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'''Kumarian Press''' was an independent [[academic publishing]] company established in 1977 in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]] by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith. The company's name is a reference to its founders, a combination of Sondhi's middle name and Mayo Smith's first name combined. The company began publishing titles on management for training programs in [[international development]], some of them written by the founders.<ref name="hartford94">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/114653708.html?dids=114653708:114653708&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+07%2C+1994&author=Jocelyn+McClurg%3B+Courant+Columnist&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=LOCAL+PUBLISHER+AIMS+TO+INFUSE+READERS+WITH+A+GLOBAL+PERSPECTIVE&pqatl=google |title=LOCAL PUBLISHER AIMS TO INFUSE READERS WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE |author=Jocelyn McClurg|date=August 7, 1994 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |pages=G3}}</ref> International development remains the core of the publishing program but has expanded over the years to include books on [[human rights]], [[civil society]], [[peacebuilding]], [[governance]], [[gender studies]], [[microfinance]], and international health. It also distributes titles for [[Oxfam]] Great Britain,<ref>[http://www.developmentinpractice.org/books/ ''Development in Practice Readers'']</ref> [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]],<ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr/index.asp ''World Disasters Reports'']</ref> and the [[United Nations Development Fund for Women]].<ref>[http://www.unifem.org/resources/ UNIFEM resources]</ref> Kumarian was sold in April 2008 to Stylus Publishing and was an imprint of Stylus, located in Sterling, VA.

'''Kumarian Press''' was an independent [[academic publishing]] company established in 1977 in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]] by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith. The company's name is a reference to its founders, a combination of Sondhi's middle name and Mayo Smith's first name combined.


==History==

The company began publishing titles on management for training programs in [[international development]], some of them written by the founders.<ref name="hartford94">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/114653708.html?dids=114653708:114653708&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+07%2C+1994&author=Jocelyn+McClurg%3B+Courant+Columnist&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=LOCAL+PUBLISHER+AIMS+TO+INFUSE+READERS+WITH+A+GLOBAL+PERSPECTIVE&pqatl=google |title=LOCAL PUBLISHER AIMS TO INFUSE READERS WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE |author=Jocelyn McClurg|date=August 7, 1994 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |pages=G3}}</ref> International development remains the core of the publishing program but has expanded over the years to include books on [[human rights]], [[civil society]], [[peacebuilding]], [[governance]], [[gender studies]], [[microfinance]], and international health. It also distributes titles for [[Oxfam]] Great Britain,<ref>[http://www.developmentinpractice.org/books/ ''Development in Practice Readers'']</ref> [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]],<ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr/index.asp ''World Disasters Reports'']</ref> and the [[United Nations Development Fund for Women]].<ref>[http://www.unifem.org/resources/ UNIFEM resources]</ref> Kumarian was sold in April 2008 to Stylus Publishing and was an imprint of Stylus, located in Sterling, VA.



In April 2013, Kumarian was sold to [[Lynne Rienner Publishers]], based in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rienner.com/ |title=Home |website=rienner.com}}</ref><ref name="urlKumarian Press - About Kumarian Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.styluspub.com/Info/aboutkp.aspx |title=Kumarian Press - About Kumarian Press |access-date=2008-10-04}}</ref>

In April 2013, Kumarian was sold to [[Lynne Rienner Publishers]], based in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rienner.com/ |title=Home |website=rienner.com}}</ref><ref name="urlKumarian Press - About Kumarian Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.styluspub.com/Info/aboutkp.aspx |title=Kumarian Press - About Kumarian Press |access-date=2008-10-04}}</ref>

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