Central Braille Press- General Book catalog (425 kb)
The Institute has put in place an impressive infrastructure for printing Braille books. It comprises the Central Braille Press established in 1951, the Regional Braille Press established in 2008 at Chennai, three Small Scale Printing Units at Shillong, Aizawl and Agartala established in 2009- 10 and fourth Small Scale Braille Printing Unit established in 2013 at Guwahati, Assam. With the combined efforts of these Braille Presses, Braille literature in the following 14 languages is being published:
1. Assamese 2. Bangla 3. English 4.Garo 5. Hindi 6. Kannada 7. Khasi
8. Lusai 9. Nagamese 10. Punjabi 11. Sanskrit 12. Tamil 13. Telugu 14. Urdu
The Institute’s Central Braille Press located at Dehradun, brings out four Braille magazines. Antarpath focuses on women, Braille Dhara and Braille Chronicle on youth and Nayan Rashmi, a magazine for the general masses. A Tamil magazine Braille Paarvai is being produced by the Regional Braille Press at Chennai. The Braille literature produced by the Central Braille Press (CBP), Regional Braille Press (RBP) and Small Scale Braille Printing Units, is supplied to the blind individuals and organisations at a highly subsidised rate. These Units together produced 1,07,287 Braille Volumes and served over 50,709 individuals and institutions. During the year under report, the value of production rose to Rs. 2.25 crore as compared to Rs. 1.97 crore in the previous year. The value of sale during the reporting year (2017-18) was Rs. 1.65 crore as compared to Rs. 1.44 crore during the previous year.
Large Print Unit
Institute established country’s first large Print Press on 31st Mar 2012. This unique Press provides school text books in large print fonts to low vision children in the States of Uttarakhand, Haryana, Union Territory of Chandigarh and Delhi. This unit had produced 29,549 Large Print Volumes and served 22,527 individuals and organizations during the reporting year. The value of production remained Rs. 50.72 lacs as compared to Rs. 46.99 lacs in the previous year. The value of sale during the reporting year was Rs. 52.74 lacs as compared to Rs. 49.40 lacs during the previous year.
Staff List working in Central Braille Press and Large Print Unit (1.89 Mb)