Fair Timings 2 to 10 February 2008
Daily 11.00 a.m to 8.00 p.m
Special pavilions
Display By Russia: Guest Of Honour Country Hall No.7D
Books on and by Gandhi Hall NO.7E
Youth Pavilion Hall NO.7B
Children’s Pavilion Hall NO.7B
Participants
The category wise bifurcation of the participants and their Hall wise placement is given below:
Hall No. 1F & IR English Language Publishers
Hall No. IF Publishers of Books on Social Sciences and Humanities and misc.
Hall No. 2 English Language Publishers
Hall No. 3 English Language Publishers
Hall No. 4 English Language Publishers
Hall No. 5 English Language Publishers
Hall No. 6 Distributors of Book in English
Hall No. 8&9 Foreign Publishers
Hall No. 10 Publishers of Educational Books
Hall No. 11 Publishers of Books and Educational Aids for Children
Hall No. 12 Indian Regional Language Publishers
Hall No. 12A Hindi Language Publishers and Distributors
Hall No. 14 Publishers of Books on Science & Technology
In case of difficulty, the participants may contact the in-charges of their respective Halls, as per details given below:
Hall No. 1F/IR Shri Bratin Dey, Assistant Editor (Bangla)
Hall No.2 Shri S R Veenesh, Assistant Director (Production)
Hall No.3 Shri S R Veenesh, Assistant Director (Production)
Hall No.4 Shri Anil Khanna, AD (Exhibition)
Hall No.5 Shri Anil Khanna, AD (Exhibition)
Hall No.6 Smt. Jayanti Malhotra, Assistant Director (Sales Coordination)
Hall No.8 Shri G Rangarajan, Production Assistant
Hall No.9 Shri G Rangarajan, Production Assistant
Hall No.10 Shri G Rangarajan, Production Assistant
Hall No. 11 Shri Yogesh Anand Giri, Production Assistant
Hall No. 12 Shri Bir Singh Bharti, Assistant Director (Subsidy)
Hall No. 12A Shri K L Wassan, Assistant Director (Sales)
Hall No.14 Shri Tarun Dave, Assistant Director (Production)
Camp office
The camp office of the NBT will be situated in Hall No. 7A. The contact person is:
In-Charge: Shri Vijay Pal, Deputy Director (Exhibition)
Media Centre
The media centre is situated near the Pragati Lounge of Hall No.1 and shall be open from 10.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. every day.
In-Charge: Smt. Nuzhat Hassan (Director)
Fair News
A WBF Bulletin shall be published daily in English and Hindi. Besides, a special Bulletin will also be published for children. For all information worthy of publication in the Bulletins the following officials may be contacted:
In-Charge: Shri Binny Kurien (Assistant Editor: English Bulletin)
Dr Deo Shankar Naveen (Editor: Hindi Bulletin)
Shri Manas Ranjan Mahapatra (Editor: Children’s Bulletin)
Literary Programmes
A number of literary programmes are being organized by various institutions. The details are included in ‘The Schedule of Events’.
In-Charge: Shri P R Monga (Editor: Hindi)
Other facilities
- Telephone and Posts Telegraph: Public telephone booths are located at convenient points throughout the Fair ground. A Post Office located in Hall No. 19 provides STD/ISD phone and fax services in addition to normal postal services.
- Banks: The State Bank of India, Central Bank of India and Canara Bank provide complete banking services at their branches in Hall No. 19. These banks also deal in foreign exchange.
- Restaurants and Cafeteria: There are restaurants, kiosks, snack counters and cafeteria all over the Fair ground.
Conditions for the Sale of Books
Sale of books and other reading material is permitted on the following conditions:
- a uniform discount of 10% is allowed on the printed price.
- hawing and sale of books at specially reduced prices is prohibited: and
- no book or material forbidden by law in India is allowed to be exhibited or sold.