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BOOK SERIES
We have published around 10,124 titles including originals, reprints and translations in Indian languages. These books are published which are categorised under the following broad heads:

India-The Land and the People
Books of this series provide authentic and up-to-date information on various aspects of India including cultural tradition. Its diverse who may not be familiar with the subject.

Young India Library
Young India Library introduces for young readers of the 18+ age-group the social, economic and political concepts, issues and choices for the young readers.

Popular Science
This series aims at enabling the average educated reader to understand the world around him/her, appreciate the progress of science, and learn about the role science and technology play in everyday life, emphasizinng, wherever possible, India's contribution to the field. The books in this series are written in a lucid, easy-to-understand, simple style and ilustrated with anecdotes and analogies from daily life. Diagrams, sketches and photographs elucidate the text.

Aadan Pradan
Aadan Pradan presents well-known literary works, mainly novels and short stories, of a particular language, to people of other Indian languages including English. Since only contemporary works are published under the Aadan Pradan series, we bring out Indian classical literature under another series, titled 'Classics'.

Folklore
Description of the area, people, myths, mythology, religionm customs, traditions, fairs and festivals, music, dance, drama, arts and crafts, and folk literature are included in the books of this series.

National Biography
Biographies of Indian women and men who have made outstanding contribution towards the development of Indian society, culture, science, economy, polity as also a modern Indian sensibility feature in this series.

Nehru Bal Pustakalaya
A treasure house of enjoyable and informative literature which children can read at their own initiative. Books in this series cater to four age-groups, which are pre-school, 6-8, 9-11 and 12-14. Illustrative material for these books is commissioned separately and all books carry colour and/or black and white illustrations, line drawings and photographs.

Books for Neo-Literates
Most books in this series are the outcome of workshops organised in rural areas with the participation of local people. Titles are also assigned to authors/experts and suitable books adapted and abridged. The books are written in an idiom familiar to the needs of the neo-literates. Short stories, biographies, novelettes, folktales, presentation of contemporary issues and functionally useful information till there books.

World Literature
Books in this series introduce outstanding contemporary writings from Asian, African and Latin American countries to Indian readers.

Creative Learning Series
Book in this series focus on new educational concepts and tools that are now being activelyy implemented in the pre-primary and primary sectors of eudcation. These books are specially designed keeping in view the needs of teachers and other working in the field of education.

Rural Readers
To mark 50 years of India's independence, we initiated the publishing of a series of books for the village reader in all the major languages of India. Books in the series include collections of freedom songs, books of Indian culture, polity, industry, agriculture, etc. Besides, the series also comprises major novels of Indian literature abridged for target readership.

General Titles
Significant titles which cannot be covered under the above series are published as General Titles.
We have also ventured into publishing books in braille for visually impaired.
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