Sahitya Akademi Award Citations: A Bibliometric Study (2006-2015)

The present study is the bibliometric analysis of trends of literary awards conferred by Sahitya Akademi (National Akademi of Letters). The study is based on the data for 10 years of Sahitya Akademi awards (2006-2015). During this period a total 236 awards were given. The study includes subject/genre wise awards in 24 Indian languages including English, recognized by the Sahitya Akademi. The study reveals that most of the awards have been conferred for poetry writings (78 out of 236), followed by novel (54) and short stories (39). It also reveals that the least award, i.e., only one award has been given for narrative history writing.