Purushottam Publishers

Indian Media Company

Purushottam Publishers

Industry|

* Publishing
* Academic publishing
* Writing

Founded| 2007
Founder| Snehangshu Banerjee
Biswa Priyo Bandyopadhyay
Headquarters|

Baranagar

India

Products| Academic & Research based Books, Guidebooks, AudioBooks and eBooks

Number of employees

| 50
Parent| JIPL Group
Website| purushottam-publishers.in

Purushottam Publishers is an independent publishing house and media company headquartered in Baranagar, West Bengal, India, publishing K-12 school textbooks, academic research and career guidebooks for University and College level and General books of various genre.[1] Founded in 2009, this publishing house is a venture of the JIPL Group.[2][3]

## History

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Between January and June 2009, Snehangshu Banerjee and Biswapriyo Bandyopadhyay came together as first-generation entrepreneurs in Baranagar, Kolkata. They founded the JIPL Group[4] and subsequently Purushottam Publishers.[5] The book Fishermen of The Coastal Districts of Bengal[6] by researcher, academic author Dr. Surjendu Dey,[7] and Leadership & Entrepreneurship 2020 – by Er. Ravinder Kumar Handa[8] were the company's significant published works during its early days. The pair sold the books on their own to independent bookstores. The book Fishermen of The Coastal Districts of Bengal won the Meghnad Saha Memorial Award and Medal in February 2016. Purushottam Publishers' subsequent works included several other[9] academic titles.

The company specializes in K-12[10][11] School textbooks for English / Bengali Medium schools of CISCE/CBSE Board, and also books/ebooks in higher academic research.

The firm is named after Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha Ji Maharaj by the primary stakeholders,[12][13] who are disciples of the Siddhayoga lineage of Saints.

All books published by Purushottam Publishers are made available on the fully-owned official Online Storefront, Purushottam Bookstore[14]

## Publications

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### School textbooks

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* Purushottam's FUNKIDS Picture Dictionary – an indigenously developed Picture Dictionary or Visual Dictionary book for Junior School
* Purushottam's Bright Learners Social Studies – a series of eight school textbooks (Subject: Social Studies) for std. I – VIII
* Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge[15][16] – a series[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] of eight school textbooks for std. I – VIII
* Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art & Colour Book[25][26][27][28][29][30][31] – a series of seven art and colour books for std. LKG – std. V
* Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Craft Book – a series of five art and craft books for std. LKG – III
* Purushottam's Kochi Kanchar A AA KA KHA – a Bengali alphabet book, for young learners
* Purushottam's FUNKIDS My First A-B-C – an English alphabet book for young learners
* Purushottam's FUNKIDS Number Book 1 (1–50) – Junior School Mathematics primer book for young learners
* Purushottam's FUNKIDS Number Book 2 (1–100) – Junior School Mathematics primer book for young learners

### Higher academic publications

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* Yoga Vaani – by Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha ISBN 978-81-924129-2-4 – Bengali Edition of a Siddhayoga book written in the early 1900s in India, discusses the experiences during meditation (sadhana) based on the Siddhayoga Kundalini Shaktipat Tradition.
* Fishermen of the Coastal Districts of Bengal – by Dr. Surjendu Dey ISBN 978-81-924129-0-0 – A wide-spectrum research-oriented book covering multi-disciplinary areas of sociology, economics, culture hnd History.[6][32][33]
* Leadership & Entrepreneurship 2020 – by Er. Ravinder Kumar Handa ISBN 978-93-85908-30-9 – A case-study centric reference for Leaders, Entrepreneurs and students of Management.
* Indian Society-Problems and Issues – by Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer ISBN 978-93-85908-37-8 – A research oriented book related to contemporary Indian society. A reference for students (both undergraduate and postgraduate), research scholars, educators, social scientists, those in government and non-governmental organizations, social activists and policy makers.

## See also

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* ABP Group

## References

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1. ^ "Book Release event media coverage". tollywoodhamaka.com. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
2. ^ "JIPL Group Business Verticals". JIPL Group. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
3. ^ "Orange Publishers". Orange Publishers. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
4. ^ "About the JIPL Group". JIPL. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. ^ "About Purushottam Publishers". Indiamart. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
6. ^ a b Surjendu Dey, Dr (16 July 2012). Fishermen of The Coastal Districts of Bengal. ISBN 9788192412900. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
7. ^ "Author Surjendu Dey". Google scholar. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
8. ^ "Leadership and Entrepreneurship 2020 by Er. Ravinder Kr. Handa". Purushottam Publishers. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
9. ^ "Traditional Publishers in India". HWR. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
10. ^ "Keeping pace with K-12 online and Blended Learning" (PDF). Evergreen Education Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
11. ^ "A Short History of K-12 Reform by Chester E. Finn Jr". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
12. ^ "JIPL is the Holding company of Purushottam Publishers". corporatedir.com. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
13. ^ "About JIPL". jipl.co.in. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
14. ^ "Purushottam Bookstore". JIPL Group. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
15. ^ "Best Books for RRB JE 2019 CBT-2 Exam Preparation". jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
16. ^ "Best Books for SSC GD Constable 2018–19 Exam Preparation". jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
17. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 1". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
18. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 2". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
19. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 3". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
20. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 4". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
21. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 5". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
22. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 6". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
23. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 7". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
24. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's Spectrums of General Knowledge - 8". Amazon India. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
25. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - A". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
26. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - B". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
27. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - 1". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
28. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - 2". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
29. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - 3". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
30. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - 4". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
31. ^ "Amazon: Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art and Colour Book - 5". Amazon India. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
32. ^ "Fishermen of coastal districts of Bengal – A study in Socio-cultural Transformation". Shodh Ganga. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
33. ^ "Video Book Trailer of Fishermen of coastal districts of Bengal – A study in Socio-cultural Transformation". Purushottam Publishers Youtube Channel. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

## External links

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* Purushottam Bookstore: Online Storefront
* Purushottam Publishers's channel on YouTube
* Purushottam Publishers: Official Website

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