From the Desk

CSBP Online, the e-newsletter of the Centre forStudies in Book Publishing, University of Calcuttalaunches its fourth issue. This edition offers thereading community a wide open forum and urgesevery reader, especially those who are in publishing,to participate with their unique and valuablesuggestions. CSBP Online focuses here on therecently conducted workshops, seminars and otherprogrammes by the Centre itself.

Thank you.

CU-NBT MoU signedA historic move

By Our Correspondent: The historic Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) between the University

of Calcutta and National Book Trust (NBT) wassigned in presence of Prof. Suranjan Das, ViceChancellor, Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Mr. MA Sikandar, Director of NBT on 19 June 2012 atthe Syndicate Room of the University. The MoUwas signed on behalf of the NBT by Mr. Sikandarand Registrar Prof. Basab Chaudhuri for CalcuttaUniversity. Those who signed as witnesses were:Prof. Biplab Chakraborti and Prof. DhrubaranjanDandapat, Joint Coordinators, P G Diploma in BookPublishing Studies for the University and Mr. Sumit

CSBP ONLINEE-newsletter of the Centre for Studies in Book Publishing

University of CalcuttaNumber 4July 2012

Bhattacharjee, Assistant Director and Mr. SayaburRehman, Regional Manager (Eastern RegionalOffice) for the NBT. Among the other dignitariespresent were: Prof. S N Bera Director, Centre forStudies in Book Publishing (CSBP); Mr. TridibChatterjee, Hony. General Secretary, Publishers &Booksellers Guild, Kolkata; Mr. Sudhangshu Dey,President, Publishers & Booksellers Guild, Kolkataand Mr. Raju Barman, Joint Secretary, Publishers& Booksellers Guild, Kolkata.

CSBP, the first of its kind in India offers thePGDBPS, a one-year full time evening coursecovering every aspect of book publishing. Thesyllabus caters to the industry demands by generatingwell-trained, market-ready professionals every year,who have appropriate academic competence,adequate skill and attitude to handle different areasof publishing, editing, production, design andmarketing.

The MoU mentions that from now onwards theNBT would bear the cost of honorarium for theresource persons/ guest faculties, cooperate inproviding the students with facilities forinternship/hands-on training, bear the cost ofpreparation and printing of study materials, etc.Besides providing infrastructure facilities, the NBTwould also attempt its best to publicize the course.Short-term training programmes on variousspecialized aspects of book publishing would alsobe sponsored.

With the collaboration of NBT as a new partner,opportunities would be opened for the students ofthis course. This attempt would immensely benefitthe book publishing community too. NBT,established in 1957, is an autonomous organizationunder the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Government of India. Being a highlyprofessional multilingual publishing house, its roleis to play as the nodal body for the promotion of

l

Indian books and for the dissemination of bookculture in India. At the end of the programme, Prof.Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Mr. M A Sikandarand Mr. Tridib Kumar Chatterjee attended a pressconference at the same venue.

Prof. Das expressed his desire that the MoU wouldstrengthen the postgraduate diploma course in bookpublishing studies. “We may think of starting a full-time course if we get such assistance. We will writeto the state government too for similar assistanceso that we may make this course popular which willhelp the publishing sector”, he said. “The coursewould be tailor made to suit the requirements of theindustry. We will have both english and bengalicurriculum that would prepare young editors to takeon the job at the end of the course. Apart from theuniversity faculty, we could also have publishers tohelp take classes. We would also involve publishersin framing the curricula,” said the CU ViceChancellor.

