24th Vijayawada Book Festival 2013

Taylor & Francis Group participated in the 24^th Vijayawada Book Festival held at PWD grounds, Vijayawada from 1 Jan – 11 Jan 2013. The event was organized by Vijayawada Book Festival Society and the National Book Trust of India. The festival began on a high note with inauguration by Odiya writer Pratibha Ray. More than one lakh people visited the event. We displayed our titles of Routledge India Originals, Indian Reprints – Science & Technology and Humanities & Social Science titles and received good response.

We look forward to participate in similar conferences in the future.

Routledge's Twain Cabin

‘I freighted a leaf with a mental message for the friends at home, and dropped it in the stream. But I put no stamp on it and it was held for postage somewhere.’

― Mark Twain, Roughing It

 ‘If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold. I s’pose I can b'ar it as well as any on 'em.’

— Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

In 1836, at 24 years, George Routledge (1812–88, b. Brampton, Cumberland; pron.: /raʊtlɛdʒ/) set up shop as a bookseller in Leicester Square, London. In the autumn of the same year, he published his first book, Beauties of Gilsland: A Sketch of the Most Remarkable Objects Near Gilsland Spa, by William Steele. Soon he began publishing popular illustrated fiction, and books on travel and reference, eventually founding the publishing company George Routledge & Co. in 1851.

Among early bestsellers were: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853) ­— of which nearly 500,000 copies were sold during the time — and about 1,060 volumes in the Railway Library series (1848).  Also noteworthy were Mark Twain’s Roughing It (1872), illustrating many of Twain's early adventures through the Wild West, including a ‘visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation, a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and his beginnings as a writer’, and A Curious Dream, and Other Sketches (1872) ­— both of which predate the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).  

In 1912 George Routledge & Sons merged with Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. to form Routledge & Kegan Paul, and increasingly concentrated on academic and scholarly publishing in the humanities and the social sciences. The Routledge Group became part of the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998, and merged with Informa Group plc in 2004.

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group will be at the World Book Fair, Hall 6, Stalls 101–8, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India, 4–10 February 2013. 

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Book Exhibition

Taylor & Francis India had participated in a book exhibition organised by Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad during the 6th Doctorial Colloquium from 7^th – 9^th January, 2013 with our local distributor Books India, Ahmedabad. There were more than 70 management institutes, 3 Publishers (Taylor & Francis, Sage Publication and Cengage Learning) and 6 library suppliers (Astha Book Agency, Baroda Book Corporation, Book Plaza, Jai Book Distributors, Kushal Book and Unique Book House) who participated in this event. Our books were displayed by other library suppliers as well. A very positive response was received from the participants & the attendees.

We look forward to participate in similar conferences in the future.

100th Indian Science Congress

Taylor & Francis India participated in 100th Indian Science Congress held at University of Calcutta, Kolkata from 3 Jan - 7 Jan 2013. Annual Session of Indian Science Congress has emerged as a major national event and also one of the most prestigious and biggest event of India. The theme selected for the centenary session was “Science for shaping the future of India” which was attended by scientists, academicians and students from across various part of the country. It was a big showcase of our Taylor & Francis Group brand where we displayed our newly published titles in the areas of Pure & Applied sciences like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering and Social Sciences which further highlighted the standards and the quality of our publishing thus perfectly fitting with the growing research and need for quality academic books in Science & technology and social sciences.

The historic 100^th ISC was inaugurated by Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India (Also the General President 100th ISC), Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of West Bengal, Hon’ble Governor, State of West Bengal and number of distinguished dignitaries on the dias and thousands of 100th ISC delegates at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata on 3rd January 2013.

This was followed by inauguration of the PoI Expo by Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, GoI. The dignitaries spent considerable time from their busy schedule in the expo and were impressed with the splendid efforts put in by all the exhibitors for the promotion of Science & Technology. 

Spread over an area of approx 12000 sqm, the expo witnessed participation from over 150 organizations from various sectors like R&D Institutes, Academic Institutes, Universities, Innovators, Defence Organizations, Ministries, Government Departments, State Governments, PSU’s, Corporate, International, BFSI etc. The 100th ISC was extensively covered by both national and local electronic and print media. 

Finally on the last day of the event we were presented with a beautiful momento and also a certificate of participation. 

Christmas 2012

On 21 December, T&F India celebrated Christmas with much fanfare and delight. The evening saw everyone gather on the 8th Floor for some fun and food.

The programme kicked-off with a skit by Suchi and Robinson, playing two archangels spreading the message that Jesus is born every minute. Like every year, under Priyamvada’s guidance, there was a carol singing event by Divya, Robinson, Jijo, Suchi, Bincy, Manjari and Anjali, which very much brought in the spirit of Christmas.

This year the T&F India Club organized a cheerful event where everyone got to play Santa Claus. The Secret Santa event invited everyone to come together and be the Santa of somebody in the office. Everyone at T&F India was allotted a person — by drawing chits — to whom they were to play Santa. The club provided everyone with two cards that were to carry Santa’s message. This kept the two helpers of Santa – Jubi and Aldeena — on their toes through the week delivering cards, gifts and chocolates. The name of the Secret Santa was revealed on the day of the main celebrations. This added a lot of thrill to the whole event with everyone waiting to know who their Santa is. Meanwhile, the whole week was filled with excitement with everyone getting gifts and trying to guess their Santas.

The gifting continued with Priyamvada announcing the ‘Research Champions for December’ and the overall ‘Research Champion of Champions – 2012’ (Europa team event).

The celebrations ended with Mr Bhambal’s note to everyone wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Finally, the very fun and exciting week came to an end with a delicious cake, some wonderful food and an echo of a Happy New Year.