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November 2020 • Vol 38 No Annual Subscription Rs 5.00; 50 paise per copy November 2020 • Vol 38 No. 11 Contents NBT Celebrates FIT INDIA Movement Online Training Course in Book Publishing 2 Webinar on Children’s Literature 2 Mahatma Gandhi and Swachchata 3 Workshop on Hindi 3 Model United Nations Conference 2020 4 Hum Fit Toh India fit! employees. The age, gender or physical Colombo International o runs the slogan encouraging people to disability did not deter the enthusiasm of follow a fitness regime for the health of the participants. Book Fair S 4 each individual and the nation. Following The winners were awarded NBT the call of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India publications like Quest of Olympic Gold, Book Review 5 for ‘Fit India Movement’, National Book Adventure Sports, Cricket aur Bharat, etc. Trust, India is organizing a month-long The month-long campaign will feature Excerpts 6 NBT’s Fit India campaign. various sporting events like Badminton, The campaign began with a ‘Freedom Volleyball, Table Tennis and Cricket. The NBT Publications for Children 7 Run’ competition on 1 October 2020. The campaign is also being complemented participants had to complete a distance of with the videos of encouraging words by Obituary 8 2.5 kilometers within Vasant Kunj, New NBT officials to spare at least half-an-hour Delhi, starting from the NBT premises daily for exercise. These videos are being PICK OF THE MONTH to Biodiversity Park and back. The event posted at various social media platforms saw the participation of over 100 NBT by NBT. Lakhan’s Story Amrita Dasgupta Illustrations by Barkha Lohia 978-81-237-9272-9; Rs 35 NOVEMBER 2020 NBT NEWSLETTER 1 Online Training Course in Book Publishing played a crucial role in the development of the industry. “The Publishing Course of today will create skilled publishing professionals for tomorrow,” said Shri Yuvraj Malik, Director, NBT. To create a pool of trained professionals for the publishing industry, said Shri Malik, National Book Trust, India is organising its annual Training ational Book Trust, India is Course in Book Publishing, and with the Norganising the second edition of its changing times, the digital version has three-month long online training course been able to involve more participants The leading professionals who are part in book publishing from 26 September from across the country in a bigger of the faculty include Shri Yuvraj Malik, 2020 to 20 December 2020. format. Shri Pranav Singh, Shri Manish Arora, “This online course by NBT will Interacting with the participants, Shri Shri Sridhar Balan, Shri Vivek Mehra, Shri encourage and help in developing skills Malik said that regular online assignments G S Jolly, Shri Prabhat Kumar, Ms Sumita of the publishing aspirants,” said Prof. will form part of the course and study Mukherjee, Prof. Nandini Sahu, Shri Govind Prasad Sharma, Chairman, material will be provided to students Kalyan Banerjee, Shri M A Sikandar, Shri NBT at the virtual inauguration of the before the scheduled online lecture. He Kumar Vikram, Shri Himanshu Giri, Shri programme. also said that participants can serve as Balendu Dadhichi, Shri D Sarkar and Ms While addressing the participants interns at NBT after the completion of the Arunima Roy. about the Course, Prof. Sharma said that course. Concluding the session, Ms Neera the course will make them academically Jain, Chief Editor & Joint Director, NBT sound and aware of the technicalities urged the participants to benefit from this involved in various aspects of the course and be the publishing professionals publishing. He also talked about how the that they wish to be. publishing industry has grown in India The session was moderated by Ms with the development of education and Carolyn Pao, English Editor and the course printing technology. He also observed that is being coordinated by Shri Narendra writings in different Indian languages have Kumar, Production Officer, NBT. Webinar on Children’s Literature ational Book Trust, India Jaiswal, well-known editor, Dr Nwas the knowledge partner at Renu Srivastava among others also a two-day Webinar on Children’s spoke on the occasion. Literature, organised by Salila During the second session, Sanstha, Salumber from 10-11 the panelists discussed about October 2020. the various aspects of one-act “The importance of children’s plays. The panelists included Shri literature is like a child at home,” Govind Sharma Sangria, Shri said Prof. Govind Prasad Sharma, Umesh Chaurasia, Shri Rajnikant Chairman , NBT at the inaugural Shukl and Shri Rakesh Chandra. of the webinar. Prof. Sharma said In the third session, the children that a literature is not complete Dr Vikas Dave, Chairman, Madhya who participated in one-act play without children’s literature. He added Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Akademi presided writing competition, presented their that while one can feel the varied emotions over the function. He focused on the stories. in literature for adults, whereas children’s importance of the one-act plays. He said On the concluding day, various literature is simple and pure. One can that one-act plays are very popular as they discussions on different forms of stories find positivity