Meeting with the Director, NBT

After the end of the press conference, an impromptumeeting was held at the Syndicate Room to apprisethe NBT officials regarding the PGDBP course. Themeeting was attended by Mr. M A Sikandar, Director,NBT; Prof S N Bera, Director, CSBP; Prof BiplabChakraborti, Joint Coordinator, P G Diploma inBook Publishing Studies (PGDBPS); Mr. SumitBhattacharjee, Assistant Director, NBT; Mr. TridibChatterjee, Hony. General Secretary, Publishers &Booksellers Guild; Mr. Sudhangshu Dey, President,Publishers & Booksellers Guild; Mr. SayaburRehman, Regional Manager, Eastern Region, NBTand Mr. Raju Barman, Joint Secretary, Publishers& Booksellers Guild. The meeting was chaired byProf Biplab Chakraborti.

The NBT Director was briefed about the ongoingcurriculum and academic activities of the CSBP byProf S N Bera and Prof Biplab Chakraborti. Mr.Sikandar expressed his satisfaction over the presentcurricular programme after he was given the syllabusof the PGDBPS. He also informed that hisobservation on the present syllabus would becommunicated at the earliest. It was announced thatshort-term training courses, workshops, seminars,

etc. would be jointly organized in due course oftime. Prof. S N Bera, Prof Biplab Chakrabortithanked the Director of NBT for his cooperation.

CU-Guild MoU RenewedBy Our Correspondent: On 14 February 2012 the

University of Calcutta and Publishers & BooksellersGuild renewed the Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for the fourth time in a row to continue torun the 1 year course of P G Diploma in BookPublishing Studies (PGDBPS) under the guidanceof Centre for Studies in Book Publishing (CSBP)of the University at the Syndicate room in presenceof Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro-ViceChancellor, Academic Affairs. The MoU was signedby Prof. Basab Chaudhuri, Registrar on behalf ofthe University and Mr. Tridib Kumar Chatterjee,General Secretary on behalf of the Guild. Prof.Biplab Chakraborti, Joint Coordinator, PGDBPS;Prof. S N Bera, Director, CSBP; Mr. SuprokashBasu, President, Booksellers and Publishers Guildand Shri Sudhangshu Dey, Joint Secretary, Guildwitnessed the grand event. The MoU would remainvalid for a period of five years from the date ofsigning and may be extended further with the consentof both the parties.

Among other dignitaries present were Prof.Dhrubaranjan Dandapat, Joint Coordinator, PGDBPSand Mr. Sribindu Bhattacharya, Guild ExecutiveCommittee Member.

2

TRANSLATOR’S ORIENTATIONPROGRAMME

A report by Madhura Sen

For the second consecutive year, the Departmentof Linguistics, University of Calcutta, held theTranslators’ Orientation Programme in Bangla. Theprogramme was organized by the NationalTranslation Mission, CIIL, Mysore in collaborationwith the Department of Linguistics, University ofCalcutta from 8 to 10 February 2012. English isthe primary medium of higher education in Indiawhich often remains inaccessible to the mass -educated till the secondary and higher secondarylevel in one of the vernaculars. This leads to theviolation of the right to free, fair and equal educationfor all. National Translation Mission (NTM) is aGovernment of India initiative to make knowledgetexts accessible in all the languages listed in the8th schedule of the Constitution, by means oftranslation.

Translation is of course the door to knowledge bycutting down the barrier of unintelligibility of themedium. All of us are more or less acquainted withtranslation either directly or indirectly in our day-to-day activities as we live in a multilingual society.However, the translation of knowledge texts requiresskills and orientation, which are quite differentfrom other much-translated areas like literature andmedia. This orientation programme gave all theparticipants an insight into the different aspects oftranslation. Eminent scholars and experts in variousfields pointed out the major problem areas in theirrespective fields, which in a way, motivated aspiringtranslators to identify those and contribute tosolutions.

Mr. Debajit Sharma and Ms. Dipabali Roy werethe two representatives of NTM who introducedthe participants to the aims and objectives of NTMand also made them aware of the scope andopportunities in translation activities, the by-productof which being empowerment of Indian languagesand speech communities. The workshop also gavethe participants a firsthand experience in translatingan English text on Early Indian History into Bangla,which were evaluated by the experts. They also

advised the participants to improve their translationskills and the ‘better’ translations were rewarded.

