World Book Fair 2017 in New Delhi

TIL Desk/ #Delhi: New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) held for the past 44 years, is now a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2017 is scheduled from 7-15 Jan 2017 at the centrally located Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Fair is organized by National Book Trust.
Focussed on writings on and by women, the nine day-long New Delhi World Book Fair kicked off here at the Pragati Maidan today amid an impressive ambience, decked with hoardings and posters of women scholars and writers.

Minister of State for Human Resources Development Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the fair after which it opened for public in the afternoon. Pratibha Ray, noted Odia Author and Jnanpith Awardee was the guest of honour and Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to India was the special guest on the occasion.

Nearly 800 publishers from across the country and abroad are participating in the fair, making it a grand celebration of books and writers.