A series of programme Samvad was started by Sahitya Akademi to honour Fellows of the Sahitya Akademi so that readers and lovers of literature have an opportunity to hear the author read from his or her own works. In the same programme a panel of critics and writers discuss various facets of the author's work, to which the author may respond. Till date the following `Fellows' of Sahitya Akademi have been invited:

• Sri Arjan Hasid on 21 July 2013, Ahmedabad.
• Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhary on 20 July 2013, Ahmedabad.
• Prof.(Dr.) Satya Vrat Shastri on 16 July 2013, New Delhi.
• Kedarnath Singh on 15 November 2011, Kolkata.
• Chandranath Mishra Amar on 12 October 2011, Darbhanga.
• Kunwar Narain on 20 December 2010, New Delhi.
• Bholabhai Patel on 26 November 2010, Ahmedabad.
• Gopi Chand Narang on 11 February 2010, New Delhi.
• Ramakanta Rath on 5 June 2009, Bhubaneswar.
• Anita Desai on 30 November 2007, New Delhi.
• Ravindra Kelekar on 6 October 2007, Goa.
• Kartar Singh Duggal on 5 May 2007, New Delhi.
• Manoj Das on 25 January 2009, Bhubaneswar.
• Vishnu Prabhakar on 16 May 2006, New Delhi.
• Nilamani Phookan on 31 October 2005, Dibrugarh.
• Bh. Krishnamurti on 20 June 2005, Hyderabad.
• Nilmani Phookan on 24 April 2002, Guwahati.
• N. Khelchandra Singh on 2 May 1999, Imphal.
• Rajendra Keshavlal Shah on 22 July 1999, Ahmedabad.
• Ram Vilas Sharma on 5 May, 1999, New Delhi
• Syed Abdul Malik on 1 May, 1999, Guwahati
• Gunturu Seshendra Sharma on 19 July 1999, Hyderabad.
• K.S. Narasimha Swamy on 17 July 1999, Bangalore.
• Vidya Niwas Misra on 27 March 1997, New Delhi.
• Satchidananda Rautroy on 9 January 1997, Cuttack.
• D. Jayakanthan on 30 December 1996, Chennai.
• Subhas Mukhopadhyay on 24 December 1996, Kolkata.
• Krishna Sobti on 23 December 1996, New Delhi.
• P.T. Narasimhachar on 2 December 1995, Melkoie.
• Harbhajan Singh on 6 November 1994, New Delhi.
• V. B. Kolte on 17 September 1994, Nagpur.
• Baba Nagarjun on 5 August 1994, New Delhi.