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Mr. Peter Wiley, Chairman Emeritus, John Wiley & Sons was felicitated on Feb 11, 2018 by Federation of Indian Publishers for his Life Time Contribution in Publishing at a glittering ceremony held at the 32nd International Publishers Congress New Delhi.

The Wiley Library Awards is a one of its kind initiative in India bringing together the community and honoring the best in the field of library and information sciences, encouraging innovation and digital transformation efforts, and paying tribute to the community that helps spearhead knowledge dissemination in society. This year, there were more than 145 nominations from the various leading institutions including IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs, along with medical and research institutions. First instituted in 2016, each award carries a citation and cash prize of INR 25,000.

IIFT 2017 had a total of 114 questions as compared to 123 last year to be done in 120 minutes. But instead of 4 sections, they were increased to 6 independent sections with a compulsory sectional cutoff and negative marking (1/3rd).

First, the VA and RC were two separate sections with separate sectional cutoffs rather than combined in one section with a combined sectional cut-off. Furthermore, the weightage of marks for VA and RC questions were equal: one mark each, unlike previous years when VA questions had 0.75 mark each and RC questions had 1.0 mark each.

Most awaited Wiley Title "Business Analytics" launched at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)

The publishing industry makes an important social and economic contribution to India. It promotes education and research, increases levels of literacy and people reading for pleasure, encourages present and future writers while curating those of the past, and fosters innovation in new forms of reading and information delivery.

Under this project Wiley has built a Skill Development Center within the Kali Basti slum area. The project aims at conducting a series of job-oriented trainings as well as awareness sessions for children, women and youth residing in the slum. These would be ongoing trainings in several batches running throughout the day to align with the work and school timings of the enrolled candidates.