The workshop had six sessions including theinaugural session. The welcome address wasdelivered by Prof. Mina Dan, Head of theDepartment of Linguistics, Calcutta University andthe inaugural address by Prof. Sanjukta Dasgupta,Dean of Arts, Calcutta University. Prof. ProbalDasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) waschaired as the Chief Guest. Prof. KrishnaBhattacharya (Department of Linguistics,CU)delivered the key-note address, Prof. Satyajit Layek,Head of the Department, Sanskrit, CalcuttaUniversity; Prof. Rajashri Shukla, Head of theDepartment, Hindi; Calcutta University and Prof.Sucharita Bandhopadhaya, Head of the Department,Bengali, CU delivered their speeches, whilerepresenting various academic bodies.

The first orientation session had the introductorylecture on knowledge text translation delivered byProf. Probal Dasgupta while Prof. KrishnaBhattacharya specified on issues related totranslation into Bengali and machine translation.A new approach to translation was introduced byDr. Niladri Sekhar Dash, Assistant Professor, LRU,ISI, Kolkata.

The second and third orientation sessions hadlectures from professors of linguistics. Prof.Mahidas Bhattacharya of Jadavpur University spokeon problems and challenges of translation(Linguistics), Prof. Mina Dan spoke on translationand terminology; Dr. Aditi Ghosh, AssistantProfessor, Department of Linguistics, CU spokeon translation strategy and knowledge texttranslation. Ms. Baidehi Sengupta, a professionaltranslator in media concentrated on translation inthe field of media.

The valedictory session was an interesting onewhich had the presence of scholars like Prof. SyamalChakrabarti (Chemistry-CU), Prof. SamirBandyopadhyay (Zoology-CU) and Prof. BulaBhadra (Sociology-CU), who placed the problemsand challenges of translation in the respective fieldsto the participants and motivated them for possiblesolutions. Each participant was given a certificate

3

and a travelling allowance during the valedictorysession, presided over by Prof. Mina Dan, Head,Department of Linguistics, University of Calcutta.

NBT-CSBP-Guild Joint Initiative

BOOK PUBLISHING TRAINING COURSE

By Our Correspondent: For the first time inKolkata the National Book Trust (NBT), Indiaconducted a training course on Book Publishing atthe Calcutta University campus. The course wasarranged in collaboration with the University ofCalcutta’s Centre for Studies in Book Publishing(CSBP) & the Publishers and Booksellers’ Guildfrom 5 December to 17 December 2011 atChandramukhi Kadambini Sabhagriha, UniversityCentral Library.

Inauguration

On 5 December, the course was formallyinaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. Bratya Basu,Minister in Charge, Department of HigherEducation, Government of West Bengal. Prof.Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro-Vice Chancellor(Academic Affairs) presided over the function. Mr.Sumit Bhattacharjee, Assistant Director, NationalBook Trust moderated the programme. Prof.Dhrubaranjan Dandapat, Joint Coordinator, P GDiploma Course in Book Publishing Studiespresented vote of thanks.

Among the dignitaries present were. Mr. TridibKumar Chatterjee, General Secretary, Publishers& Booksellers’ Guild, Kolkata; Mr. Saybur Rahman,Regional Manager, Eastern Regional Office,National Book Trust; Prof. Saumendranath Bera,Director, CSBP; Dr. Soumitra Sarkar, University

Librarian, Calcutta University, Prof. BiplabChakrabarti, Joint Coordinator, P G Diploma Coursein Book Publishing Studies (PGDBPS); Mr.Suprakash Basu, President, Publishers &Booksellers’ Guild; Mr. Sudhangshu De and Mr.Tapas Saha.

Mr. Bratya Basu appreciated the organisers of thetraining course and expressed hope that it wouldbenefit the participants who aspire to attain successin the trade.

