Springer India Private Limited

Our business is publishing. Throughout the world, we provide scientific and professional communities with superior specialist information – produced by authors and colleagues across cultures in a nurtured collegial atmosphere of which we are justifiably proud.

We foster communication among our customers – researchers, students and professionals – enabling them to work more efficiently, thereby advancing knowledge and learning. Our dynamic growth allows us to invest continually all over the world.

We think ahead, move fast and promote change: creative business models, inventive products, and mutually beneficial international partnerships have established us as a trusted supplier and pioneer in the information age.

On 10 May 1842 (his 25th birthday), Julius Springer founded what is now Springer Science+Business Media in Berlin. Of course, the modern Springer is very different from the company that Julius Springer founded and there are parts of Springer (e.g. Vieweg and Bohn Stafleu van Loghum) that were founded even before 1842.

The first of Julius Springer’s ventures was a bookstore in Berlin, quickly followed by the publishing house. A. E. Kluwer, the other “father” of the present day company (BertelsmannSpringer and Kluwer Academic Publishers merged in 2004) also founded his publishing house in the 19th Century in the Netherlands.

After the founding of the Vienna office in 1924, Springer opened another branch in New York in 1964, followed by counterparts in Tokyo, London, Paris and Hong Kong shortly thereafter. The company quickly became one of the world’s leading scientific publishers.

In 1999, Bertelsmann acquired a majority share in Springer-Verlag. In 2003, the British financial investors Cinven and Candover acquired Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) and BertelsmannSpringer, which were merged in 2004.

In October 2008, Springer announced the acquisition of BioMed Central, a pioneering open access publisher, making Springer, in effect, the world’s largest open access publisher.

In 2009, the sale of Springer to EQT, a Swedish financial investor, and GIC, the investment vehicle of the government of Singapore, was announced.

Healthy organic growth and recent acquisitions, the embrace of technological advances (i.e. ePublishing) and its dedicated employees provide the basis for sustainable service to the global scientific and professional community.

Our organization was founded in July 2004 to provide active financial support for people in need. These include employees of the specialist publishing group itself and their families, as well as other individuals who need the support of a charitable institution, through no fault of their own or for specific reasons. The Springer Science+Business Media - Hilfsfonds e.V. intends to be a strong shoulder to lean on for these people in the years to come.

The organization is run by a committee on the basis of our statute. This administrative committee has six members:

• Dr. Arno Mahlert, Chairman of the Specialist Publishing Group’s Supervisory Board.
• Dr. Thomas Thiekötter, Vice Chairman of the Specialist Publishing Group’s Executive Representative Committee.
• Ilse Wittig, Vice Chairwoman of the Specialist Publishing Group’s general works council.
• Dieter Hlawica, Member of the Specialist Publishing Group’s general works council.
• Gregor Karolus, EVP HR of the Specialist Publishing Group.
• Dr. Ulrich Vest, CFO of the Specialist Publishing Group.