Penguin Books India is the largest English language trade publisher in the subcontinent. Headquartered in New Delhi, the company's commercial activity includes the publishing of its own books in the English language as well as in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and soon in Malayalam and the distribution of books from overseas publishers including the Penguin Group, A&C Black, Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, Greenwood Publishing, Quercus and Sterling Publishing.

Founded in 1985, Penguin began publishing in October 1987 with seven titles. Today, the company publishes more than 200 new titles every year and has an active backlist of over 2000 titles.

Known for its strong fiction and narrative non-fiction list, Penguin India has published across virtually every segment including self-help, cookery,reference and quizzing, biography, travel, picture books, business,politics, history, health and fitness, religion and philosophy as well as sports and leisure.

Penguin's biggest authors have won virtually every major literary prize, including the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Man Booker Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; several of our authors are also recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest civilian honours.

Penguin's biggest publishing initiatives in the recent past include the launch of its Indian Language Publishing programme in 2005 and Portfolio,its business imprint, in 2006 which is characterized by the best of writing on business and management.

Penguin's children's imprint Puffin, since its re-launch four years ago,has met with a tremendous response, with several of its titles becoming bestsellers. Puffin titles are marked by stunning illustrations by leading artists in the country, and production quality that meets the highest international standards.

Penguin India also publishes Indian stories in Ladybird's internationally bestselling Favourite Tales series and was the first to publish Ladybird books outside the UK.

This year Penguin India celebrates twenty years of publishing in India.