Lecture Sessions and Study Tour

This 12-day course (6 December was a holiday)was attended by around 50 students selected througha viva-voce test. Experts from all over the countrywere invited to deliver lectures. Among the resourcepersons were Sridhar Balan, Jayanta Bagchi, PrabirKumar Ganguly, S K Mohanty, AshokeMukhopadhyay, Sharmila Abraham, G S Jolly,Vinutha Mallya, Mandira Sen, N N Sarkar, B NVarma, N K Bhattacharjee, Subir Roy, P Sircar,Milinda De, Kalyan Banerjee, Sukumar Das, JosephMathai, Sugat Jain and Mr. Balbir Singh. Classeswere held even on Saturdays and Sundays, everyday from 10.30 in the morning to 5.30 in the evening.A study tour to the Saraswati Press was also takenplace on 16 December.

On 5 December, 2011 (Monday), Sridhar Balandelivered lectures on:

· Introduction to Publishing: Brief history ofBooks and Journal Publishing in India.

· How Book Publishing is different from otherforms of publishing: Overview of Internationaland National scene.

· Structure of a Publishing House.

· Introduction to Editorial Process: Role of anEditor, acquisition, list building and relationshipbetween editorial and other functions: MakingEditorial decisions and proposals.

On 7 December, 2011 (Wednesday), JayantaBagchi delivered lecture on ‘History of Bengalipublishing, its problems and prospects.’

Prabir Kumar Ganguly delivered speeches on‘Developing a manuscript: Popular ScienceBooks’.4

S K Mohanty addressed the students on:

Intellectual Property and Copyright: Problemof Piracy and recent measures against piracyin developing countries.

· The Publisher's Contract.

On 8 December, 2011 (Thursday), AshokeMukhopadhyay delivered lectures on ‘Copy-editing in Bangla with practical sessions.’

Sharmila Abraham addressed the students on:

· Developing a manuscript: (Children's books)and making Editorial decisions and proposals.

· Developing a manuscript: (School Books)Nature and structure of School Publishing.

On 9 December, 2011 (Friday), G S Jollydelivered lectures on:

· Definition of a book; Parts of a Book; Differencebetween Books and Magazines.

· ISBN and ISSN and its utility.

Sharmila Abraham delivered lectures on:

· Copy-editing of Children's Books.

· Copy-editing of School Books.

On 10 December, 2011 (Saturday), VinuthaMallya delivered lectures on:

· Developing Coffee-Table books.

· Co-publishing, Foreign Rights and LiteraryAgents .

Mandira Sen addressed the students on‘Developing a manuscript: Fiction & Non-Fiction.’

N N Sarkar spoke on ‘Types and typography:Characteristics of different typefaces and theiruses.’

On 11 December, 2011 (Sunday), B N Varmadelivered lectures on:

· Introduction to copy editing and role of a copyeditor in developing a manuscript.

· House style and its importance.

On 12 December, 2011 (Monday), N KBhattacharjee delivered lectures on:

· Author-Editor Relationship .

· English translation of Indian books: Editing,Publishing and Marketing.

Subir Roy delivered speeches on:

· Designing concept- pictorial books.

· Designing book cover and jackets andProduction Inputs in School Books.

On 13 December, 2011 (Tuesday), P Sircardelivered lectures on:

· Introduction to various printing processes.

· Paper sizes and book sizes.

Milinda De spoke on ‘Printing and binding ofbooks’.

On 14 December, 2011 (Wednesday), KalyanBanerjee delivered lectures on ‘Introduction tovarious software uses in the publishing industry(PageMaker, Photoshop, Quark Express, CorelDraw,Indesign, Illustrator, etc.).’

Balbir Singh spoke on ‘Costing and estimating andcast off.’

On 15 December, 2011 (Thursday), Sukumar Dasdelivered lectures on:

· India in the global publishing world- exportsand international book fairs.

· Export sales: Its scope and possibilities in theIndian publishing scenario .

Joseph Mathai spoke on:

· Marketing concepts in a publishing house.

