70th AGM of FPBAI, awards conferred
The 70th AGM of the Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations in India (FPBAI) was recently held at India Habitat Centre, Delhi, attended by 162 members. The FPBAI enjoys the tradition of honouring its leading and distinguished members as recognition for the commendable work done by them for the Indian book industry. As such, Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred on members for their contribution for the promotion of the book industry while Golden Award is conferred on members, who have successfully scaled the ladder of their publishing career for over 50 years. Special Award is conferred on for specific contribution of the members for the benefit of the book trade.
This year, Special Award was conferred on Anupam Vij of Peepee Publishers for his technical contribution in upgrading Federation’s website.
While, Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on Pradeep Arora of Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd; Pankaj Bhagawati of Unique Books and Prashant Jain of Indica Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd in 1997.
Golden Award was given to Kailash Balani, Chairman and MD of Balani Group of companies consisting of Aditya Books, Balani Infotech, iGroup Infotech India and Global Music Institute; K Srinivasamurthy of K. Krishnamurthy Booksellers; Nitin Shah, Managing Director of Sapna Book House Pvt. Ltd; Prakash Asharam Shaha; Ish C Dawar; Ashwin Shah; Chander Prakash;Vijay Ahuja, Delhi Bookstore; and Vinod Vasishtha of VIVA GROUP.
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