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Shiv Narayan Gour EKLAVYA, Bhopal, INDIA
The Asian publishers fellowship Seoul th to 30th Sept Seoul, South Korea Non-fiction publication in India & role of Eklavya Shiv Narayan Gour EKLAVYA, Bhopal, INDIA
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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
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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 Rural
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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 titles per year has published.
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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.
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The CL industry is highly fragmented, it has over 2500 publishers
The CL industry is highly fragmented, it has over 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.
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MAIN CATEGORY OF NONFICTIONS IN INDIA Research/Studies Report
Textbook Activity Books Coffee table books Work Books Motivational Books Subject based books Supplementary books biographies Thematic Books Research/Studies Report Dictionaries Auto biographies
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Segmentation and key players of the publishing industry in India
McMillan, S.Chand Katha Tulika Navneet Penguin, Orient, Harper Collins, Random House TMH, PHI, Wiley Paragon Scholastic Fiction/ Non Fiction General/ self Help Higher Education/ Technical School Level Educational/ Children’s Types of Books Book Prices Low Priced Medium Priced High Priced Eklavya, Pratham, National Book Trust, Children’s Book Trust Rajkamal, Vani, Gyanpeeth Rupa, Jaico, Pustak Mahal
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EKLAVYA Educational Research & Model Building (ERMB)
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 Registration No. S/13019 Dated Exempted Under 80-G FCRA NO For more information visit
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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
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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.
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A look at some sectorial realities
Lack of age appropriate reading/ learning material for children Significant need for field tested educational material. Scarcity of picture story books in Hindi for pre-primary level. Low availability of an affordable price range. Adolescent reading material in Hindi is almost absent. Creative learning/ activity books are almost non-existent. Scarcity of teacher’s/ educator’s enrichment material Content related materials that help in classroom transactions totally missing. Education pedagogy books either not available or difficult to comprehend . Need for a platform for teachers who innovate classroom practices Documenting , sharing and learning from experiences from within the country and beyond. Access issues Non-existence of distributors or retail outlets for low priced, quality children’s books in Hindi belt. Extremely low dissemination efforts by small scattered groups developing and publishing for children Total void in rural stretches.
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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.
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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
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Eklavya’s portfolio Diversity of our titles
Picture story books Reading Posters Books by children Poems, Plays, Stories Hands on Science & Kit Activity books & Charts Riddles, Puzzles & Brain teasears People Science issues Chakmak - Children's magazine Sandarbh - Teachers Magazine Innovative curricular material Big books Srote - Science & Technology magazine Teaching Learning Material Books on Education & Pedagogy Challenging & dynamic toys
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BOOKS FROM ABROAD
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We have a clear process laid out for content generation and dissemination
Content suggested by resource pool of Eklavya Requirement from the field programmes Content generated through Eklavya’s field programmes 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
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NETWORK WITHIN INDIA AND ABROAD
SHABAVIZ, Iran
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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
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… dreaming and struggling…
And we go on… … dreaming and struggling… … Thank You! SHIVNARAYAN GOUR, EKLAVYA, BHOPAL, INDIA
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