INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIRS
The IPA General Assembly Meeting was held at Frankfurt on 9 October 2014 during the Frankfurt Book Fair. During the General Assembly meeting, elections for the post of President, Vice-President and five Executive Directors were held. Mr. Richard Charkin was unanimously elected as President of IPA for the years 2015-2016. There were two contestants for the post of Vice-President. They were Mr. Trasvin Jittidecharak from Thailand and Mr. Michiel Kolman from Netherlands. Following the secret casting of votes as per IPA Statute,
Mr. Michiel Kolman was elected Vice President of IPA for the years 2015-16. There were five contestants for the post of Executive Committee Members. Mr. Asoke K. Ghosh who is very respected name in the International Publishing arena, was re-elected for the post of Executive Committee Member for two years. The FIP congratulates Mr. Ghosh for keeping the Indian Flag high at IPA, for last several decades.
FIP’s Participation in Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 (Over 7000 exhibitors, 2,70,000 visitors and 9,000 journalists attended the mega event of the Publishing Industry)
The Frankfurt Book Fair was organized from 8-12 October 2014 at Frankfurt. Like every year, the Federation of Indian Publishers organized a Reception-Dinner on 9 October 2014 at Hotel InterContinental, Frankfurt. Important dignitaries from IPA, CLA, CGI Frankfurt and Indian Publishers participating in the Frankfurt Book Fair attended the Reception-Dinner. The Reception-Dinner was well attended. 34 Indian publishers including 10 from CAPEXIL participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair and displayed more than 300 titles. A large number of visitors including Indians settled at Frankfurt visited the India Pavilion. Important dignitaries who visited the Indian pavilions were Mr. Kenneth Qick, Deputy Director, National Book Development Council, Singapore, Mr. Mohan Kumar from Sharjah International Book Fair Authority, UAE, Mr. Kaoru Iwafa, Tokyo International Book Fair, Mr. Osman Gani, President, Publishers Association, Bangladesh and Shri Aniruddha Das, Vice Consul, CGI, India. A large number of authors from India also attended the Fair which brought the taste of Indian writing to the world.
This year, the National Book Trust, India, had also participated alongwith other important Government organizations i.e. Sahitya Akademi, National School of Drama and Publications Division. Mr. Raveesh Kumar, Consul General of India at Frankfurt, informed NBT that CGI would support NBT India if they represented India in a big way in future editions along with other important institutions in the Government and private publishing houses in India.