Balbharati

Balbharati

The Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research
Type	Government institution
Established	1967
Location	Pune , Maharashtra , India 18.5177°N 73.8148°E / 18.5177; 73.8148
Website	www.balbharati.in

Balbharati (The Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research) is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

The Institute

The institute was established by the Government of Maharashtra on 27 January 1967. This was as per the recommendations of the Kothari Commission. This is to improve the quality of textbooks for Stds. I to VIII, and to make textbooks available at a reasonable price. Balbharati institute is an autonomous body registered under the Public Trusts Act 1950 and the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

The Editorial Team

The editorial team consists of following members:

• Vijaya Wad
• Gajanan Chawhan
• H G Narlawar
• Rajeev Tambe
• Dilip Phaltankar
• Shrikant Chougule
• Madhav Rajguru

Online books

Since students are not getting textbooks even after schools start, Balbharati put up soft copies of all its textbooks on its website, from where they can be easily downloaded. The e books from first to eighth standard are downloadable from the website of Balbharti. Currently the books are available in eight languages — Marathi, English, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Telugu, Sindhi and Gujarati. 35 books titled My District for Std III Geography for each district in the state are available on the website. Balbharati would also be publishing the STD XI and XII new syllabus from 2019-20 and 2020-21

Further reading

• http://www.balbharati.in/A.M.C.prabhadevi.pdf

External links

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