The Higher Education State Minister Dhan Singh Rawat inspected the preparation for the National Book Fair at Parade ground here on Thursday. The fair would be held from August 28 to September 05. The minister said that it would be first time when the national book fair is being organised in Dehradun. He informed that the Governor of Uttarakhand Dr KK Paul and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat would inaugurate the fair on August 28 at 11 AM. More than 150 publishers are participating in the fair and nationally acclaimed authors and journalists would be invited in the fair, he disclosed. A discount of 20 percent would be provided to the customers during the fair.
The Minister said that students of all educational institutes are being invited to attend the fair. Special programmes by the students would be organised during the fair. The students up to class X would present programme from 10 AM to12 Noon while the students of class XI and XII would perform during 12 Noon to 2 PM. The undergraduate and post graduate students of colleges and universities would present their programmes in the evening. The fair would be attended by ministers and Vice Chancellors.