Publishing Next industry awards announced, Eklavya Foundation is publisher of the year

Instituted by Publishing Next – which promotes discussions and networking within the book publishing sector – the annual Publishing Next Industry Awards have been announced. The awards celebrate innovation and leadership in the pan-Indian book trade.

Eklavya Foundation from Bhopal has won Publisher of the Year. The judges said about the 42-year-old institution, “Eklavya’s dedication to language accessibility and to keeping books affordably priced underscores their mission to ensure knowledge and storytelling are within reach for a broader audience. Their collaborations with organisations and experimentation with various formats reflect an understanding of the power of publishing as a tool for social impact.”

For the first time, a Mising language (a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Assam) book, Rinjang Jang, has made it to the award list. Runner-up in the Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages) category, the book has been illustrated by the children of Hummingbird School in Assam’s Majuli island and published by Eklavya Foundation.

The awards for the Bookstore of the Year category could not be announced for the second year owing to an insufficient number of entries.

Leonard Fernandes, co-founder of Publishing Next, said, “The shortlisted books are themselves a testament to the diversity of Indian publishing and we commend the publishers of these books for…

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