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{{Infobox company
|name = Asian Educational Services (AES)
|foundation = 1973
|founder = Jagdish Lall Jetley
|logo =
|type = Publishing house specialized in antiquarian reprints
|location = New Delhi (India)
|area_served = Worldwide
|key_people = '''Gautam Jetley'''
|owner =
|num_employees = 37
|industry = Books, publishing
|products = Books
|revenue =
|homepage = [http://www.asianeds.com/ www.asianeds.com]
}}
'''Asian Educational Services''' (AES) is a New Delhi, India-based publishing house that specialises in [[antiquarian]] [[reprints]] of books that were originally published between the 17th and early 20th centuries. Founded by [[Jagdish Lall Jetley]] in 1973, the selection of titles are over 1200 in number.

==Involvement==

This firm has a very active publication programme that aims to preserve knowledge, in the form of old books, from being lost. An extensive list of about 200 [[Travel literature|travelogues]] gives a vivid picture of India specifically, and Asia generally. Many of the big names in Asian exploration and in the field of history have been reprinted. [[W. W. Hunter]], [[H. H. Wilson]], [[Max Müller|Max Muller]], [[Thomas William Rhys Davids|Rhys Davids]], [[H. H. Risley]], [[Edgar Thurston]], [[G. Forrest]], [[G. B. Malleson]], [[Nicholas Greenwood]], [[William Muir]], [[Vincent Arthur Smith|Vincent A. Smith]], [[Emerson Tennent]], [[Wilhelm Geiger]], [[Monier-Willams]], [[Sven Hedin]], [[Richard Francis Burton|Richard F. Burton]], [[Francis Younghusband]], [[William Moorcroft (explorer)|William Moorcroft]], [[M. Auriel Stein]], [[Marco Polo]], [[Heuin Tsang]], [[Al-Biruni|Al-Beruni]], [[William of Rubruck]], and many more share this shelf space. Travelogues of people who, in the [[Middle Ages]], frequented India such as [[F. Bernier]], [[J. B. Tavernier]], [[John Fryer (FRS)|John Fryer]], [[N. Mannuchi]], [[Abbe Carre]], [[J. Ovington]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[J. Neuihoff]], [[P. Baldeaus]], [[Father Montserrat]], [[Ippolito Desideri]], etc., have been given a new lease on life.

Language aids for over 40 [[Languages of Asia|Asian]], European and [[African languages]] in the form of dictionaries (classical, and popular), [[Multilingualism|Polyglot]]s, grammar aids, and [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]] series are part of the ''AES'' programme for language studies. All [[List of languages|major languages]] of the [[South Asia|Indian sub-continent]] have been covered, along with [[semitic languages]] like [[Amharic]] and the Arabic-Persian [[Language family|family of languages]].

==Network==

Apart from India, other areas of publication activity involve: Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, [[Himalayas]], Central Asia, [[Burma/Myanmar]], the Indian Ocean. Subjects deal with: History, Customs and [[Manners]], Religion, [[Buddhism]], [[Numismatics]], [[Anthropology]], Art, Architecture, [[Castes]] and [[Tribe]]s, The Indian Revolt/[[Indian rebellion of 1857|Mutiny of 1857]], [[Natural History]], gazetteers, guidebooks, etc.

==Today==

AES was awarded the National Award for Excellence in Publishing in 2005.

AES has been featured regularly in newspapers and TV shows, that highlight its re-publication programme. The newspapers that have carried stories on AES include the national dailies like [[The Hindu]] and [[The Indian Express]]. Among the channels that have features AES are the National Channel of India (Door Darshan 1) and the [[CNN IBN|CNN/IBN]] network in India.

After the death of the founder in 2005, the firm is being run by the surviving family.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180821094129/http://www.aes.ind.in/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091017/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/03/stories/2006010305300200.htm Interview with owner] by [[The Hindu]]

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