Founded in 1981, SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd is a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. Globally, SAGE Publications came into being in 1965 and is the world's leading independent academic and professional publisher. Believing passionately that engaged scholarship lies at the heart of any healthy society and that education is intrinsically valuable, SAGE aims to be the worldÍs leading independent academic and professional publisher. This means playing a creative role in society by disseminating teaching and research on a global scale, the cornerstones of which are good, long-term relationships, a focus on our markets, and an ability to combine quality and innovation. Leading authors, editors and societies should feel that SAGE is their natural home: we believe in meeting the range of their needs, and in publishing the best of their work. We are a growing company, and our financial success comes from thinking creatively about our markets and actively responding to the needs of our customers. In 2015, SAGE India entered into partnerships with independent publishers to form new imprints, namely SAGE Stree, SAGE Samya, SAGE Popular Prakashan, and SAGE YODA Press. This initiative takes forward the tradition of developing dynamic lists, both academic as well as popular, which will open interactive spaces for further discussion, scholarship and writing to effectively capture the non-mainstream and critical reality of contemporary India.