Port Blair, Aug. 7: The Department of Art & Culture, A&N Administration invites application from the eminent persons in the field of letters for nomination as representative from Union Territory of A&N Islands in the General Council of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. He or she should be a distinguished person in the field of letters who can speak with authority on the language and literature which he/she represents. Application in plain paper along with bio-data and details of literary works should reach to the office of the Director (Art & Culture), A&N Administration, Cellular Jail Complex, Port Blair on or before 16th August 2012. Sahitya Akademi is a national body for promoting and coordinating literary activities. The supreme authority of the Sahitya Akademi is vested in the General Council, which is elected once in every five years.