Knovel Partners With Informatics To Distribute Their Content In India
Online, June 16, 2012 (Newswire.com) - After entering into strategic alliances with leading journal and e-book publishers and digital content providers worldwide, Informatics India Ltd. partnered with Knovel as its sole distribution agency in India. Knovel is used by more than 300 universities worldwide including 16 of the top 20 Top US Engineering Graduate Schools. Knovel is a trusted source of validated technical references aggregated from a network of more than 90 authoritative publishers and societies. This partnership with Knovel bolsters Informatics' offering to the research and academic communities in India.
Mr. Sanjay Grover, CEO India Operations at Informatics (India) Limited , Bangalore, had this to say regarding the company's series of alliances with leading e-book publishers and digital content providers in last few years: "India has now started realizing the benefits of e-books in comparison with print books, such as ease of access, portability etc. Even the libraries are keen to keep themselves abreast with this trend, and we expect an exponential surge in the demand of digital content within the academic segment in the next few years." It is noteworthy that Informatics, has been offering the subscription services of the leading e-book publishers in India - such as Knovel, IET, ACLS, Safari, Karger, , Informa, World Electronic Library, Taylor & Francis etc. to name a few - zeroing in on the potential of higher education and corporate markets. They have been known for their leading products such as J-Gate and IBID. And with India being one of the fastest emerging economies in the world today, and with high volume of academic research being done every year, these subject wise specialized e-book subscriptions become a critical aspect of any library.
So, what is so distinct about the partnership with Knovel? When asked this question, Mr. Grover had the following to add to his previous statement, "Knovel is focused on the engineering community. Knovel is a web based application that integrates validated technical information with analytical and search tools. Our partnership with Knovel will provide students of engineering colleges and engineers at Corporate R&D units, access to leading reference works from over 90 leading technical publishers and professional societies including AIAA, AIChE, ASME and NACE through a single interface. Recently we received a huge response from NITs regarding Knovel subscription. Definitely more and more engineering colleges and engineering corporate R & D's will be able to realize the benefits of Knovel.
Mr. Grover further adds, "Through our series of partnerships, we aim to be a single point providing reliable information for the Indian academic and research communities, for their every information needs."
About Informatics
Informatics is the leading and oldest information vending company for journals, e-reference books and e-book subscriptions to the academic and corporate research communities in India. It also provides easy, reliable and affordable access to knowledge through our products such as J-Gate, IBID etc. Visit http://informindia.co.in/iil_productServices_home.htm to know more.
About Knovel
Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools to drive innovation and deliver answers engineers can trust. Knovel users include thousands of engineers and applied scientists worldwide. Knovel has more than 700 customers worldwide including 74 of the Fortune 500 companies, five of the Top 10 Constituents on the FTSE 100 Index and more than 300 leading universities. Founded in 2000, Knovel is a private company headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.knovel.com or call (866) 240-8174.