Activities of Publication Division
The NCERT publishes school textbooks, workbooks, supplementary readers, teachers’ guides, laboratory manuals, source books on assessment, exemplar problems in mathematics, research reports/monographs and journals. The NCERT brings out its publications in three languages namely Hindi, English and Urdu.
The Council’s publications are distributed and sold through wholesale agents appointed in different States. The Urdu publications are exclusively distributed and sold through the Urdu Academy, Delhi Administration, Delhi. The Division has also set up four Regional Production-cum-Distribution Centres, one each at Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Guwahati. Books are also sold from the Sales Counters of NCERT at Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Guwahati. The details are as follows:
- 1. Regional Production-cum-Distribution Centre, Publication Division, NCERT c/o Navjivan Trust Building P.O. Navjivan, Ahmedabad - 380014
- 2. Regional Production-cum-Distribution Centre Publication Division, NCERT 108, 100 Ft. Road Hoskere Halli Extension Banashankari 3rd State, Bengaluru - 560085
- 3. Regional Production-cum-Distribution Centre Publication Division, NCERT CWC Campus (1st Floor) Kishori Mohan Banerjee Road Opp. Dhankal Bus Stop P.O. Panihati, Kolkata - 700115
- 4. Regional Production-cum-Distribution Centre Publication Division, NCERT, CWC Godown, Maligaon, Guwahati - 781021
The Council’s publications are also sold through the sales counters at five Regional Institutes of Education in Ajmer, Mysuru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar and Shillong.
The NCERT has been offering copyright permission for adoption/adaptation/translation of its textbooks and non-textual supplementary readers to Government Agencies, Boards of Education and State Textbook Agencies against a royalty.