Publications Division
{{Short description|Indian state publisher}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox publisher
|name = Publications Division (India)
|headquarters= Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
|founded = 1941
|director general = Sheyphali Sharan
|owner = Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Govt. of India
|website = http://publicationsdivision.nic.in/
|image=Publications_division.png}}
Publications Division (India) is a publishing house in India, with its headquarters at Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. It functions as a division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India). It publishes books in Hindi, English and other regional languages.{{Cite web |title=Publications Division receives Award for Excellence in Display at Delhi Book Fair 2023 {{!}} DD News |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/national/publications-division-receives-award-excellence-display-delhi-book-fair-2023 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=ddnews.gov.in}}
History
Established in 1941, Publications Division publishes books on a range of subjects including arts, culture, national heritage, biographies of national leaders in various fields, science, flora and fauna and children's literature. The house has published a 100-volume set of the collected works of Mahatma Gandhi as well as individual volumes of his work.
The Publications Division also publishes journals including Yojana, on development; Kurukshetra, on rural development; Ajkal, a literary magazine; Bal Bharati, for children; and Employment News, which lists government job openings.{{Cite web |url=https://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/index.php?route=page/about_us&page_id=8 |title=About Us |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=Publications Division }} It also participates in exhibitions and book fairs.
The materials are sold through agents, online, and via its own outlets: eight sales emporiums in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Navi Mumbai, Patna, and Thiruvananthapuram.{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/index.php?route=page/distributionnetwork |title=Distribution Network |publisher=Publications Division |access-date=23 May 2021 }}
Notable publications
- Builders of Modern India: Hakim Ajmal Khan by Zafar Ahmad Nizami{{cite book |author1=Zafar Ahmad Nizami |title=Builders of Modern India: Hakim Ajmal Khan|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1081516W/Hakim_Ajmal_Khan|via=OpenLibrary.org|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|edition=1988|language=English|access-date=31 May 2019|author1-link=Zafar Ahmad Nizami}}
- Builders of Modern India: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, Urdu translation by Raamish Siddiqui{{Cite web|title=BMI - Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (Urdu) |publisher=Publications Division|url=https://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/index.php?route=product/product&path=&product_id=3358&language=Urdu|last=|first=|date=|website=www.publicationsdivision.nic.in|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-05-23}}
References
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Category:Publishing companies of India
Category:Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
Category:1941 establishments in India
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