The Making of a Modern Indian Artist – Craftsman: DEVI PRASAD Book Launch

The book ‘The Making of a Modern Indian Artist – Craftsman: DEVI PRASAD’ by Dr. Naman P. Ahuja was launched in New Delhi on Friday, 16th September 2011 at The India International Centre, Lodhi Road. 

The event was attended by more than 120 people and the audience was a very select niche sect of artists, ceramic designers, potters, sculptors and the who’s who of the art world including professors, academicians from Modern Indian History, International Peace Movement, people from different art Galleries, Authors and friends to show their support.

Mr. Manik gave the welcome note, which was followed by the lighting of lamp by Smt. Bindu Prasad, wife of Late Shri Devi Prasad and book release. We screened a 40 minute film; ‘Devi Prasad: A Portrait’ followed by a book introduction by the author, Dr. Naman P. Ahuja.

A very successful launch; we sold 31 copies and generated innumerable order forms. The author smile says it all in the pictures.

We are all smiles too!! Gearing up for the book launch of Gandhi on 10th October 2011. Keeping fingers crossed….

Books Strategy Meeting - 30th August 2011

We recently concluded the Books Strategy Meeting on 30th August 2011. The meeting started with a presentation by Ryan Cooper and was taken further by M. Gopinath followed by respective representatives of sales team. A lot of fruitful discussions were undertaken with emphasis on how to make way for Routledge's image as a serious textbook player in the India market. The team shared their status vis a vis business priorities for 2011. It ended with the quiz played by sales team about Routledge Classic organised by the marketing team.

Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy, Book Launch

We successfully launched Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy edited by Prof. Ravi Kalia in New Delhi on Tuesday, 23rd August 2011 at The India International Centre, Lodhi Road.

The event was attended by more than 50 people which included professors, academicians from history, political science & international relations, people from defence services, authors and friends. Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India was the chief guest and released the book. The panel also consisted of Dr. Srinath Raghavan – Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and Dr. Tahmina Rashid – Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra, Australia.

57th All India Library Conference - ILA 2011

57th All India Library Conference -ILA 2011 took place at O. P. Jindal University, Sonipat, Haryana from July 21, 2011-July 23, 2011. Mr. Pradeep Jain Aditya, Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the event at Global Auditorium Academic Building T-1 Block First Floor). The theme of the conference was Development & Management of Public Libraries; Impact on Collection, Access and Delivery of Services; Marketing and Promotion of Public Library Services and Human Resources Management in Public Libraries. The conference aimed at Library professionals, particularly those working or having interest in public library services.

Other participants were Oxford University Press, Sage Publications, Cambridge. The Conference was attended by library and information science professionals, ICT and knowledge workers like content developers, web designers etc.,  Policy makers and government officials,  Educationists, Managing Director/CEO of various Telecom companies, Institute Directors, Professors Researcher, Librarians.

The conference was a successful and a wonderful experience. The customers were interested in receiving the regular updates about our new releases. Many of them left their contact details with us. As a result we have got a sustainable good database. We look forward to more challenging conferences in the future.

Innovation and Development, Journal launch – 28 June 2011 at India International Center (IIC)

T&F India was all geared up for its first journal launch that took place on 28 June 2011. The journal, Innovation and Development, has its base in Center for Development Studies, Thiruvannathapuram, Kerala, with Prof  KJ Joseph as the Editor-in-Chief.

The journal launch was planned around the International Seminar of Innovation, Sustainability and Development, organized by NISTAD, CDS, and STEPS that was being held from 28 to 30 June. This allowed us to invite the participants of the seminar to attend the journal launch as well.

The Chief Guest of this event was Mr Jairam Ramesh, Hon’ble Minister for Environment & Forests. The Chair for the event was Prof NR Madhava Menon, Dr S Radhakrishnan Chair, CDS & Member Governing Body. The other panelists were Prof GK Chadha, President SAARC University; Prof Deepak Nayyar, JNU & Former Vice Chancellor Delhi University; Prof Ashok Parthasarathi, Former Secretary to Govt of India & Professor JNU; Dr Parthsarathi Banerjee Director NISTADS; and Dr Rajeswari Raina, Scientist NISTADS.

Our focus at this launch was to invite a limited but relevant group of people. And with IIC announcing the journal launch on its notice board as well, we saw a good turnout with approximately 125 people who attended the launch.

We were happy to note that people had started coming in by 6:30 pm though the launch was scheduled to start at 7:00 pm. Once the Chief Guest, Mr. Jairam Ramesh came, he unveiled the journal almost immediately after everybody had settled in. At this point of time, only the panelists were given a copy of the journal each. The panelists spoke on what innovation and development meant to them in their areas of study and their expectations from the journal. They expressed their joy and expectations from this collaboration between CDS, Kerala, and Routledge and wished long and successful years to the journal.

Soon after the concluding remarks by the Chair, Mr Madhava Menon, all participants were invited to collect Informa World folders that contained a free copy of the journal, a flyer with information of the journal and a subscription form from the registration counter and proceed for cocktails and dinner.

During the cocktail and dinner, the T&F staff got to interact with some of the speakers and guests. Prof. KJ Joseph expressed his satisfaction at the way the event unraveled.