Editorial

The Union Budget 2023-24 brings a wide cheer to the publishing industry. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has increased the allocation for the promotion of Indian languages by 20% to ?300.7 crore, while also doubling the fund for the…

As we draw close to the end of this year, we thought of how the publishing ecosystem has evolved over the years. As P M Sukumar puts it, “The market is estimated to be growing at over 19% annually. India has a fifth of the world’s 15-19…

The NEP 2020 replaces the thirty-four-year-old National Policy on Education (NPE) of 1986. Foundation pillars being Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability and Accountability, the policy is aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

Digital Education adoption and growth have significantly increased in the last couple of years. In June 2022,PhysicsWallah a Noida-based was the 7th Edtech platform which entered the unicorn club. The others being Byju’s, Eruditus,…

Professional publications play an important role in bringing to its readers important aspects of trade which help in highlighting changes, trends, challenges and insights, which enable their audience to understand and make informed…

On February 24 when Russia launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, different cultural organisations and institutions in Ukraine asked for solidarity and support. IPA Secretary General, José Borghino’s response to the Ukrainian Publishers…

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.”—Steve Jobs The recent uncertain times have showed us how the industry has ever evolved to the challenges and adapted innovations- to maintain sustainability, growth,…

The 40th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) at Expo Centre Sharjah, had 1,632 publishers from 83 countries showcasing millions of titles across a 10,000 sqm area, with India leading international participation. Organised by the Sharjah…

Book Fairs are vital for the publishing industry and this issue, publishing professionals share their views on Future of Book Fairs. While each one of them describes the importance of physical fairs, at the same time they accept that online…

The pandemic has created a lot of challenges for the Indian education system and brought to forefront the digital inequalities that exist. From 300,000 preschools, 1.60 million K-12 schools – over 300 million students are managing and…