bhopal on the lines of urdu sanskrit and sindhi state government has constituted bhojpur and punjabi sahitya academies these academies will be run by madhya pradesh culture department they have been constituted in view of active presence of bhojpuri and punjabi communities in madhya pradesh and their creative activities according to a press release here on wednesday bhojpuri and punjabi communities have added to cultural diversity of madhya pradesh and have given valuable contribution to states cultural social literary and art concerns constitution of bhojpuri sahitya akademi and punjabi sahitya akademi will be formulated for promotion of various literatures and dialects madhya pradesh culture department is already running kalidas sanskrit akademi hindi granth akademi marathi sahitya akademi sindhi sahitya akademi and adivasi lok kala evam boli vikas akademi at present offices of both akademies are housed in mulla ramoozi sanskriti bhavan hari bhatnagar has been appointed director of punjabi sahitya akademi and naval shukla as director bhojpuri sahitya akademi