Announcement: Revised Date for the Edit-Pub Screening Test

The screening test for this year's course will be held on December 12, 2014 (Thursday), at 6 p.m. 

Location: First floor of the UG Arts Building, Jadavpur University

(next to Gate no. 4, Bengal Lamp bus stop)

Candidates are advised to bring their graduation certificate, or some proof of their graduation. The list of selected candidates will put up on this blog on December 14 (Saturday). Classes begin from December 16 (Monday) after registration.

Please scroll down or follow this link for the detailed notification for this year's course.

Announcement: EditPub 2014

NOW IN ITS 11TH YEAR

Certificate Course in Editing and Publishing
at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University

Applications are invited from Honours graduates in any discipline for a PG Certificate Course in Editing and Publishing to be conducted by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, from 16 December 2013 to 28 March 2014. Classes will normally be held four days a week from 6-8 p.m. Applicants have to appear for a screening test on 12 December 2013 (Thursday), at 6 p.m., to be held on the first floor of the UG Arts Building. Course fee: Rs 8,000. Applications may be made on plain paper or by email to culture@school.jdvu.ac.in, addressed to the Director, School of Cultural Texts and Records. Paper applications should be submitted to the School of Cultural Texts and Records (SCTR Annexe, 1st floor, Energy Studies Building, JU) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on working days.

Last date for receipt of applications: 8 December 2013. 

(For details about previous courses see: http://editpub.blogspot.in/)

After an initial six weeks of common classes, the course will divide into two parallel modules, one specializing in editing and the other in design. Eight to ten students, depending on aptitude, may apply for the design module.

Broad course topics: role of the editor; parts of a book; copy-editing and proofing; documentation and indexing; copyright; office correspondence; overview of publishing; editing with software; book and cover design; commissioning and contracts; production; manufacture; open source philosophy and LaTeX; pagemaking using proprietary software such as Adobe Pagemaker, Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign; Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop; publicity design; business plan analysis; e-publishing; marketing; publicity; distribution; press visits; live projects.

India’s longest running university course in Editing and Publishing has trained hundreds of professionals for some of the leading English-language publishing houses in the country, as well as for other media. Our students have been hired by Pearson Education India, Pearson Education U.K., Oxford University Press, HarperCollins, Rupa, Hachette, Scholastic, Penguin India, Macmillan, Dorling Kindersley, Sage, Orient Blackswan, Anthem, Google, TCS, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Times of India, and the Ananda Bazar Patrika group, among others.

     Amlan Das Gupta
     Director, School of Cultural Texts and Records
     Jadavpur University

LIST OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S FACULTY MEMBERS

Abhijit Gupta, Director, Jadavpur University Press
Ananda Lal, Professor of English, Jadavpur University; Proprietor, Writers' Workshop
Angshuman Chakraborty, Publishing Operations Director, Pearson Education International Editor-in-Chief, Pearson Education India
Arunava Sinha, Translator
Ashish Arora, Assistant Vice President, Digital Publishing & Production Editorial, Macmillan India
Daniel Luiz, Project Editor, Pearson Education International
Deeptanil Ray, Project Fellow, School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University
Devalina Mookerjee, Development Editor, Jadavpur University Press
Diya Kar Hazra, Publisher, Bloomsbury India
Mandira Sen, Director, Stree-Samya
Mrinmoyee Sinha, Freelance E-Publishing Professional
Padmini Ray Murray, Lecturer, Publishing Studies, University of Stirling
Parameshwari Sircar, Copy Editor, Routledge India
Pinaki De, Assistant Professor of English, Uttarpara Raja Peary Mohan College
Pradipta Sarkar, Commissioning Editor, Rupa Publications India
Rimi B. Chatterjee, Associate Professor of English, Jadavpur University
Ronnie Gupta, Print and Production Manager, Hyam Enterprises
Sandhya Ghoshal, Acquisitions Editor, Pearson Education International
Sohini Bhattacharya, Publicity Manager, Hachette India
Somnath Basu, Freelance Editor
Sukanta Chaudhuri, Professor Emeritus, Jadavpur University
Sumita Roy, Head—Rights, Contracts and Translations, Oxford University Press India
Trinankur Banerjee, Assistant Editor, The Times of India
Urmi Rupa Pal, Editor and Designer, Jadavpur University Press
V. K. Karthika, Publisher and Chief Editor, HarperCollins India

Taylor & Francis Books India seeks Editorial Researchers for its Europa Publications team in Delhi

Taylor & Francis India (a UK based publishing house) currently has openings for Editorial Researchers in their Europa Publications international reference team in New Delhi.

Brief job profile: The role involves online research, editing and updating the factual directory content of Europa reference books and their related websites: http://www.worldwhoswho.com, http://www.europaworld.com/ and http://www.worldoflearning.com/

Candidate profile: We invite applications from candidates based in Delhi, who have a Master’s degree, excellent written and spoken English, a fine eye for detail and an aptitude for online research and editing.
A demonstrable interest in world affairs and proficiency in any international language(s) would be added advantages. Some prior experience in print or online publishing – copy editing/ web research/ content writing – would be preferable, though not essential; recent MA graduates based in Delhi are encouraged to apply.

This is an entry-level role and candidates with considerable work experience may not be considered.




To apply: Interested candidates should email their applications by July 15, 2013 to careers@tandfindia.com.

Taylor & Francis India seeks Content Editors in Delhi

Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd (a UK based publishing house) currently have an opening for five Content Editors in their BIS (Business Information Systems) team in New Delhi. This team supports the Global Sales and Marketing teams through primary online address and contact research.
This is an Internet-research based profile and involves searching for and updating contact information for faculty members, colleges, universities and libraries all over the world. The information researched includes different courses that are taught, subject specializations for each contact, their areas of research, their designation at the university and their address and contact details.
Chinese and Arabic language Content Editors would be required to use English, Chinese or Arabic sources during the research process.
An interest in online research, good attention to detail and a working knowledge of MS Excel would be useful skill-sets for this role although additional training will be provided. A good level of English is also essential as there will be regular communication between team members in the New Delhi office and in the UK.


The selection process would involve a first-round interview as well as written and online tests.
Candidates who clear the first round would be called for a second round video interview with the UK Team.
To apply: Interested candidates should email their applications to careers@tandfindia.com.

Final Class Schedule, List of Faculty Members and Attendance Record- 2012-2013 Edition

The final schedule of classes for the 2012-13 edition of this course as well as the full list of faculty members have been uploaded on Google Docs as publicly viewable documents.

The final record of attendance has also been uploaded on Google Docs as a PDF. The figures given will be mentioned on the certificates handed out to the students.

The link to the schedule is: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByF9ybqRhNuAbE1XTGZBOWZnbGs/edit

The link to the list of faculty members is : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByF9ybqRhNuANXdJVnNuRVQwUTA/edit?usp=sharing

The link to the attendance record is:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByF9ybqRhNuASmtsejRGMDJzdFk/edit?usp=sharing

Please refer to these documents in future. Please let us know if you cannot view the documents.

Presentations - 2012-13 Batch

Now that all nine presentations have taken place, on behalf of the evaluators who listened to/read them, I would like to congratulate all the groups for producing presentations of a very high standard. We will try and see if some components of the presentation, in particular the cover art and posters, can be uploaded on this blog.

Editorial Opening at Rupa

Rupa Publications India is looking for a full-time copy editor. Someone with an abiding love for grammar and text, the ability to meet deadlines, an undying passion for books and the willingness to move to Delhi. 

If anyone is interested, mail me at pradiptasarkar@rupapublications.com.