The company was incorporated as ‘S. Chand & Co. Private Limited’ on September 9, 1970 as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956 with the Registrar of Companies, Delhi (RoC Delhi). It became a deemed public limited company under Section 43A(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 and, the RoC Delhi certified its change of name to ‘S. Chand & Co. Limited’ on May 6, 1976 upon such conversion. Thereafter, pursuant to the approval of the Central Government dated April 30, 1986 under Section 43A(4) of the Companies Act, 1956, the company was converted into a private limited company and a certificate of incorporation certifying its change of name to ‘S. Chand and Company Private Limited’ was issued by the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi and Haryana, at New Delhi (RoC) on May 21, 1986. Subsequently, the company became a deemed public limited company under Section 43A(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 on October 3, 1988 and accordingly, upon such conversion, its name was changed to ‘S. Chand and Company Limited’.

The company, pursuant to a special resolution dated February 23, 2001, converted from a deemed public limited company under Section 43A(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 to a public limited company under Section 31 and Section 21 read with Section 44 of the Companies Act, 1956 and, upon such conversion, the RoC certified its change of name to ‘S. Chand and Company Limited’ on November 7, 2001. Pursuant to the approval of the Central Government dated August 8, 2012, the company was converted into a private limited company and a certificate of incorporation certifying its change of name to ‘S Chand and Company Private Limited’ was issued by the RoC on August 8, 2012. The company was converted into a public limited company under the Companies Act, 2013 and a certificate of incorporation certifying its change of name to ‘S Chand and Company Limited’ was issued by the RoC on September 8, 2016.

The company is the leading K-12 education content company in terms of revenue from operations in Fiscal 2016, with a strong presence in the CBSE/ICSE affiliated schools and increasing presence in the state board affiliated schools across India. As of December 31, 2016, it offered 55 consumer brands across knowledge products and services including S. Chand, Vikas, Madhubun, Saraswati, Destination Success and Ignitor. These brands have benefited by the company’s strong brand management philosophy which embraces consistent efforts to upgrade content quality and to update content regularly. The company’s textbooks and instructional materials are supported by its offering of technology driven methods of education and digital learning. It sells its knowledge products and services to schools and to students across their lifecycle through its extensive pan-India network of sales offices, distributors and dealers.

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The company is a leading Indian education content company in terms of revenue from operations in Fiscal 2016. It delivers content, solutions and services across the education lifecycle through its K-12, higher education and early learning segments.

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