Girish Agarwal is Director, the Dainikj Bhaskar Group of Publications, India’s largest newspaper Group. It has a staff of over 10000 people publishing 8 daily newspapers, 2 stand alone weeklies and 3 magazines across 11 states of India.
Girish Agarwal is instrumental in making the modest brand ‘Bhaskar’ into the media powerhouse it is today. He made inroads into the Gujarat newspaper market launching Divya Bhaskar, the group’s Gujarati daily. However, his biggest achievement till date was his role in the conceptualization and launch of DNA (Daily News and Analysis) in 2005, the English daily is now the second largest read newspaper in Mumbai but has also expanded to Pune, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
Girish Agarwal was the recipient of the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006’ award by Ernst and Young in the IT, Communications and Entertainment category. He has received the Innovation for India Award for Business Innovation for Divya Bhaskar in 2006. He also led the Group for a huge successful listing at Mumbai Stock exchange where IPO was oversubscribed by 39.8 Times.
A team player, Girish Agarwal is a source of inspiration for his colleagues with his “out of the box” thinking and diligence.
