Today we stand as market leaders in the academic publishing category, thanks to the enterprising initiatives of our family owned management. Being a highly centralized setup, we believe in getting personally involved in the workings of all departments and exercising effective but non-intrusive control over the process implementation. That explains the trust that our customers put into our expertise and finesse.

           Our workforce strength is approximately 150. Half of our personnel are knowledge oriented, executing the editorial and administrative functions within the organization, while others work in the marketing and customer relationship building area. These are extremely target-oriented people who never leave their desks without getting the work done.

          The management office bearers take care of business generation and strategic innovation. To optimize functional efficiency, the Pragati Group operates on a well-orchestrated symphony of the following departments:

           The personal commitment of the management and our hard-working staff reflects in the superior quality and performance of our titles in the market. This in turn has evolved into cordial management-staff relationships, thereby enabling us to evolve into an organization that delivers high production while keeping a human face.

OFFICE BEARERS

• Mr. Dinesh Furia
Chairman, Pragati Group

           An inspiration to everyone who works in and with the Pragati Group, he is a well-known visionary in the field of educational publishing. As Founder and Chairman of the Group, over the past 32 years, he has led the Group from a retail shop to its present position as market leader in knowledge publishing.

• Mr. Kalyanji Furia
Executive Director, Distribution

           Having managed the Group’s distribution and retail network efficiently for the past three decades, he has an intuitive understanding of location-wise market trends. A superb communicator who knows how to get a good retail performance.

• Mr. Pradeep Furia
Executive Director, Mumbai Division

           Stationed in Mumbai since 28 years, he has been successfully handling the retail and distributor domains for the volatile Mumbai market.

• Mr. Jignesh Furia
Executive Director, Pune Division

           Heading the Pune Division for the last 10 years, he has contributed to the Group through application of better production technology and high-efficiency business processes in the day-to-day administration of the division. He has been responsible for the widening of retail base of the Group.

• Mr. Jigar Furia
Manager, Strategy and Business Development

            The youngest family-member to join the business, Jigar managed strategic marketing and change management projects in the one year he spent here. He is currently pursuing an MBA at London Business School. He possesses a B.S. (Computer Sciences) from the University of Texas at Austin and a 3 year work experience in the US working as a Global Services Consultant for Siebel Systems and Oracle Corporation.