 Its first secretary, Kusum Chaturvedi, published a regular journal "Naya Mandand" which established a reputation for its special numbers on women, postmodernism, Dalit Sahitya, among others.Its articles and research papers are acclaimed in Hindi and Indian languages literature.After the death of Kusum Chaturvedi, a connoisseur of literature, Gyan Datta Chaturvedi became the secretary.