McGraw-Hill to publish globally a book by India's minister of commerce and industry
Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce and Industry for India, and its chief representative to the World Trade Organization, will be writing a new book tentatively entitled India's Century, to be published by McGraw-Hill Professional. In the book, aimed at the world's economic elites and general readers, Nath will use his insider's experience to explain India's climb to superstar status and provide a primer on doing business with the world's largest and fastest growing middle-class.
The book will be launched globally in August 2007, the same month that marks the 60th anniversary of India's independence. Minister Nath – known as "Mister India" is India's ambassador to the global business community, and one of the country's most popular political figures. Nath provides rich anecdotes and narrative about the transformation of the mindset in India as it surges in the 21st century.
"Nath will share with readers his front-row seat on India's history as it is being made," said Herb Schaffner, publisher for business books at McGraw-Hill Professional, who acquired and will edit the new book. "He will show how an ancient culture is being plugged into the globalizing world, and offer insights into the widening economic and diplomatic corridor between America and India—honoring the two nations' shared values of democracy and free markets."
A three-part television series based on Minister Nath's book will be broadcast on PBS in America, and various other networks internationally.
Minister Nath is donating all royalties from the book to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
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