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India Book House
India Book House Pvt. Limited (IBH) is an importer, distributor and publisher of books and magazines in India. Formed in 1952, India Book House published paperback editions of children's authors such as Enid Blyton and Frederick Forsyth, as well as comics such as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' and ''Asterix'', often in Indian languages as well. Their most famous series is the ''Amar Chitra Katha'' comics line that retells stories from the great Indian epics, mythology, history, folklore, and fables. In 2007, the imprint and all its titles were acquired by ACK Media Pvt. Limited which owns brands such as Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle. The new entity IBH Books and Magazines Distributors Pvt. Ltd, is one of the leading publishers of illustrated volumes on Indian history and heritage, specializing in architecture, fine art, decorative art, film, environment, and lifestyle India Book House is headquartered in Mumbai. It has now been merged with the Oxford Bookstore and Stationery Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivensa
Sivensa ( BVCSVS is the second largest Venezuelan steel producer. Sidor, which was nationalized in 2008, is the largest. However, Sivensa, founded in 1948, has been Venezuela's largest steel producer in the private-sector as of 2008. History The corporate documents for Siderúrgica Venezolana, S.A., were registered in October 1948. The company was started with capital of two million bolívars; its largest founding shareholder was Miles Meyer Sherover (1896–1976), an Israeli-American. Other founding shareholders included Robert Turgot Brinsmade (1913–1994), an American international lawyer, Warren William Smith (1865–1956), a U.S. citizen, Oscar Augusto Machado (1890–1966), a Venezuelan, and Carlos Morales, a Venezuelan. Its founding objective was to produce steel rebar, wire rods, structures, and other steel products. The first cast by Sivensa was in 1950, and that year, the company reached a production capacity of five tons per year. In 1956, Sherover became presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institute For Better Health
An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute", or institute of technology. In some countries, such as South Korea and India, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes; also, in Spain, secondary schools are referred to as institutes. Historically, in some countries, institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes. The word "institute" comes from the Latin word ''institutum'' ("facility" or "habit"), in turn derived from ''instituere'' ("build", "create", "raise" or "educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
