2018 is turning out to be quite a year for Mr Ghosh, in addition to organising the 2018 International Publishers Congress in New Delhi in February, he has also been made President Emeritus at the IPA member, the Federation of Indian Publishers (of which he is a founder member) and Honorary advisor to the Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO).
Simon Master Chairman’s Award for Asoke Gosh
At the London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards on 11th April, Jacks Thomas, Director of the Fair looked back at his career in publishing, which started when he was just 11, and included time at the Times of India Group, Prentice Hall, and his current position as Chairman and Managing Director of PHI Learning where his focus is on low-cost educational books. She closed, calling him “effectively the father of Indian publishing”.