Highlights from the Inauguration of 48th International Kolkata Book Fair 2025:
* Dignitaries who were present in the inaugural ceremony of the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair were Smt. Mamata Banerjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal; Dr. Phillip Ackermann, H.E Ambassador of Germany in India, Dr. Marla Stukenberg, Director Goethey- Institut, South Asia; Abul Bashar, Eminent Author of Bengal; Janab Firad Hakim, Mayor of West Bengal; Sujit Bose, MIC Fire and Emergency Services, Government of West Bengal and MLA of Biddhannagar; Indranil Sen, Minister of Tourism, Govt. of West Bengal; Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, Minister for Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal; Tridib Kr. Chatterjee, President, Publishers & Booksellers Guild; Mukesh, IPS Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate; Sudhanshu Sekhar Dey, Honorary General Secretary, Publishers & Booksellers Guild; Dola Sen, MP, Rajyasabha; Krishna Chakraborty, Mayor, Biddhannagar; Mala Roy, Member of Lok Sabha; Biman Bandopadhyay, MLA, Baruipur, Pashchim Assembly Constituency; Chandrima Bhattacharya, Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge), Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee and Rehabilitation, Government of West Bengal
* Shri Abul Bashar was conferred GUILD LIFETIME LITERARY AWARD worth Rs 2,00,000/- in the inaugural ceremony by our Hon’ble Chief Minister Smt Mamata Banerjee.
* CM Mamata Banerjee expressed gratitude being a part of the opening ceremony of the 48th Kolkata International Book Fair. The ceremony saw the launch of books like Salute 2, Lipiboddho- KIchu Kaj and Banglay Nirbachan o Amra
* Participation from almost 20 countries like Germany, USA, UK, France, Russia, Nepal, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Guatemala, Costa Rica and other Latin American countries etc .
* Tridib Kr. Chatterjee, President, Publishers & Booksellers Guild reminisced its glorious beginning by mentioning- On 5th March 1976 the first ever kolkata Book fair started its journey with just 52 book stalls but nestled in the love of Bengalis who are extremely fond of books, it did not take very long for the Kolkata Book Fair to grow to its present stature.
