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Non-fiction Publication in India & the Role of Eklavya

Explore the non-fiction publishing industry in India and discover the significant role Eklavya plays in creating quality educational materials. Learn about India's book publishing landscape, literacy rates, and the diverse range of non-fiction books available.

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Non-fiction Publication in India & the Role of Eklavya

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  1. The Asian publishers fellowship Seoul 201627th to 30th Sept. 2016Seoul, South Korea Non-fiction publication in India & role of Eklavya Shiv Narayan Gour EKLAVYA, Bhopal, INDIA

  2. ABOUT INDIA • Area: 3.28 million sq. kilometers • India is currently the world’s second-most populous country with over 1.28 billion people • India has 23 constitutionally recognized official languages. Hindi and English are the official languages. • There are more then 1600 languages spoken in India

  3. India's literacy rate is at 74.04%. Kerala is the most literate state in India, with 93.91% literacy. Bihar is the least literate state in India, with a literacy of 63.82% According to 2011 census Area Male Female Total Urban 89.7 79.9 85.0 Rural 58.8 58.8 68.9

  4. BOOK PUBLISHING IN INDIA • India is the world’s seventh largest book publishing country. • There are approx. 19,000 publishing houses in India. • 12,400 are using the ISBN system. • With 140, 000 printing presses. • Approximately 90000 titles per year has published.

  5. Out of these, 50% titles are in Hindi and English. • Book publishing in India is booming at a compound annual growth rate of 15 per cent. • While the remaining are in any of the 24 officially recognised regional languages of India. • employment to more than 2 million people.

  6. The CL industry is highly fragmented, it has over 2500 publishers. The organized market • comprises of about 100 publishers across all languages. These organized industry participants • contribute 30% of the volumes sold and 35% in terms of value, ~ INR 2.1 billion.

  7. MAIN CATEGORY OF NONFICTIONS IN INDIA Textbook Activity Books Coffee table books Work Books Motivational Books Subject based books Supplementary books biographies Thematic Books Research/Studies Report Dictionaries Auto biographies

  8. Segmentation and key players of the publishing industry in India Fiction/ Non Fiction Rajkamal, Vani, Gyanpeeth Penguin, Orient, Harper Collins, Random House Rupa, Jaico, PustakMahal General/ self Help TMH, PHI, Wiley Higher Education/ Technical Types of Books McMillan, S.Chand Katha Tulika School Level Educational/ Children’s Navneet Paragon Scholastic Eklavya, Pratham, National Book Trust, Children’s Book Trust Low Priced Medium Priced High Priced Book Prices

  9. Registration No. S/13019 Dated 26-10-1982 Exempted Under 80-G FCRA NO.063160113 EKLAVYA Institute for Educational Research & Innovative Action Educational Research & Model Building (ERMB) • Teacher Education, advocacy & outreach (TEOA) Publications & Dissemination Field Area : Three states of India Our organisation is separated into academic and executive councils for focused operations For more information visit www.eklavya.in

  10. EKLAVYA’s work • Curriculum Development with NCERT & various SCERTs • Work with Communities and Schools • Research and model building which can be explore in other areas. • Teachers Training • Reading improvement & Library

  11. EKLAVYA’S ROLE: • Develop and publish quality books for children and adults with the strength of Eklavya’s educational vision and experience. • Try to contribute to the discourse and debates on education in the country through our publications.

  12. A look at some sectorial realities

  13. Title Publication: Eklayva publishes about 35 new titles every year that include a wide range of books for early readers, activity materials, literature for and by children, educational classics, teachers' manuals etc. Magazines: Eklavya publishes a monthly for children called Chakmak; Shaikshik Sandarbh for teachers and high school students; and Srote; a science and technology feature service. Pitara: Activity centres cum outlets for quality educational materials like books, magazines, toys etc developed by Eklavya and other organizations.

  14. EKLAVYA’S BOOKS • Fiction, non fiction • Children’s literature – Picture story books • Activity books • Reading material for adolescent and young adults • Teacher enrichment materials • Textbooks and subject/theme based modules, Educational books/ reports/ classics…, • Books on other development issues

  15. Eklavya’s portfolio Diversity of our titles

  16. BOOKS FROM ABROAD

  17. We have a clear process laid out for content generation and dissemination Content generated through Eklavya’s field programmes Requirement from the field programmes Content suggested by resource pool of Eklavya Vetting, Material development, Editing, Testing Layout, Illustrations & Designing Production, Printing Selection, Testing & Procurement of other Publications/ TLMs Dissemination efforts Outreach strategies are… Teacher’s Training Summer camps, Workshops School contacts & Book fairs Website Banners Posters Ads , Promotion Schemes Book reviews Book shops Book Release events

  18. NETWORK WITHIN INDIA AND ABROAD SHABAVIZ, Iran

  19. FUTURE PLAN • Focus on Children Literature till the age of 14 and Educational material • Activity Based Marketing • Focus on the uses of Books • Will explore CSR for books development and dissemination • Focus on the collaboration with likeminded groups in India and abroad

  20. And we go on… … dreaming and struggling… … Thank You! SHIVNARAYAN GOUR, EKLAVYA, BHOPAL, INDIA

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