Kolkata, Nov. 18 -- On Sunday, at the concluding ceremony of the tenth edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, Penguin Random House India bagged the coveted position of Publisher of the year. India's largest English trade publishing house had previously won this award in 2017.

Penguin Random House India also had the highest number of nominations with seven titles nominated across categories. Of the four categories with nominated titles in the shortlist, the publishing house won in two - Book of the Year (Fiction)- Raj Kamal Jha's The City And The Sea and Business Book of the Year- Raghunath Mashelkar and Ravi Pandit's Leapfrogging to Pole-vaulting.

Gaurav Shrinagesh, CEO, Penguin Random House India and SEA, says, 'Th...