- The 27th Saraswati Samman was conferred upon eminent Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra on January 22, 2019.
- Organised by the K K Birla Foundation, the award for 2017 was given to Yashaschandra for his poetry collection, ‘Vakhar’, published in 2009.
- The announcement regarding the prize had been made in April 2018.
