Ahmedabad International Literature Festival
ahmedabad international literature festival ailf annual literary festival ahmedabad gujarat india held every year november december two day ahmedabad international literature festival founded umashanker yadav organized ikon education foundation objective festival promote literacy literature bring together expert field festival invite established emerging writer publisher journalist academic reader student india abroad played instrumental role determining link gujarati indian international literature umashanker yadav pinki vyas serve director festival anurita rathore served festival curator first edition member festival advisory board include anil chavda gujarati poet arthur duff academic diti vyas writer academic vasant gadhavi former chief information commissioner gujarat festival open public inaugural ahmedabad international literature festival held november featuring author speaker various field inaugurated yogesh ghadvi gujarati novelist raghuveer chaudhari british deputy high commissioner geoff wain notable speaker madhur bhandarkar piyush mishra anuja chandramouli anil chavda vinod joshi chinu modi festival hosted session literature cinema featuring lyricist screenwriter sandeep nath filmmaker abhishek jain second edition held december ahmedabad management association ama featured around speaker festival hosted several session including gujarati cinema visual presentation written word old v new gujarati literature popularity v quality literature actor television presenter annu kapoor featured speaker commentator third edition festival inaugurated bhupendrasinh chudasama held november knowledge consortium gujarat kcg ahmedabad featuring speaker including vivek oberoi harsh brahmbhatt vishnu pandya around people attended edition first time festival launched multilanguage kavi sammelan poetrygathering featured poet gujarati hindi urdu french bengali english language fourth edition festival held november knowledge consortium gujarat inaugurated governor acharya devvrat festival hosted total session speaker notable speaker sushant singh mallika sarabhai kingshuk nag frédérick lavoie gael de kerguenec th edition ailf held session streamed online due covid pandemic th edition ahmedabad international literature festival took place three day focusing theme literature human development inauguration ceremony led dr justice kj thaker chairperson gujarat state human right commission event commenced november cee ahmedabad featured key dignitary dr sk nanda ia retd renowned actorpoet akhilendra mishra list literary festival india official website