Purushottam Publishers is an independent publishing house and media company headquartered in

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, India, publishing

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school textbooks, academic research and career guidebooks for University and College level and General books of various genre. Founded in 2009, this publishing house is a venture of the JIPL Group.

History

Between January and June 2009, Snehangshu Banerjee and Biswapriyo Bandyopadhyay came together as first-generation entrepreneurs in

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. They founded the JIPL Group and subsequently Purushottam Publishers. The book ''Fishermen of The Coastal Districts of Bengal'' by researcher, academic author ''Dr. Surjendu Dey,'' and Leadership &

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneu ...

2020 – by Er. Ravinder Kumar Handa were the company's significant published works during its early days. The pair sold the books on their own to

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s. 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 academic titles. The company specializes in

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for English / Bengali Medium schools of CISCE/CBSE Board, and also books/

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in higher academic

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. The firm is named after

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Ji Maharaj by the primary stakeholders, who are disciples of the

Siddhayoga The Tirtha lineage of Siddhayoga is a section within Shaivite Hinduism that emphasizes experiences of the life force, or kundalini shakti and understanding the ''Shastras''. A central element in this tradition is the guru-disciple relationship. T ...

lineage of Saints. All books published by Purushottam Publishers are made available on the fully owned official Online Storefront, Purushottam Bookstore

Publications

School textbooks

*''Purushottam's FUNKIDS Picture Dictionary'' – an indigenously developed

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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'' – a series of eight school textbooks for std. I – VIII *''Purushottam's FUNKIDS Art & Colour Book'' – 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

*''Yoga Vaani'' – by

– Bengali Edition of a

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'' – A wide-spectrum research-oriented book covering multi-disciplinary areas of sociology, economics, culture hnd History. *''Leadership & Entrepreneurship 2020'' – by ''Er. Ravinder Kumar Handa'' – A case-study centric reference for Leaders, Entrepreneurs and students of Management. *''Indian Society-Problems and Issues'' – by ''Dr. Saraswati Raju Iyer'' – 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.

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