and inspiration from the have all the elements of acting. in children’s literature like environment, words, emotions and thoughts expressed Dr Vimla Bhandari, chairperson biographies, fairy tales, among others were in children’s literature. and founder, Salila Sansthan; Shri Anil held. 2 NBT NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020 Mahatma Gandhi and Swachchata National Book Trust, India was included Ms Parmeshwari Bagri, the Knowledge Partner at an Chairperson, Kendriya Bhandar; event on ‘Mahatma Gandhi’s Shri Mukesh Kumar, Managing Experiments with Swachchata - Director, Kendriya Bhandar; Key to Prosperity’. The event was Shri Mayank Agarwal, Director organised by Kendriya Bhandar General, Doordarshan; and Shri and Centre for Strategy and Vikas Sharma, Director & CEO, Leadership at Plenary Hall, Vigyan CSL. Bhawan, New Delhi on 2 October A bouquet of books published 2020. by NBT on Mahatma Gandhi were In his inaugural address, Dr presented to all the dignitaries. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Union NBT has published about 25 Minister of State for Development of Yuvraj Malik, Director, National Book titles on and by Mahatma Gandhi in more North Eastern Region and Minister of Trust, India talked about Mahatma than 22 languages. An exhibit of these State for Prime Minister’s Office talked Gandhi’s philosophy on Cleanliness and books was also on display at the Vigyan about the importance and relevance of Swachchata, and how Cleanliness in our Bhawan for the benefit of the visitors. Cleanliness in today’s times. He also everyday lives by each individual will The event was aimed at celebrating shared many lesser-known anecdotes of ensure the rise of our Nation as a premier and appreciating the visionary ideas of Mahatma Gandhi’s life. country in the world. He also said that Mahatma Gandhi on various aspects of Speaking on the occasion, Shri Cleanliness is a journey... We have to keep cleanliness. doing it. Healthy surroundings, healthy body, healthy mind leads to productivity and prosperity. He shared the many initiatives of National Book Trust, India, and the steps taken in following Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts and philosophies; in addition to publishing books on and by Gandhiji. Other Speakers at the event Workshop on Hindi ational Book Trust, India Because of which there came a need Norganised a workshop on ‘How to standardize Hindi among its to Use Standard Hindi in Official users. Work’ (Sarkari Karya Mein Manak The workshop was organized in Hindi Vartani Ka Prayog) at NBT the presence of Ms Neera Jain, Chief Conference Hall, Vasant Kunj, New Editor & Joint Director, NBT. Delhi on 8 October 2020. Earlier, Shri Rakesh Kumar Dr Kumud Sharma, well- Yadav, Deputy Director and known educationist and Principal, Rajbhasha Adhikari, welcomed the Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Shamli, Uttar guests. Pradesh conducted the workshop, The programme was conducted where she highlighted several common errors that usually creep in the by Shri R K Singh, Hindi usage of Hindi. Consultant. Talking about the common errors, Dr Kumud Sharma said that India being a multilingual country, one can see the varied influence of different languages and dialects, etc. while using the Hindi. Over the years, she added, there is a tendency to forget the various nuances of the language. NOVEMBER 2020 NBT NEWSLETTER 3 Model United Nations Conference 2020 ational Book Trust, India was the introduced the Conference 2020. In NKnowledge Partner at the Model addition, Ms Anne Lee Seshadri, Public United Nations (MUN) Conference 2020. Affairs Officer, Consulate of the USA, The virtual conference was organised by Chennai gave the inaugural Address; Shri the University Law College, Bengaluru, Samarth Pathak, Communications Officer from 2 - 4 October 2020. Shri Yuvraj for South Asia, UNODC and Shri Kiri Malik, Director, NBT, was the Chief Atri, Assistant External Relations Officer, Guest at the inaugural function where he United Nations High Commissioner also launched the Event Booklet. for Refugees delivered their addresses as peacekeeping, peace-building, nation In his address Shri Yuvraj Malik, spoke Guests of Honour; Prof. Dr. Venugopal building and above all - that of working about the concept of ‘Global Citizen’ as K.R., Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Bangalore for humanity and individuals as a whole propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, and University delivered the Presidential and not for any particular nationality. as a messenger of non-violence, justice Address; and Prof. Dr. V. Sudesh, Former Earlier, Prof. Suresh V. Nadagoudar, and peace. Shri Malik also talked about Principal, Dean & Chairman, University Principal, University Law College the role of United Nations and associate Law College proposed the vote of thanks. welcomed the guests. organisations in the world working towards On this occasion, Shri Naman Vankdari President, ULC-MUN, Colombo International Book Fair Pledge to Fight Against Covid-19 he 22nd Colombo International Book Fair was held at Bandaranaike Memorial As part of Jan Andolan for Covid-19 TInternational Conference Hall, Colombo from 18 – 27 September 2020.
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