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Pramod Kapoor | |
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| Born | 1953 Jorasanko, Kolkata district of India |
| Education | Benares Hindu College |
| Occupation(s) | Publisher, author |
| Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (2016) |
Pramod Kapoor (born 1953), is an Indian publisher, who in 1978 founded Roli Books, a publishing company that prints books pertaining to Indian heritage. In 2016, for his contributions to publishing, he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
Early life and education
Pramod Kapoor was born in 1953 in Jorasanko, Kolkata district of India, into a family associated with the distribution of paper in Uttar Pradesh.[1] During his college years he worked for his brother, who owned a printing press.[1]
Career
After working in Delhi with Macmillan Publishers for two and half years, he founded Roli Books in 1978, initially to publish illustrated books, the first being one on Rajasthan.[2] The business is family run; Kapoor works alongside his wife Kiran, son Kapil and daughter Priya.[2] In 2014, he acquired India Ink imprint for fiction.[2] Other imprints include Lustre Press for illustrated books, and the Lotus Collection for biographies, non-illustrated non-fiction books.[3]
Awards
In 2016, for his contributions to publishing, he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, presented by François Richier.[4][5]
Selected works
He is the author of Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography (2016). In his Calcutta Then – Kolkata Now contains images of polo games, tea dances and trams, pukka sahibs, Anglo-Indians, Chinese, Jews and Armenians.[6]
References
- ^ a b Laskar, Rezaul H (11 January 2019). "Review: Calcutta Then: Kolkata Now". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Ghai, S. K. (2008). "6. Pramod Kapoor". One to One: Glimpses of Indian Publishing Industry. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-207-3948-2.
- ^ Ghai, S. K. (1 September 2008). "Glimpses of Indian Publishing Today in the Words of Publishing Professionals". Publishing Research Quarterly. 24 (3): 202–214. doi:10.1007/s12109-007-9040-0. ISSN 1936-4792.
- ^ "Publisher Pramod Kapoor conferred with top French honour". The Economic Times. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Roli Books founder gets highest civilian award of France". India Today. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Alexander, Deepa (16 January 2019). "The Calcutta chromosome". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
External links
- "Results for 'Pramod Kapoor' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org.