, President of Haryana Sahitya Academy, Dr. Chandra Trikha were also present.