· Marketing of different categories of books:children books, technical books, higheracademics book, fiction and paperbacks etc.

5

On 16 December, 2011 (Friday), Sugat Jaindelivered lectures on:

· Electronic publishing, E-books- concepts andtechniques- recent trends.

· E-marketing and its scope in the Indian context.

A study tour to the Saraswati Press wasconducted at 2 p.m. also.

On 17 December, 2011 (Saturday), Prantik Bosedelivered his lectures on:

· Marketing of school text books: Lecture andWorkshop.

· Marketing of children's books .

· Workshop in book marketing.

Valedictory Session

The valedictory programme was held on 17December at Chandramukhi Kadambini Sabhagriha.Prof. Swapan Chakrabarti, Director General,National Library, Kolkata was honoured as the ChiefGuest. Prof. Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, CalcuttaUniversity presided over the function. Ms. FaridaM Naik, Joint Director, NBT was also present inthe programme. Mr. Saybur Rahman, RegionalManager, Eastern Regional Office, NBT presentedvote of thanks.

Prof. Suranjan Das in his speech thanked NBT forholding the course at the University. He alsorequested the NBT authorities to explore thepossibility of formal collaboration with CSBP foroffering regular academic courses in bookpublishing. “Such courses will help professionalisethe local book publishing industry”, Prof. SwapanChakrabarti commented while emphasizing thecollaborative effort of the NBT, Calcutta Universityand the Guild.

Others present were Prof. S N Bera, Director, CSBP;Prof. Biplab Chakrabarti, Joint Coordinator,PGDBPS; Dr. Soumitra Sarkar, University Librarian,Calcutta University; Mr. Balbir Singh, retiredAssistant Director, NBT; Mr. Suprakash Basu,President, Publishers and Booksellers’ Guild, Mr.Tapas Saha and Mr. Sribindu Bhattacharjee.

NBT’s “Publishers' Meet”By Our Correspondent: On 29 October 2011, theNational Book Trust (NBT), India in associationwith the Centre for Studies in Book Publishing(CSBP), University of Calcutta organized a specialsession, “Publishers’ Meet” at the Chandramukhi-Kadambini Sabhagriha, University Central Library,College Street Campus.

Nearly seventy publishers representing all majorassociations of publishers and booksellersparticipated and interacted for nearly two hourswith Mr. M A Sikandar, Director, NBT, who hadcome all the way from New Delhi to attend this thisprogramme. Mr. Sikandar in his presentation detailedthe activities of the NBT to promote the bookpublishing business across the country. He alsodiscussed regarding the prospect of the ensuing 20th

biennial New Delhi World Book Fair to beinaugurated on 25 February 2012. He furtherexpressed his desire that the publishers from Kolkatawould whole-heartedly join the World Book Fair.

NBT Assistant Director Mr. Sumit Bhattacharjeemoderated the entire session. Mr. Saybur Rahman,Regional Manager, Eastern Regional Office, NBTwas also present.

Mr. Samik Bandyopadhyay, eminent writer andeditor spoke on the challenges of quality publishingand how the NBT could contribute to publicizepublications of other publishers.

Prof. Saumendranath Bera, Director, CSBP in hisintervention thanked the NBT Director for holdingthis programme and hoped to further suchcollaborative programmes with trust for the benefit

6

of the local publishing industry. He also elaboratedthe activities of the CSBP.

Among other dignitaries present were Prof. BiplabChakrabarti, Joint Coordinator, PGDBPS; Mr. TridibKumar Chatterjee, General Secretary, Publishers &Booksellers’ Guild; Mr. Suprakash Basu, President,Publishers & Booksellers’ Guild; Mr. PrabirMajumdar of Dev Sahitya Kutir; Mr. Kalyan Shah,Former General Secretary, Publishers andBooksellers’ Guild; Mr. Debajyoti Dutta, eminentpublisher & member, Advisory Committee of thePGDBPS; Mr. Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Secretary,All Bengal Publishers Association; Mr. SankarMondal of Paschim Banga Prakashak Sabha; Mr.Sudhangshu Dey, Mr. Tapas Saha and Mr. SribinduBhattacharjee, executive committee members ofthe Guild.

