Navneet Publications (India) Ltd

Operational Address Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Business Type Manufacturer
Location Maharashtra, India
Year Established 1959
Main Markets North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Sout
Main Products Educational & Non Educational Books, School Stationery,Office Stationery,Drawing & Colouring, Activity,Story Book,Long Notebook,
Country/Region India

Company Introduction

Navneet Publications (India) Limited, founded by the Gala Family, is in the business of Educational, Children and General books Publication, Scholastic Paper and Non-Paper Stationery products. Over the years, the company has built a strong brand in Publications and Stationery and gained a leadership position

Since 1959, Navneet has been a major force in the dissemination of knowledge. It is a dominant player in the field of publishing with more than 5,000 titles in English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and other Indian and Foreign Languages.

Over the decades, Navneet has emerged as a preferred brand for Educational Products among teachers and students in India. The company's products are sold under the brand names of 'Navneet', 'Vikas', 'Gala', 'FfUuNn' and 'Boss'. It's portfolio of Educational based Books include high quality supplementary books like Digests (Guide), Workbooks, and 21 Most Likely Question Sets, most of which are published in five languages - English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, and Urdu. The company has a dominant market share of about 65% in Western India. Also, with the new range of supplementary books targeting the students from CBSE and ICSE Boards, its educational products are now made available across India.

The company also publishes various titles in the Children and General books category, which are not based on Syllabus, such as Coloring and Activity Books, Board Books, Story Books and Books on Health & Hygiene, Art & Artist, Cooking, Mehendi, Embroidery etc.

In 1993, the company saw opportunities in the area of exports of Stationery products, for which it now has the state-of-art manufacturing facilities in Virar (near Mumbai), Guma, Dantali and Silvassa (Union Territories bordering Maharashtra and Gujarat). In the same year Navneet launched its paper stationery products for the domestic market. Product range includes tight bind note books, long books, hard case bound books and drawing books.

The company enjoys leading position in premiere stationery markets in India, the Middle East, parts of Africa, U.S.A. and Europe. Now, with more than 500 Stock Keeping Units, Navneet is one of the largest paper stationery brand in India.

In 2006, taking the success of the Paper Stationery products, Navneet launched its first range of Non-Paper Stationery FfUuNn Pencils. Over the years the Company has added many products under this brand like erasers, sharpeners, rulers, compass boxes & art materials etc.

Foreseeing the need and demand in digital space, the Company ventured into Digital Learning in 2008. e-Sense was set up to provide a better and a first in its type of experience for the teachers and students in the space of Digital Learning. Till December 2012, e-Sense has been installed in more than 1,600 institutions enabling more than 9,600 classes to experience digital learning.

Leapbridge Education was conceived and promoted by Navneet in 2009. With this new initiative, Navneet forayed into pre-primary education, and to start with, it has launched a chain of Pre-Schools under the brand name - Leapbridge. It has 3 pre-schools in Pune and 1 pre-school recently launched in Mumbai.

In 2011, the Company ventured into School Management Business in Hyderabad by taking a minority stake in a School Management Company in Andhra Pradesh. For the acedemic year 2012-13 the company had 90 schools in Hyderabad under the brand Gowtham Model Schools.

In July 2012, the Company soft launched its first retail product "UTOP" in Maharastra and Gujarat- a tablet for students, a revolutionary product which will empower the students to learn as well as evaluate themselves. UTOP has recieved good response from the parent and student community.

Contact Information

Contact Person Sushma Shetty
Telephone 91-022-66626565