NBT
National Book Trust (NBT) is an Indian publishing house, founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education
The activities of the Trust include publishing, promotion of books and reading, promotion of Indian books abroad, assistance to authors and publishers, and promotion of children's literature. NBT publishes reading material in several Indian languages for all age-groups, including obooks for childrf the Government of India. NBT now functions under aegis of Ministry of Education, Govt. of Indiaen and neo-literates.
NBT's children's books are known for their illustrations, by illustrators such as Pulak Biswas, Jagdish Joshi, Mrinal Mitra, Subir Roy, Atanu Roy, Manjula Padmanabhan, Mickey Patel and Suddhasattwa Basu. Painters Jatin Das and Krishen Khanna have also illustrated books for the Trust. Lt.Col Yuvraj Malik appointed as Director.
