A 100+ strong delegation composed of authors, science communicators, children writers, storytellers, artists, publishing professionals participated in each of the two Guest Country Presentations.
Since 1970, NBT has participated in various international book fairs including Frankfurt, Bologna, Jerusalem, Seoul, Sharjah, Beijing, Colombo, Tokyo, Bangkok, Minsk, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Warsaw, Nigeria, Kathmandu, Manila, London, Karachi, Dhaka, Lahore, Abu Dhabi and Jakarta.
India’s Guest of Honor Presentations at Frankfurt (2006), Moscow (2009), Beijing (2010), Seoul (2013), Singapore (2014), Abu Dhabi (2019) and Guadalajara, Mexico (2019) were organized by NBT.
The NCCL is engaged in organizing workshops, exhibitions and promoting the habit of reading at the school level by encouraging the setting up of Readers’ Clubs.
The NCCL’s library-cum-documentation center for children’s literature at New Delhi is now connected with the library network across the country and members can access the books online.
[6] To promote the publication of reasonably priced books for higher education, NBT gives financial assistance to authors and publishers of textbooks and reference material.
The NBT is into e-publishing, with more than 100 of its titles available in the e-format (EPUB 3.0), mainly intended to cater to the demands of Indian Diaspora and tech-savvy youth.
The e-books are available in English, Hindi as well as in other Indian languages and can be accessed through Android enabled devices such as mobiles, tables, etc.
DMRC will also identify and allot space at prominent Metro Stations to publicize the various book promotional activities of NBT.
Besides the activities of the Trust, the magazine also carries unpublished, original writings (short story, essays, poems, travelogues, etc.)
[11] National Book Trust, India has introduced a new scheme to encourage young women writers ‘Mahila Lekhan Protsahan Yojana’.
As per the scheme, the Trust has invited proposals from young women writers below 40 years from across the country writing in any of the 22 Indian languages recognized by the Constitution and in English.
In pursuing this programme the Ministry of Human Resource Development in association with Indian Council of Historical Research, Central Board of Secondary Education and National Book Trust, India organized an all India Online Contest to select students who could be part of the Programme.
A felicitation ceremony for the winners of the online Shodh Yatri contest was held at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2017.
In a significant initiative in cultural diplomacy, the Government of India and the Government of People’s Republic of China have put forward an ambitious translation programme that includes translation of select 25 classical and contemporary literary works from Chinese into Hindi and Indian literary works into Chinese.
To give effect to this initiative a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Mutual Translation and Publication of classic and contemporary works.
In the first phase of translation books titled Analects of Confucius, Camel Xiangzi, Looks Beautiful and Selected Works of Bing Xin have been published.
As part of the year-long celebrations, NBT India published four books on the teachings and philosophy of Guru Nanak Dev, viz.
These books will be published in different Indian languages including Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Sanskrit and English.