Rajdhani Book Fair-2012

Bhubaneswar, the Capital City of Odisha has rapidly grown up within a few years & presently the population has reached 15 lakhs. It has 7 Universities, 50 Arts, Science and Commerce Colleges, 3 Medical Colleges, 25 Management Colleges, 100 Engineering Schools & Colleges, 200 Oriya & English Medium Schools, 300 Coaching & Study Centres. In addition... to the above, a number of Govt. Offices, Banks, PSUs, NGO & Private Sectors have also emerged to a healthy extent. Needless to say that in the last few years it has own a place among the top educational centers of India. Keeping in view the requirement of books for students, teachers, researchers, general readers as well as libraries etc. the Rajdhani Book Fair was set up in the Millenium Year - 2000 and now it has secured top position in Odisha. It is a registered organisation & it was formed by 8nos. of writers of Oriya Childrens literature. More than 400 stalls are set up in the fair. As this pre-winter period is very suitable, the students & booklovers prefer to visit this fair with family & friends. Our past experience shows that every year the number of visitors is multiplying in galloping numbers. It is the only popular Book Fair of the state where more than 60,000 visitors visit the fair every day. During the period of Book fair, the committee invite the leading literary organisations of the state to conduct literary meetings, discussions, seminars, symposiums, conferences etc. in the Auditorium of the Book fair. The eminent writers, publishers & intellectuals are invited to deliver their valuable speech. Some cultural groups are also invited to provide entertainment to the visitors. Every year, from the year 2005, the Book Fair Committee have been engaged in collecting the information about oriya publications published from the year 1802 & publishing a large volume about 700 pages, namely Oriya Pustak Prakashan Suchi which is a reference book for libraries, research scholars, students as well as general readers. This book is available at a very nominal ...Read More