Our Company

Our Company

Orient BlackSwan, is one of India's best known and most respected publishing houses. Incorporated in 1948, the consistent emphasis of our publishing has been on quality.

We publish

  • well-researched academic books by distinguished authors
  • Interesting and informative general and trade booksIndian literature in translation
  • Tracts for the Times, a series on contemporary social, cultural and political issues
  • Books on the environment, mathematics and science
  • Distinctive school textbooks reputed for their high quality, relevance and affordability

We also selectively reprint outstanding titles published abroad, to make them accessible and within reach of readers in India and the subcontinent.

Through our associate company, Universities Press, we offer our readers cutting edge professional books in biotechnology, computer science, engineering, and medicine.

We distribute books published by Universities Press, Permanent Black, D C Publishers and Social Science Press.

We also co-publish selected important titles with some of India’s premier institutions such as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Netaji Research Bureau and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

Our eight offices coupled with a distribution network of over 1500 booksellers ensures easy availability of our books throughout India.