[ZESTCaste] Fwd: REMINDER: Navayana-Avarna fellowship for NBT Publishing Course, New Delhi, July 2010 [2 Attachments]

<*>[Attachment(s) from Siddhartha Kumar included below]

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From: S. Anand <anand@navayana.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Subject: REMINDER: Navayana-Avarna fellowship for NBT Publishing
Course, New Delhi, July 2010
To: avarna fellowship <avarna@navayana.org>

PLEASE CIRCULATE....
Navayana-Avarna fellowship for NBT Publishing Course, July 2010

In 2009, Navayana had sponsored five dalit and adivasi candidates for
the Edit-Pub diploma course at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, as Avarna
fellows. This year, Navayana shall sponsor the enrolment of five
Dalit/ Adivasi candidates at the National Book Trust's four-week
Training Course in Book Publishing (in English) in New Delhi.

The details of the comprehensive course, where the best professionals
from the publishing industry teach, are available at this link. Also
find attached two PDFs: one providing the course details; another
being the application form.

Last date for sending applications: 10 June 2010.

Course dates and timing: 5 July to 31 July 2010.
9.30 a.m to 5 p.m, Monday to Saturday.

Venue: Conference Room, NBT
5, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, Phase II
New Delhi – 110070
http://www.nbtindia.org.in

Candidates must apply directly to NBT as instructed on the NBT website
(and in the attached PDF on course information). There is no entrance
test; any graduate may apply. There is no age limit.

Navayana shall play no role in the selection of the candidates.
Candidates who happen to be Dalit/ Adivasi and are selected by NBT may
then apply to Navayana for financial support (avarna@navayana.org and
anand@navayana.org). Navayana shall pay the course fee (Rs 5,000) for
up to five Dalit/ Adivasi candidates. NBT this year is also arranging
accommodation for outstation candidates at Rs 3,000 for four weeks.
Navayana shall also subsidize this amount. In all, the net value of
the Avarna Fellowship shall be Rs 8,000.

NBT also has an internship program for promising students from which
the selected Avarna fellows could benefit.

Publishing as a Career

Publishing in India is rarely seen as a career option by young people.
The publishing industry in India, with an annual output of 85,000
titles in more than 30 languages, has an estimated value of USD 1.2
billion. After the UK and the US, India is the publisher of the
largest number of titles in English language (40,000). There's an
array of multinationals and independent, niche publishers who offer
exciting,  intellectually stimulating and financially rewarding
careers in the world of books. Unfortunately in India there are few
professional publishing courses that offer an insight into the world
of publishing. The NBT short-term course is one of the few. Alumni
from the NBT course have achieved great success in the publishing
industry. For instance, the current editorial head of HarperCollins
India is a product of this course.

Like other private sectors in India, publishing too has been the
preserve of the social elite. Dalits and Adivasis hence go almost
unrepresented in this field. For many Dalits/ Adivasis, publishing
does not even seem to be a career option. Navayana, with the Avarna
fellowship, seeks to address this anomaly.

Navayana therefore encourages Dalit and Adivasi graduates to
proactively apply for he NBT course, and on selection, subsequently
for the Navayana-Avarna fellowship. For any further queries, write to
avarna@navayana.org.

Here are a few articles and useful links available on the internet
with respect to the publishing scene in India:

http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2009/01/04/stories/2009010450040100.htm

http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com/en/company/press_pr/newsletter/2009/01141/index.html

http://aptstudio.com/timesemit/2009/03/18/overview-of-the-indian-publishing-industry/

http://www.publishers.org.uk/download.cfm?docid=DDBA0A81-8996-41E2-870AF146B713C373
(a 134-page PDF booklet by Rob Francis for UK's Publishers Association
that offers a comprehensive "Publishing Market Profile for India,
2008")

--
Democracy in India is only top-dressing on an Indian soil which is
essentially undemocratic.
—B.R. Ambedkar, in 1949, in "Thus Spoke Ambedkar, Vol. 1: A Stake in
the Nation" (Navayana, 2010).

S. Anand
www.navayana.org

Navayana Publishing
155, Second Floor (Near DDA Park)
Shahpur Jat
New Delhi 110049

Landline: +91-11-26494795
Mobile: +91-9971433117

<*>Attachment(s) from Siddhartha Kumar:

<*> 2 of 2 File(s) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/attachments/folder/2042509678/item/list
<*> InfoDelhi.pdf
<*> Application Form.pdf

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