Consider the following statements : 1. The National School of Drama was set up by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1959. 2. The highest honour conferred by the Sahitya Akademi on a writer is by electing him its Fellow. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Statement 1 is correct: the National School of Drama was established in 1959 as a constituent unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi and later became an autonomous institution in 1975 [1]. Statement 2 is also correct: the Sahitya Akademi not only confers annual Sahitya Akademi Awards for literary works but separately elects distinguished writers as Fellows — a distinct and much rarer honour that functions as the Akademi’s highest recognition for lifetime literary contribution, above the regular awards [2]. Therefore both statements are true.

Sources

1. [1] https://bengaluru.nsd.gov.in/NSD-Delhi
2. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award