Ekta Books has a 26 year long experience in the book publishing industry. It is one among the line of a few book publishers that have successfully completed a long journey. From its humble roots in Patan, Ekta Books has come a long way to being the best in the publishing sector. Its quality in both material and content in textbooks is unrivalled.

Ekta Books was established in 1983 under the able leadership of Ramchandra Timothy. This organisation was named Ekta Books and Stationers at the outset. Intially the organisation focused on distributing educational and sports materials. Gradually it entered a new phase of publishing and in accordance to the laws of the then government it was named Ekta Books Distributors Pvt. Ltd. From then on the organisation has been run by the same name. However, for ease it is most popularly known as Ekta Prakasan or Ekta Books.