Annual Book Festival 2008- Bangalore

The 6th Annual Book Festival 2008 is being held from 14th to 23rd November, 2008 at Bangalore.

Program Schedule :
Venue Gayathri Vihar, Palace Grounds, Mekhri Circle,
Ramanamaharshi Road, Bangalore

Opening Ceremony & Reception 14th November 2008
Trade Days 14th - 23rd November 2008
Trade Hours 11:00 to 20:00 hrs

Closing Ceremony 23rd November 2008

Dates for Confirmation :
Last date for Stall Booking 25th October 2008
Last date for Special Needs Requisition 30th October 2008

Information Center Details :
Event Managers M/s Klub Class >
Address for Information & Enquiry
# 35/2, Park Road, Park Manor,
Tasker Town, Bangalore - 560 051.

Contact phone No's. & Telefax Tel : +91 80 41132530 / 31
Fax: +91 80 41132531


Events :
Various competitions and cultural activities are being planned among school and college students, thus extending the footfalls at the BBF. The various events that are proposed at the BBF are as follows :
• Painting competitions for school children between multiple age categories
• Quiz Competitions for college and school students
• Cross word/Scrabble competitions
• Cultural activities

Educational Institutions of Karnataka at a glance :
• More than 50,000 Schools
• 549 First Grade Colleges
• 307 Degree Colleges
• 247 Nursing Colleges
• 179 Polytechnic Colleges
• 117 Engineering Colleges
• 85 B.Ed. Colleges
• 81 Paramedical Institutes
• 76 Management Institutes
• 73 Law Colleges
• 47 Pharma Colleges
• 46 Physiotherapy Colleges
• 29 Medical Colleges
• 16 Universities

The World's Top 10 Book Publishers

1. Reed Elsevier (Reed Elsevier--UK/NL): 7.6 billion
2. Pearson (Pearson plc--UK): 7.3 billion
3. Thomson (Thomson Corp.--Canada) : 6.6 billion
4. Bertelsmann (Bertelsmann AG--Germany) : 5.9 billion
5. Wolters Kluwer (Wolters Kluwer--NL): 4.8 billion
6. Hachette Livre (Lagardère--France) : 2.56 billion
7. McGraw-Hill Education (The McGraw-Hill Cos.--US) : 2.52 billion
8. Reader’s Digest (Reader’s Digest--US): 2.3 billion
9. Scholastic Corp. (Scholastic--US): 2.2 billion
10. De Agostini Editore (Gruppo De Agostini--Italy): unavailable

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LABINAL
CDI Aerospace
GED
GED
ASSYSTEM (Inbis)
AEROCONSEIL
ALTRAN Aerospace & Defence
GCT PROJECTS Gmbh
SEDITEC / AEROCONSEIL
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ALTEN
GECI INTERNATIONAL
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FERCHAU ENGINEERING
ELAN GmbH
RÜCKER Aerospace
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ITD
GRUPO TAM
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