Almost half a century ago in 1956 Late
Shri Karpoor Chand "KULISH"
laid the foundation of Rajasthan Patrika
with a borrowed capital of just Rs.
500. Although the idea of starting a
newspaper from scratch was a challenge,
Shri Kulish ji embarked upon this venture
with sheer grit and determination. Encouraged
by the undying faith of its readers
and its impregnable foundation, Rajasthan
Patrika forayed into other fields and
is now touching the lives of people
daily. Patrika has spread its wings
to yellow pages, management school,
outdoors advertising, Mobile value added
service, events, publications, etc.
Today, Rajasthan Patrika conglomerate
despite its enormous growth, stands
cohesive with the common core values.
It is a newspaper, which
is respected for its editorial values
and trusted by the masses. Recently conducted
BBC-Reuters Survey puts
Rajasthan Patrika amongst the top
5 most trusted newspapers in India.
It enjoys the distinction
of being the first Indian newspaper to
have won both IFRA Asia, for excellence
in printing and SOPA for best reporting
in the same year.
Patrika figured among
the top five successful Asian
Community newspapers (AMIC, Singapore
- UNESCO)
Rajasthan Patrika is
among top 5 most-read Hindi dailies
in India and is the no.1 Hindi daily in
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu (IRS 07).
In Rajasthan alone it
has already crossed the readership of
10.21 million readers
(CR IRS 07) and is equal to readership
of all other newspapers put together.
It enjoys a massive Response Strength
of over 1.2 Million,
qualified through a direct coupon scheme.
The land Mark events of the group enjoy
footfalls of 1.1 to 1.5 Million.
Owing to its honest,
selective and detailed coverage of local
news, Patrika gained a huge popularity
and it became the newspaper of masses
and the classes. The committed team of
journalists evolves with the readers'
needs, understanding their desire for
information, providing them with the tools
that can keep them ahead in their professional
and personal lives.
Today, Patrika has 17 publishing centers
across India. It is simultaneously published
from major cities of Rajasthan viz. Jaipur,
Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Kota, Sikar,
SriGanganagar, Bhilwara, Alwar, Ajmer
and also from other cities like Ahemdabad,
Bangalore ,Surat, Kolkata and Chennai.
. It has an army of 600 correspondents,
reporters and stringers spread all across
the country. It enjoys a vast network
of 3,500 agents and 12,000 Hawkers.
Patrika has its corporate
offices at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Coimbatore,
Dehradun, Delhi, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore
, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur,
Pune, Raipur, and Vishakapatnam. Patrika
is reaching in more than 50 countries
via P.E.P.C worldwide’s press point
vending machines.
