kanpur the indian institute of technology iit kanpur is organizing akshar an iit kanpur literature festival at the institute from october 14 to october 16the literature festival the first of its kind at iit kanpur is being jointly organized by the rajbhasha prakoshth the shivani centre for the nurture and reintegration of hindi and other indian languages and gaatha an audio hosting platformakshar is celebrating the commencement of the centenary year of the life and works of eminent hindi novelist gaura pant betterknown by her pen name shivani she was one of the most famous hindi novelists whose novels were read ardently by scores of readers throughout the country and also translated into other languagesthe 3day event will be graced by literary and academic personalities of the country like pushpesh pant mrinal pande prof shambhu nath tiwari and many noted poets like veeru sonkar pankaj chaturvedi naresh saxena praveen shukla shailesh gautam to name a fewon the first two days october 1415 the event will be held in the outreach auditorium iit kanpur and on the last day in the main auditorium the festival and the book fair will also be open to the public outside the institute campus in limited numbers