TRIPURA & NORTH-EASTERNREGIONAL BOOK FESTIVALBy Our Correspondent: From 14 December 2010to 18 December 2010, the Tripura & NortheasternRegional Book Festival (Tripura O UttarPurbanchalio Boi Utsab) was jointly organized bythe Centre for Studies in Book Publishing (CSBP),University of Calcutta, Tripura Publishers Guildand Publishers & Booksellers Guild, Kolkata inassociation with the University of CalcuttaMatribhasa Samiti and National Service Scheme atthe University’s College Street campus. On thisoccasion a programme of exhibition cum sale ofbooks was taken and a large well-decorated stallwas put up in front of the Asutosh Building at theCollege Street campus of the University of Calcutta.A stage named as ‘Mukta Mancha’ adjacent to thebook show was erected for conducting open sessiondiscussion and cultural performances.

Inauguration: 14 December 2010

The grand festival was inaugurated by Prof S NBera, the Hon’ble Minister of State, Department ofInformation and Cultural Affairs, Government ofWest Bengal at the Darbhanga Hall of the University.Prof. Suranjan Das, Vice- Chancellor of theUniversity presided over the inaugural function.The chair of the Chief Guest of this program was

to be bedecked by Shri Anil Sarkar, the Hon’bleMinister, Department of Higher Education,Government of Tripura. Unfortunately he could notattend the ceremony owing to some officialengagement. However, Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharya,Vice-Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar gracedthis occasion as the guest in chief. Apart from them,the other respected speakers present in this inauguralsession were Prof. Biswanath Roy of the University

of Calcutta; Shri Suprakash Basu, President,Publishers & Booksellers Guild, Kolkata; Shri TridibKumar Chattopadhyay, Secretary, Publishers &Booksellers Guild, Kolkata; Shri Subhabrata Dev,Secretary, Tripura Publishers Guild and Dr. NitishBiswas, Joint Registrar, University of Calcutta. Thewhole programme was coordinated by Prof. BiplabChakraborty, Joint Coordinator, CSBP, Universityof Calcutta. At the onset, distinguished guests werewelcomed by Alekhya Bhattacharya, Coordinatorof the Organizing Committee and inaugural songwas presented by the students of CSBP. Finally, thevote of thanks was offered by Shri Tapas Saha,Convener, Seminar Committee, Publishers &Booksellers Guild, Kolkata. The inaugural ceremonywas a well-attended one and covered by press andmedia persons. Several discussions were initiatedand a number of seminars took place during thisfive-day program.

After the inaugural session was over, Prof Bera andother dignitaries visited the bookstall in the campusin front of the statue of Prof. Suniti KumarChattopadhyay. The hon’ble minister also offeredfloral tributes at the statue of Prof. Suniti KumarChattopadhyay.

7

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

On 15 December, 2010, a discussion on‘Rabindranath, Tripura o Uttarpurba Bharat’(Rabindranath, Tripura and North-East India) washeld at the Chandramukhi Kadambini Sabhagrihaat 4 p.m. Famed speakers were introduced byAlekhya Bhattacharya at the onset of the programme.

Among the dignitaries present in this discussionwere Dr. Tapodhir Bhattacharya, Vice-Chancellor,Assam University, Silchar; Shri Bikach Chowdhury,eminent author & researcher from Agartala; ShriBiman Dhar, freelance writer of Tripura and Dr.Sisir Kumar Sinha, Guest Faculty of the Universityof Calcutta. Dr. Arun Kumar Basu, Ex-Professor ofRabindra Bharati University hosted the entireprogram with utter delicacy. The discussion primarilythrew light on how integrally Tagore was associatedwith Tripura, its royal family and people.

