Ramesh Chandra Agarwal

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (30 November 1944 – 12 April 2017) was an Indian media proprietor and founder-chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers[3] that has a presence in 14 states of India with 62 editions and has an estimated readership of over 15 million. He started Dainik Bhaskar newspaper at Bhopal in 1958. In 1983 he launched the Indore edition and in 1996 it was produced in Rajasthan. He was on the board of D.B. Corp Limited from its inception.

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal
Born(1944-11-30)30 November 1944
Jhansi, India[1]
Died12 April 2017 (2017-04-13) (aged 72)
Ahmedabad
OccupationChairman of D B Corp Ltd.
Children4[2]

Early life and education

Ramesh Chandra Agarwal was born on 30 November 1944 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and was the son of Seth Dwarka Prasad Agarwal, who ran a book business in Jhansi. In 1956 he came to Bhopal with his father and laid the foundation of Dainik Bhaskar in 1958. He held a post-graduate degree (Master's in Arts) in Political Science from Bhopal University, Bhopal.

Career

Agarwal was engaged in the running of the Dainik Bhaskar organization for over four decades. He turned an ailing family-owned newspaper business into the fourth-largest circulated daily in the world, being present in 12 states in India with 64 editions. Dainik Bhaskar paved the way in replacing the pure, undistilled Hindi of the discerning litterateur with popular, colloquial words that easily connected with the masses.[4]

Daily News and Analysis (DNA), with Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group, was his first step into English-language publications and DB Post was his second.[5]

He was also the Chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Madhya Pradesh. He had been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. He was awarded within 50 most powerful Business houses by India Today Magazine in 2003, 2006 and 2007 [6]

He was ranked 95 on the Forbes list of India's Richest in 2012.[7]

He has three sons actively involved in his business, and also a daughter.

Death

Agarwal died at Ahmedabad Airport after a cardiac arrest on 12 April 2017.[8] He was cremated on the next day at Bhadbhada Shmashana, in Bhopal.[9]

Biography

The story of his life and the rise of Dainik Bhaskar Group has been documented in the book[10] titled 'Ramesh Chandra Agarwal: The man who created the Dainik Bhaskar Group' written by Bharathi S Pradhan and published by Amaryllis, the English imprint of Manjul Publishing House, in December 2019.[11]

References
  1. Dainik Bhaskar group chairman Ramesh Chandra Agarwal passes away
  2. "Dainik Bhaskar Directors".
  3. "Dainik Bhaskar launches media training school". Daily News and Analysis. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/ramesh-chandra-agarwal-1944-2017-a-book-lover-who-created-a-media-empire-117041300078_1.html
  5. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (1944-2017): A book lover who created a media empire
  6. "Ramesh Chandra Agarwal". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  7. "Ramesh Chandra Agarwal". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  8. Dainik Bhaskar Group chairman Ramesh Agrawal passes away
  9. Bhadbhada Shmashana Last Rites
  10. Rajdan, Sonya. "RAMESH CHANDRA AGARWAL, the Man Who Created the Dainik Bhaskar Group".
  11. https://dbpost.com/ramesh-chandra-agarwal-75th-birth-anniversary-book-launch-by-senior-scribe-rajat-sharma-cm-kamal-nath-said-rameshji-branded-entire-mp-with-bhaskar/
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