17-544: DC Kizhakemuri Foundation (DCKF), conceived in 2001 under the Travancore Cochin Legislation of 1957, is formed as a tribute to the late D. C. Kizhakemuri , founder of DC Books . The DC Kizhakemuri Foundation organises a wide range of art, education and cultural activities. DC Kizhakemuri Foundation also conducts annual literary festival , Kerala Literature Festival (KLF), with support from various writers and other organisations. DCKF always strives to achieve
34-463: A New Delhi branch for Keralites in Delhi. DC Books is the publisher of several translation dictionaries used by professionals and South Asian Linguists, such as their: DC Books is the parent company of the following imprints: In 2004, DC Books published a translated version of Britannica Concise Encyclopædia into Malayalam in the name Britannica Malayalam Encyclopedia. The book won an award from
51-474: A South Indian language, through his writings as an author, and was a columnist for various publications and through his printing and publishing company, DC Books and retail concern Current Books. Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri was born to Chacko and Mumnayat Eliyamma on 12 January 1914 at Kanjirappally in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore . He started his career as a teacher at the age 16 in Kanjirappally. He
68-607: A magazine on the Asian medical industry; Emerging Kerala , Kerala's fastest growing magazine on business, economy and society; Money Indices; and Travel and Flavors . DC Books was founded in 1974 by Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri , known as D.C. Kizhakemuri, or DC. At that time, DC was secretary of the Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society , a cooperative venture of Malayalam writers. The society helped writers with business and publishing details and instituted
85-660: A standard royalty of 30-40%, as well as the system of an 'advance' payment for their books to help enable them to devote themselves to writing full-time. When DC turned his attention to founding DC Books, DC began promoting and creating markets for its books by organizing festivals, clubs, and pre-publication subscriptions, and installment schemes. Their bookclub scheme allows buyers to build a library of their own by buying books on installments. In 1977, Current Books became its sister business . In 2001, DC Books launched dcbooks.com, an Indian local language bookstore with over 4,000 titles. In 2004, DC Books partnered with Corner Books to open
102-587: A teacher and was also the first columnist in Malayalam . He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999. He was involved in starting a library in Kanjirapally in 1942 and this passion continued throughout his lifetime. This led to the beginning of Kerala Library Movement in 1945 initiated by P. N. Panicker which successfully resulted in building over 8,000 rural libraries and reading rooms in Kerala . DC Books DC Books
119-603: Is a book publisher based in Kerala , India . It publishes books in Malayalam . DC Books is a publisher and bookseller with headquarters in Kottayam , Kerala , India . It has published over 6,500 titles, mainly literature in Malayalam , but also including children's literature, poetry, reference, biography, self-help, yoga, management titles, and foreign translations. DC Media is the media division of DC Books. DC Media publishes five magazines including Education Insider , Asia's leading magazine on education; Future Medicine ,
136-571: The DCSMAT, is a non-commercial community radio station located in Trivandrum , Kerala. Radio DC is the first Internet radio to be started in an Indian Business School and first private Community Radio Station in Kerala . Radio DC started its function on 6 January 2005 and approved by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Government of India . DC Kizhakemuri Foundation gives scholarships in
153-980: The Federation of Indian Publishers in 2004. The sale of the book was banned by a Consumer Court due to numerous factual errors, rendering it an erroneous reference. The court also found that unfair trade practices were employed by the publishers, namely DC Books, Kerala and Encyclopædia Britannica India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. The DC International Book Fair offers book releases and exhibitions. The Fair also features youth contests in Spot Poetry Writing, English Quiz, Malayalam Quiz, Street Drama - Malayalam, Declamation, Pen A Story, Special Schools Only, Film Appreciation, English Reading, Malayalam Reading, Painting, and Readers Theatre. The headquarters of DC Books on Good Shepherd Street in Kottayam houses an art gallery, hosting exhibits of modern and traditional paintings and sculptures . DC Media,
170-420: The form of 100 per cent tuition fee waiver for dependent children of serving defense and paramilitary personnel, ex- servicemen, Tibetan and Sri Lankan refugee students and students from Jammu and Kashmir . D. C. Kizhakemuri was a freedom fighter , visionary , thinker, writer and publisher who left an indelible mark in the modern literary history of Kerala . D. C. Kizhakemuri started his career as
187-536: The media wing of DC Books was launched in January 2011. DC Media publishes Education Insider , a pan-Asian magazine for the education sector; Future Medicine , a global magazine on health and medicine; Emerging Kerala (Magazine) , a magazine which focuses on the socio-economic development of Kerala; and Pachakuthira , a magazine which intervenes into the socio-political space. Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri (12 January 1914 – 26 January 1999)
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#1732886883713204-763: The principles by which D. C. Kizhakemuri lived. The foundation runs DC School of Management and Technology (DCSMAT) and DC School of Architecture and Design, which has campuses in Vagamon and Thiruvananthapuram . The institutions provides courses such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Fine Arts , Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (BA Interior Design), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Radio DC 90.4 MHz Community FM , managed by
221-516: The welfare of the writers. In 1949, NBS and SPCS joined forces. Under the dynamic stewardship of D. C. Kizhakemuri, this merger heralded a new age in Malayalam publishing and production which was, till then in a very dismal state. The NBS network covered all the districts of Kerala and SPCS emerged as the biggest publisher. This biographical article about an Indian activist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biography of
238-441: Was an Indian writer, activist, freedom-fighter and book publisher from Kerala . He founded the book publishing company known as DC Books . He played a pivotal role in abolishing sales tax on books in the erstwhile state of Travancore . This move influenced the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to abolish sales tax on books across India . He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999. He was instrumental in promoting Malayalam ,
255-400: Was formed as a tribute to him. DC Books is a publisher and bookseller with headquarters in Kottayam , Kerala , India . It publishes over 6,500 titles, mainly literature in Malayalam , but also including children's literature, poetry, reference, biography, self-help, yoga, management titles, and foreign translations. It distributes 70% of books across Kerala. D. C. Kizhakemuri's destiny
272-538: Was however, inextricably linked with books. He along with his friends Ponkunnam Varkey , P. T. Chacko and K. J. Thomas opened a bookstore called National Book Stall in Kottayam. Soon after that, D. C. Kizhakemuri started Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society (SPCS) along with M. P. Paul and Karoor Neelakanta Pillai . The society was the first of its kind in Asia . SPCS published the best of works in Malayalam and worked for
289-575: Was then known as 'Kochusaar' meaning 'Little Teacher'. Later he passed TTC from Changanassery and served as a teacher for 12 more years. At that time, he was attracted towards the Indian freedom struggle and became a part of the Indian National Congress . By 1937, he became an active member of the INC and conducted many freedom fight meetings with K. J. Thomas. In 2001, DC Kizhakemuri Foundation (DCKF)
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