S. Chand Publishing

S. Chand was founded in 1939 in a by-lane of Chandni Chowk by Shyam Lal Gupta as a part of a nationalistic effort to provide a voice to Indian authors and educate India's population. Publishing in India was at the time dominated by the British, and most of the books and magazines were imported from England. Shyam Lal Gupta managed to enter the market by publishing two books at a lower cost than the prevailing rates. The first textbook to be published by S. Chand was a 'Textbook of Physical Chemistry' by Prof. Bahl & Tuli. The revised edition of the book is still in the market. In 1960, S. Chand established its own printing press. Monotype Composing Machine used in 1961 Reaping the benefits, the company continued investing in technology, moving from composition and offset printing to the Computer plate printing. Planenta Super Variant Machines By this time, Shyam Lal Gupta had gathered fame as one of the pioneers of the Indian Publishing Industry. He was awarded the ?Padma Shri? by the Indian Government in 1969 and was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar in 1972. He was also one of the founder members of the Federation of Indian Publishers and its first president. In 1976, S. Chand entered the school textbook market, a segment that it has since come to dominate. Shyam Lal Gupta was initially reluctant because of the sectors long-credit policies but was persuaded otherwise efforts by his son Ravindra Kumar Gupta. In the 1980s, the company also published comic books like Chitra Bharti Kathamala, a series that enjoyed moderate success and was fairly popular before being discontinued in the latter part of the decade.[citation needed]Artists such as Anupam Sinha created popular characters and series such as Detective Kapil, Manas Putra and Space Star before moving on to Raj Comics with Super Commando Dhruva. In 2006, S. Chand became the first publishers in India to be certified for ISO 9001:2000