Harrish M Bhatia is currently President – Sales & Marketing at Dainik Bhaskar Group. He is one of the most respected corporate business leaders, opinion maker and author in the media sector. In his illustrious career of 38 years has created significant value in large corporations i.e. Korean multinational corporation LG Electronics Ltd, JVC-Victor Company of Japan, ONIDA Electronics, and Aristocrat Luggage through product innovations and customer centric marketing and sales strategy.
His over 20 year’s association with Dainik Bhaskar Group, which is the 3rd largest print media group in the world, has established several benchmarks for the company as well as the industry. Dainik Bhaskar Jaipur and Divya Bhaskar Ahmedabad launches were spearheaded by him.
He took over as CEO of ‘94.3 MY FM’, the radio division of Dainik Bhaskar Group, just as a startup, achieved break-even within 3 years and made it the fastest-growing radio company in the industry. His passionate leadership made ‘94.3 MY FM’ a successful brand and market leader with 30 stations in 7 states of India. In his leadership ‘94.3 MY FM’ won close to 50 national and international awards for marketing, innovation, social messaging, and innovative business ideas.
As President – Sales & Marketing of Dainik Bhaskar Group, he manages 12 states and 61 editions of print business and leads a team of approx. 1000 employees. in a short period of three years, he has delivered double-digit business growth and gave a refreshing brand image to print media brands i.e. Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Divya Marathi despite severe pandemic and internet media disruptions. Under his leadership, Dainik Bhaskar print divisions have won many prestigious awards.