Sakal Media Group

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Type Private Headquarters Pune		Region Maharashtra Founded 1979

Key people Abhijit Pawar (Managing Director) Pratap Pawar (Chairman) Subsidiaries Sakal Stern, SBN Clothing Ltd., TopShop, Sakal Sports Ltd., Sakal Brothers Ltd.

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The Sakal Media Group is independently owned media business in Maharashtra. The newspapers and magazines owned by the group in Marathi and English have a combined readership of over 6 million.

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Introduction and history

Founded by journalist Dr. N. B. Parulekar and established in 1932, the Sakal Media Group is an independently owned media business in Maharashtra. Headquartered in Pune, the Sakal Media Group owns and operates newspapers and magazines in Marathi as well as English with a circulation across Maharashtra and Goa. Sakal, the Marathi language newspaper of Sakal Media Group, was published first as a 4-page daily in Pune. On May 7, 2008 the media group started publishing the English version with the title Sakal Times.

Abhijit Pawar is the Managing Director of Sakal Media Group. He took up the role of Group Managing Director of the entire media group in 2004 and his father Pratap Govindrao Pawar took up the role of Mentor and Chairman.

Management

Pratap Pawar, Chairman of Sakal Media Group is an engineer from Birla Institution of Engineering & Science, Pilani and an industrialist. He has been on the board of the Sakal group since 1985. Mr. Pratap Pawar was given the Padma Shri award by the government of India in January 2014.

Abhijit Pawar, a Mechanical Engineer by qualification, has been Managing Director of the Sakal Media Group since 2004.

Abhijit Pawar is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a world premier peer network of chief executives and business leaders. He has also been conferred the Young Presidents Organisation - World Presidents Organisation’s (YPO-WPO) highest award, the first Global Impact Legacy Honour at YPO Edge 2016 held in Dubai.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of Pratap G. Pawar (Chairman) Chairman of Sakal Media Group, Mr. Pratap Pawar is an Engineer from the BITS, Pilani. He has been on the Board of Sakal since 1985.

Milestones

1932 - Launch of the daily, Sakal

1933 - Launch of Saptahik Sakal weekly

2000 - Launch of eSakal, Gomantak and Gomantak Times

2003 - Launch of Maharashtra Herald

2005 - Launch of Agrowon, India's first daily dedicated to agriculture

2005 - Launch of Agrowon website by then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

2006 - Launch of Sakal Pune Today

2006 - Launch of Tanishka Magazine and Madhurangan Vyaaspeeth

2008 - Launch of the English daily Sakal Times

Dailies

Sakal, the Marathi newspaper of the Sakal Media Group, started as a 4-page daily in 1932.

Sakal Times, the English newspaper of the Sakal Media relaunched in 2004.

Gomantak Times – Gomanatak and Gomantak Times are dailies from the Sakal Media Group published for the state of Goa.

Agrowon is the first agriculture daily worldwide. Launched with an objective of making farmers globally competitive, it equips farmers with factual information as well as the latest agricultural technology.

Magazines

Saptahik Sakal is the highest circulated Marathi weekly in the state of Maharashtra. It features topics including careers, finance, health, shopping, relationships and beauty.

Tanishka Magazine focuses on the "modern woman", addressing issues such as health, fitness, career guidance, beauty, fashion, cookery, and parenting.

Premier is the only Marathi glamour magazine of the Sakal Media Group started in October 2008. The publications covers Marathi – Hindi Film reviews, Industries Special stories, Interviews and other information about the film industry.

Books and other publications

Sakal Media Group has published compilations like Vaatchaal, Timeless Inspirator, Garbhsanskar, Chakra Sudarshan. Publications such as Mantra Arogyacha, Mantra Jivanacha, Ayurved Uwach, Shriram Vishwapanchaytan(Marathi), Family Doctor. (As an Editor) by Dr. Balaji Tambe. Shir Gitayog, Shodh Brahmavidyecha – Adhyay Dusra (Marathi), Shardabai Govindrao Pawar (Marathi), Avkashzep - Suresh naik (Marathi), USA Calling. Madhukar Mazire, Career Planning (Marathi), Investments in Mutual Fund. Arvind Paranjpe (Marathi), My Construction Practices (Economical Edition), Dhing Tang, Sanskruti, Aarogya Sarvansathi, Tukaram Darshan, Garja Maharashtra and Avkashzep. Suresh Naik (Marathi).

Online media

Sakaaltimes.com is the latest addition from the Sakal Media Group. The site disseminates news and also encourages readers to interact with each other. Esakal.com is designed to provide news, information and views in the Marathi language. Agrowon.com is an internet portal for the agriculture daily, and provides agriculturists with information on the go. Saptahiksakal.com is the web version.

Presence in television broadcasting sector

Launched in August 2008, Saam TV is the group’s first venture into broadcast media business.

Presence in events

Sakal Media group organizes different kind of events and exhibitions targeted towards many sectors of social needs. Sakal Vastu is an exhibition on property and real estate, usually held in Pune. Sakaal Aarogya is a health and beauty festival and shares information on free medical advice for Ayurvedic treatment of various ailments, alternative therapies like healing through hypnotism, help from organisations on treatment in concessional rates, advanced treatments on problems related to the brain, and diabetes.

Sakal Media group also hosts various other events like Sakaal Shopping Festival, Sakaal Edugain, Sakaal Investmeet, Sakaal Agrowon, Sakaal Shagun, HR and Finance Meet, Taxpert, Educon, and Principals’ Meet.

Sakal arranges other entertainment events like Geet Ramayan, Herald Hangama, Sachinmay and Anandgane.

References

Sakal Media Group Wikipedia

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