- In a first such incident in the history of Lalit Kala Akademi, the services of its secretary Sudhakar Sharma have been terminated by the prestigious arts body's outgoing chairman Ashok Vajpayee.
- Dr. Sharma was dissmissed“on the charges of non-compliance of several decisions, not upgrading his own subordinates, and not doing enough in spite of instructions that includes holding of triennial in November 2011.
