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Abbreviation | NBT |
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Formation | 1 August 1957 |
Type | Governmental organisation |
Headquarters | Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India |
Region served | India |
Official language | English, Hindi |
Chairman | Govind Prasad Sharma |
Publication | NBT Newsletter |
Parent organisation | Ministry of Education, Govt. of India |
Website | nbtindia |
National Book Trust (NBT) is an Indian publishing house, which was founded in 1957 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education of the Government of India.[1] 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 books for children and Neo-literates. They publish a monthly Newsletter about recent publications.