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 Malayalam and the distribution of books of publishers including the Penguin Group, A&C Black, Atlantic Books, Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, Granta, Hay House, Icon, Kyle Cathie, Marshall Cavendish, Mira, Quercus, Sterling Publishing and Zubaan.

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 also has the widest distribution network amongst publishers in the region.

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 Penguin’s 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 the launch of Portfolio, its business imprint, in 2006 which is characterized by the best of writing on business and management. In 2008 Penguin launched its internationally renowned non-fiction imprint Allen Lane in India as well as the Penguin Studio imprint which publishes high-quality illustrated books. This was followed by the launch of Penguin’s literary imprint Hamish Hamilton in 2009.

Penguin publishes its children’s titles under the Puffin imprint which 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.