Report on Swachta Pakhwada [16-30 April 2017]

1. Report on
16-30 April 2017

4. The celebration of Swachhta Pakhwada started
with the pledge taking ceremony held on
17.04.2017 by the staff of the Sahitya Akademi
at Head Office & Sales Section, Mandir Marg,
New Delhi, Regional Office’s at Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bengaluru and Sub-Office Chennai.
Cleanliness drive at Regional Office Bengaluru.

7. Cleaning of godown at Sub-Office,
Chennai.
Essay writing and poetry competitions
among the staff in Sub-Office Chennai
Cleanliness drive at Regional Office
Bengaluru.

9. The cleanliness drive taken up in the morning by
the staff of the Sahitya Akademi in the Rabindra
Bhavan Complex.
In the evening an Essay Competition on ''
'' in Hindi was
organized at Head office.

12. A debate competition on
was organized at Head
office, New Delhi.
Lecture by Dr. Muhilai Rjapandian
at Sub-Office Chennai

15. A symposium on ''Environmental
Cleanliness and Literature'' was
organized at Head office, New Delhi. Dr.
Shyam Singh 'Shashi' was in the Chair,
Sri Parmanand Panchal, Sri Baldev
Vanshi, Sri Banwari and Sri Ashok Kumar
Jyoti were among the paper readers.
Lecture by Dr. HSM Prakash, Eminent
Geologist, writer and translator at
Regional Office Bangalore

19. Sri Baldev Bhai Sharma, Chairman, National Book Trust, India was invited to deliver a talk on Swachta. He
emphasized the need of the cleanliness in daily life at personal and professional levels. Sri Baldev Bhai Sharma
facilitated the winners of the Essay and Debate competition by handing over the 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes. He
appreciated the efforts of the Sahitya Akademi and its staff to make the Swachhta Pakhwada a successful event.
Poetry Recitation by Satff at Regional Office Bangalore
Cleaning of Sub-office, Chennai premises
Cleanliness drive at Reigonal Office Kolkata.