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S. Chand Group
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Established: | 1937 |
Location: | New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
Founder: | Mr. Shyam Gupta |
Chairman: | Mr. Ravindra Gupta |
Website | www.schandgroup.com |
S Chand Group is one of the leading Indian textbook publishers and exporters in India. It is India’s largest publishing and education services enterprise, founded in 1937 as S. Chand, and is one of the oldest publishing houses based in New Delhi, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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The publishing house prints books for primary as well as higher education like Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Commerce etc. Chand publishers were the first in India to get ISO 9001:2000 certification. Books of this publishing house are distributed across India and South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
, South-East Asia, Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Overview
S. Chand has a group of authors who are well known in their subject areas. They have also produced 50 school curriculum related courses that are being used in both CBSE and ICSEIndian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE examination is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private, non-governmental board of school education in India, for class 10, i.e., grade 10...
education board schools, across the country
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Since its inception, it has worked with more than 1200 authors and has delivered more than 7000 titles for students in schools, colleges, universities and other higher education institutes across India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and other countries.
Joint Venture
S.Chand has a joint-venture with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's international division EMPGIEMPGI
Education Media and Publishing Group International, more commonly known as EMPGI, is an education company with operations in China, India, Saudi Arabia, and Libya...
, one of US' leading educational content and technology companies. This business is called S. Chand Harcourt, and delivers digital content to public and private schools across India. The joint-venture was established in March 2008.
Awards
- Federation of Indian Publishers Award
- Book Sellers Best Publisher
- Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award
- Knowledge Pillar of India Honour Award
- The founder of the company Late Mr. Shyam Lal Gupta received the Padamshree award in 1969.
Notable Publications
- Principles of Physics
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- Mathematics Today for ICSE
- Language of Chemistry or Chemical Equations
- Wren and Martin English Grammar