Thursday, 16 December 2010

On 16 December, 2010, a seminar on ‘UttarpurbaBharate Bangla Prakashana: Ekti Parjalochana’(Bengali publication in the North-eastern India: Acomparative study) was staged at the ChandramukhiKadambini Sabhagriha at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.Dr. Usha Ranjan Bhattacharya, Retired Professorof Gauhati University; Shri Debananda Dam,eminent publisher from Agartala; Smt. Manju Das,Assistant Professor, Maharaja Bir Bikram College,Agartala; Shri Raghunath Sarkar, Assistant Secretary,Tripura Publishers Guild spoke elaborately on thisimportant subject. Shri Debkumar Basu, veteranpublisher and executive member of the Publishers

& Booksellers Guild, Kolkata played the presidingrole on this occasion. On that evening too, thediscussion was initiated by Alekhya Bhattacharyawith the introduction of the presenter and guestspeakers. From this discussion the publishingscenario as well as socio-economic, political andcultural background of the North-East India cameto the fore. Mention of fictional works and activitiesgave an idea of literary movement in north-east.

Friday, 17 December 2010

On 17 December, 2010, an open session discussiontook place on the subject ‘Uttarpurba Bharate BanglaBoier Biponon’ (Marketing of Bengali books in theNorth-East India) at the Mukta Mancha at 4 p.m.The participants were Shri Soumen Bharatiya ofVicky Publishers, Guwahati and Shri Manas Paulof Saikat, a publishing house of Agartala. Prof.Biswanath Roy of the University of Calcuttaconducted this programme. At the onset, AlekhyaBhattacharya requested Prof. Roy to conduct theprogramme and did welcome the designatedspeakers. This discussion highlighted variousmarketing strategies adopted by the publishers andhelped students of CSBP in enriching themselveswith key information. Both the publishers, however,during their lecture hinted at untidy marketingscenario at North-East India and problems faced bypublishing industry.

After the discussion was over, an hour-longinteractive session was organized to facilitate CSBPstudents and booklovers to interact with thepublishers from North-East India.

8

Valedictory Session, Saturday, 18 December 2010

The valedictory function was held at the MuktaMancha of College Street campus of the Universityof Calcutta on 18 December, 2010 at 6 p.m. Amongthe speakers present in the colourful closingceremony of this grand occasion were Prof.Ranjugopal Mukhopadhyay, Ex-Vice Chancellor,Rabindra Bharati University; Prof. Biswanath Royof Calcutta University; Prof. Biplab Chakraborty,Joint Coordinator, CSBP, University of Calcutta;Dr. Saumitra Sarkar, Chief Librarian, Central Library,University of Calcutta; Dr. Basab Chowdhury,Registrar, University of Calcutta; Dr. Nitish Biswas,Joint Registrar, University of Calcutta; ShriSuprakash Basu, President, Publishers & BooksellersGuild, Kolkata; Shri Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay,Secretary, Publishers & Booksellers Guild, Kolkata;Shri Tapas Saha, Convener, Seminar Committee,Publishers & Booksellers Guild, Kolkata; Shri

Sribindu Bhattacharya, Convener, Public Relation& Media Committee, Publishers & BooksellersGuild, Kolkata; Shri Subhobrata Dev, Secretary,Tripura Publishers Guild; Shri Debananda Dam ofGyan Bichitra Prakashani, Agartala and AlekhyaBhattacharya. Prof. Suranjan Das, the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta alsoaddressed the august gathering and thanked everyonefor making this occasion a grand success. He alsoopined that this event should be part of annualactivities of the university and assured fullcooperation from his end. He gave full credit toCSBP for taking initiative in organizing this bookfestival. Other speakers too expressed their uttersatisfaction for staging this sort of programme and

highly appreciated CSBP’s futuristic move.

