All colleges should purchase books from market only after obtaining permission from Hindi Granth Akademi. As far as possible, books will be provided by Akademi itself. This was stated by Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta at a meeting of working committee and management board of the Akademi on Monday.
The Higher Education Minister said that audit of the Akademi should be made regularly. He said that books of medical and engineering courses should also be translated in Hindi. Subjects of essays to be published in Rachna magazine should be pre-determined.
The meeting decided to increase medical allowance of Akademi’s employees from `500 to `750. Gupta said that royalty amount should be deposited directly in bank accounts of writers. He directed to distribute Shankar Dayal Sharma Srijan Samman at the earliest.
Gupta said that every possible effort should be made to make the Akademi self-reliant. For this, marketing should be made at every level.
He said that stall should be erected on the premises of Bhopal Mela with the cooperation of Bhopal Utsav Mela Samiti. Seminar should also be held at the stall. Gupta said that members should give suggestions for improvement in Akademi.
Principal Secretary Higher Education KK Singh, Akademi’s Director SV Goswami, vice chancellor of Sagar University Shridhar Paradkar and committee’s members attended the meeting.