Ganesh Ram is the founder of eMahatva Technologie which focuses on the area of mobile publishing and enabling publishing in Indian languages (even on devices that do not support this natively). Their focus areas are mobile phones, tablets and other devices. eMahatva also wants to enable publication through local languages.

www.mobileveda.com / www.fublish.com

Gaurav Bhatnagar set up Mediology Software, which offers a technology platform that allows publishers to take their content online. Mediology’s cloud hosted solutions work with new or existing print content (via PDF files, XML or HTML) and digitizes that content to be offered on the web as well as all leading mobile and tablet devices. Mediology’s vision is to empower the publishers to reach out to newer audiences in newer ways without having to invest in technology.

www.mediologysoftware.com

Gitanjali JB is the founder and publisher of Helios Books, an English-language publishing firm set up in Chennai in 2008. Helios Books is an independent publisher which publishes quality fiction as well as non-fiction of a high standard, based on meticulous and original research.  The various genres in which Helios is planning to bring out books are fiction, children’s books, history and social studies, non-fiction, regional translations and Indian philosophy and spirituality.

www.heliosbooks.com

Harshavardhan is the founder of Business Goa and also recently launched My Goa which is a social magazine. Business Goa is a monthly magazine dedicated to trade, commerce and business features and news. My Goa is a monthly magazine dedicated to Goan politics, society, culture and heritage and expert views.

www.businessgoa.net

Pratheek Thomas is the co-founder of Manta Ray, an independent publishing house with a focus on creating original comic books & graphic novels for young adults. Manta Ray is committed to telling stories that are unique and different and aspires to be a platform that will empower and amplify interesting voices in India, primarily in the areas of storytelling & illustration. They are currently working with a diverse cast of exceptionally talented artists & illustrators, almost all of them previously unpublished.

www.mantaraycomics.com

Saurabh Jain started at his family publishing business, Vidya Prakashan Mandir Limited in 2004. Vidya Prakashan Mandir is a successful three-decades-old children’s books publication company. The most striking feature of their books has been that the books are prepared by the domain experts of the respective fields and are in perfect alignment with the curriculum and syllabus prescribed by the educational boards.

www.vidyaprakashan.com