In this book festival publishing houses from North-East like Akshar Publications, Gyan BichitraPrakashani, Tripura Darpan, Saikat, MoumitaPrakashani, Pounami Prakashani, Vicky Publishersand many others participated. The books exhibitedin this fair covered a wide range of genre – bothfictions and non-fictions: novels, poetry books,drama, science fiction, historical, scientific andpolitical documents, travelogues, etc. One of themain attractions of this exhibition was bookspublished in Kakborok, a dialect of Tripura, anddrew attention of avid visitors.

In conclusion, it can be said that the bookfair wasindeed a successful event. A huge number offootfalls and sale of considerable amount everydaybespoke the organizers’ feat. The success, in turn,foretold the onset of a remarkable journey.

PRESS INTERNSHIPThe CSBP, University of Calcutta in associationwith Sarat Impressions Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata conducteda 6-day unique press internship programme at theproduction unit of the printing house located atGadmirjapur, Andul, Howrah for the diplomastudents ( Session 2011 – 12). The objective wasto impart practical training on book production andallow these students to have hands on experienceon printing as well as book production. Theinternship programme was scheduled from 9 May to 15 May 2012 with a break on Sunday (13 May2012). The students came to know of every detailof ‘imposition (arrangement of pages in the form)’and ‘colour imposition’, gathered thoroughknowledge of ‘plate-making’ and experienceddetailed operation of ‘offset printing machine’. Thestudents were taught with care the process of folding(called bhajai in local term) large printed papersso as to convert to an 8, 16, 32 or 64-page signaturesand gathering different folded signatures (calledmichiltola in local term) that results in all pages ofa book being in numerical order, the procedure ofsewing these gathered signatures as well. Thestudents also learned the method of trimming papers

9

in desired size both automatically with programmedmeasurement and manually. Another interestingarea was binding.The students took much interestin gaining knowledge of ‘perfect binding’ and‘casing in’ of a book. Besides, getting an idea anddeveloping a concept as regards to quality of papershaving different GSM value and varied size ofbooks is a worth addition to the students’ knowledge.

The press internship programme was coordinatedby Alekhya Bhattacharya, resource person of thecourse.

STUDENTS’ WORKSHOPSOn 4 November, 2009, a summer workshop on‘Proof Correction Technique’ was organized by theCentre. Alekhya Bhattacharya was the resourceperson.

On 27 November, 2009, a workshop on ‘BookCover’ was organized by the Centre. Manish Debwas the resource person.

On 4 March, 2010, a workshop on ‘Proof ReadingTechniques (Bengali & English)’ was organized bythe Centre. The resource person was Pathik Chaki.

On 22 April, 2010, the Centre organized a workshopon ‘Indexing, Bibliography and Glossary’. The

resource person of the workshop was Arun Ghosh,a renowned Library Science expert. Arya Ghoshwas the coordinator of this event.

On 26-27 July, 2010, a two-day workshop on‘Editing & Proof Reading’ was organized by theCentre. Prabir Majumdar was the resource personof this event. Alekhya Bhattacharya was thecoordinator.

On 22 December, 2010, a workshop on ‘Parts ofBooks’ was organized by the Centre. The resourceperson of the workshop was Alekhya Bhattacharya.

On 11 January, 2011, a workshop on ‘Illustration& Editing of Books’ was organized by the Centre.The resource person was Rahul Mazumdar, memberof the editorial board, Sandesh. AlekhyaBhattacharya was the coordinator of this event.

On 10 May, 2011, a workshop on ‘Proof Reading’was organized by the Centre. The resource personwas Alekhya Bhattacharya.

STUDY TOURSOn 30 November, 2011, the students of PGDBPenjoyed one more study tour to the South City Mall(Star Mark) at Kolkata. Arya Ghosh was the resourceperson of this event.

Team CSBP OnlineEditorial Advisor: Prof. Biplab Chakrabarti, Editorial Assistant: Mr. Somak Sen

E-mail: csbpcu@caluniv.ac.in

10