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[[File:Vipool Kalyani.JPG|thumb|Vipool Kalyani, the incumbent president]]
The '''Gujarati Literary Academy''' (GLA), previously '''Gujarati Sahitya Mandal''', is a charity based and registered in the UK and a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of Gujarati Literature and language by the [[diaspora]] Gujarati writers and poets from all over the world, without attaching any significance to caste, religion, sects or perceived national differences". It is also otherwise known as the Gujarati Sahitya Academy, not to be confused with the Gujarat State government's Gujarat Sahitya Academy in India.

The Academy was founded in London on 12 February 1977, by winding up the then successful group ‘Gujrati Sahitya Mandal’, which was run by Dahyabhai Patel as President and Yogesh Patel as its Secretary, to forge ahead with even greater ambitions, including the project of delivery of Gujarati language and literature courses outside India. Its first President was late Kavi Dahyabhai Patel. Since Vipool Kalyani took the reins as its Secretary General, the Academy moved forward with great vision and activities.{{Fact{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}}} Its current president is Vipool Kalyani, who is one of the founding members<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://glauk.org/about-us/|publisher=Gujarati Literary Academy|accessdate=March 21, 2013|language=Gujarati}}</ref> of the organisation and is a renowned journalist who has been editing 'Opinion', a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] journal. Mrs. Bhadra Vadgama is its Secretary General, who is also a translator of Gujrati literary works and a librarian of repute.

The GLA publishes irregularly its journal ''Ashmita'', and some anthologies from time to time. It has also published Gujarati Language text books for its courses and examinations. The GLA examination programme was recognized by the Gujarat State Government, and the decree was signed by the then Gujarat Minister of Education, Mr Karshandas Soneri.

The GLA has organized countless events over the years. The speakers have included hundreds of well known literary names in the Gujarati literature, including [[Umashankar Joshi]], Darshak, Niranjan Bhagat, Raghuvir Chowdhury, Yashwant Shukla, Chief minister of Gujarat Late Chimanbhai Patel, and many more. A former UK Education Minister Rhodes Boyson, Keith Vaz MP, Lord Desai,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Millennium and Gandhi|url=http://www.hcilondon.in/indiadigest/Issue309/pdf/6.pdf|accessdate=March 21, 2013|newspaper=India Digest|date=March 15, 2010|author=High Commission of India|page=6|format=pdf}}</ref> Lord Dholakia, Lord Parekh, and many others also have spoken from its platform.

The society also organises several competitions, including its short story competition for the [[diaspora]] Gujarati writers.

==Past presidents==
*Late Kavi Dahyabhai Patel
*Balwant Nayak
*Yogesh Patel
*Popatlal Jariwala
*Vallabh Nadha
*Bhadra Vadgama
*Dr. Anil Kagalwala

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://gujaratilexicon.com/media/2520.pdf Gujarati Lexicon Project]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZXNTOtedA Poet Anil Joshi at YouTube]
*[http://companycheck.co.uk/company/04111485 Company registration]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320194821/http://www.192.com/atoz/business/wembley-ha0/charities-and-charitable-organisations/gujarati-literary-academy-limited/a017267aa47354f4a55c4567cc07732a5288301f/comp/ Charitable status]
*Scribd [https://www.scribd.com/doc/8735685/Gujarati-Literary-Academy-2]
*School reference: Swaminarayan School Neasdon [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006012743/http://mandir.org/school/index.htm]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRNlN6OPFZc Example of events - Agnay]

[[Category:Gujarati literature]]
[[Category:Poetry organizations]]
[[Category:Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Indian writers' organisations]]

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