S. Chand Group

S. Chand Group
Company typePublic
  • NSE : SCHAND
  • BSE : 540497
IndustryPublishing and education services
Founded1939[1]
FounderShyam Lal Gupta
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Key people
  • Himanshu Gupta (managing​ director
  • Dinesh Kumar Jhunjhnuwala​ (executive director)
Websitewww.schandgroup.com

S. Chand Group is an Indian publishing and education services companies, founded in 1939 and based in New Delhi. The publishing house prints books for primary, secondary and higher education sectors.

It was the first company in India to get the ISO 9001:2000 certification. Books of this publishing house are distributed across India and South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The company operates from approximately 25 offices and a similar number of branches, and employs a workforce of over 2000 employees.[2]

In 2013, Forbes India named S. Chand Group as the fastest growing player in the education sector, and the group claims to sell over 10,000 titles to over 40,000 schools and educational institutes.[3]

  1. ^ TextBook Publisher in India, Online Book Seller in New Delhi: S Chand Group
  2. ^ "Global Media Market Intelligence". schandgroup.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "SChand Publishers". schandgroup.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.