Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN

Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN is an Indian government agency which is the only ISBN agency which run under Ministry of Education, Government of India.^[1] It was founded in January 1985^[2] to facilitate authors and publishers to register for ISBN in India.^[3] It gives free ISBN to Indian citizens.^[4]

Online Verification and Authentication of ISBN Numbers

ISBN issued by the agency can be verified on its website: https://isbn.gov.in/ There is also an old portal link for checking ISBN allotted before the revamping of the current website.

References

1. "Allotment of ISBN for Authors, Publishers and Educational/Research Institutions for their upcoming publications including conferences/ seminars proceedings Guidelines with General and Specific information with application forms" (PDF). Ministry of Education.
2. Jolly, G. S. (2011). Book Publishing Management. Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-81-241-1467-4.
3. Edristi Monthly Current Affairs April 2016 English: Monthly Current Affairs April 2016 English. Edristi. 2016-05-03.
4. Bose, Siva Prasad; Bose, Joy (2022-06-30). Publish Your Book in India. Pencil. ISBN 978-93-5610-806-6.