At the time of its foundation, the Akademi had 30 members in its "Karma Samiti" (Working Committee) and 78 in "Sadharan Parishad" (General Council) including the government delegation. The Chairman is called "Sabhapati" and "Vice-Chairman" is called "Saha-Sabhapati". Members, officially known as "Sadasyas", remain in the Akademi for life. However, any member can resign from his office by his will. In 2007, after the Nandigram massacre, some of Akademi members including Sankha Ghosh and Ashru Kumar Sikdar resigned from the Akademi. There is also a post of Secretary, or "Sachib", who is the chief governmental delegation at the Akademi. The office of the Secretary of the Akademi is held by Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay since its inception.