We are proud to announce that the doyen of publishing, Mr. Asoke K. Ghosh, Chairman of PHI Learning, has been honoured by National Book Trust(NBT)for his ‘Outstanding Contribution to the World Publishing’ in the Theme Pavilion of the ‘New Delhi World Book Fair’ on March 5, 2023. This is the special honour presented by NBT, an apex body of publishing, to someone who is greatly respected and regarded as the ‘Father of Indian Publishing. This is the big honour which has been presented for the first time to any publisher'.
On this ceremonial occasion the Hon’ble Director of NBT, Lt. Col. Yuvraj Malik, felicitated Mr. Ghosh with the Golden words, Dhruva Tara—The Pole Star. The way the brightest star ‘Dhruva Tara’ helps sailors and travellers navigate the directions whilst they are on voyages, Mr. Ghosh has always been a mentoring guide to the publishers across the world. He has consistently supported them and offered his valuable advice to the people in the industry from time to time to improve norms and maintain a righteous and upward trajectory of publishing.
The grand ceremony was witnessed by many other prominent personalities from the publishing industry, such as Mr. Ramesh K. Mittal(Director, D.K. Agencies Pvt. Ltd.), Mr. Ashok Gupta(Managing Director, Unicorn Books Pvt. Ltd.), Mr. Naveen Gupta(Managing Director, Arya Publishing House), and Mr. Pranav Gupta(Managing Director, Prints Publications Pvt.Ltd.).
We congratulate Mr. Ghosh on this great achievement.
