Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Education Minister, Government of India will inaugurate the Fair on 25 February 2023 at 3pm Pragati Maidan in the presence of H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain,Hon’ble Ambassador of France to India,

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Education Minister, Government of India will

inaugurate the Fair on 25 February 2023, in the presence of H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain,

Hon’ble Ambassador of France to India, 

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New Delhi (RJS POSITIVE MEDIA) Celebrating the 50-year Journey of the New Delhi World Book Fair

Coinciding with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava celebrations and the Year of India’s G20

Presidency, the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) - one of the most awaited calendar

events, and one of the world’s largest book fairs - is celebrating its 50 years’ journey this

year. Organized by National Book Trust, India, in collaboration with ITPO the NDWBF 2023

will be held from 25 February to 5 March 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. With Azadi

ka Amrit Mahotsava as the Theme and FRANCE as the Guest of Honour Country at the Fair,

the 9-day long book fair will see a large number of Indian and foreign publishers put up a

huge collection of books at the new International Exhibition Centre in the centrally located

Pragati Maidan in all its glory.

In the Press Conference held today at the Constitution Club of India to announce the book

fair, Prof. Govind Prasad Sharma, Chairman NBT-India invited people from walks of life to

join this huge festival of books and letters and be part of this reading campaign.

Shri Yuvraj Malik, Director NBT-India while addressing the media said Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Education Minister, Government of India will 

 inaugurate the Fair on 25 February 2023, in the presence of H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain,

Hon’ble Ambassador of France to India, Mr Vincent Montagne, President, Syndicat

National de LEdition, France, Ms Annie Ernaux, Nobel Laureate, France, Shri Pradeep

Singh Kharola, Chairman and Managing Director, ITPO, Prof. Govind Prasad Sharma,

Chairman

Further He Added 

that the New Delhi

World Book Fair 2023 will be the biggest celebration of books and literature and will have

new attractions this year with G20 Pavilion, NEP Pavilion, Ed-Tech Zone, YUVA author

corner, in addition to the regular features of Theme Pavilion, Foreign Pavilion, Children’s

Pavilion, Authors Corners, Lekhak Manch, Seminar Hall, and the Amphitheatre. Books,

literature and culture from G20 countries in addition to other countries across the globe will

be showcased at this festival of books. Many seminars, conferences, book releases, literary

and cultural programmes, as well as various B2B events will be held on the sidelines of the

book fair.

Sharing his views on France being the Guest of Honour country at the NDWBF, Mr

Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of France in India said France

is happy to be a part of the 50-year celebration of the New Delhi World Book Fair, and this is

an important event for strengthening bilateral ties between France and India. He informed

that a delegation of French authors, led by Annie Ernaux, the French Nobel Laureate, will be

present at the NDWBF, in addition to many illustrators and publishers from France. France is making efforts to translate French literature into Indian languages and till now, more than 40

french books have been translated into Indian languages.

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