About Sanjay Gupta

Mr. Sanjay Gupta is the Editor in Chief and CEO of Jagran Prakashan Ltd, one of India’s leading Media and Communications Group with leadership in Print, Digital, Radio, Out-of-Home (OOH) and Activation. With 10 print titles across 13 states in 5 different languages and a readership in excess of 80 mn, Jagran is the largest print media group in the country.


Under Sanjay’s leadership, the flagship brand Dainik Jagran, has been the largest read newspaper of India since 2003. Dainik Jagran stands for credibility, honesty and nation building. For more than 75 years, this iconic voice of freedom and free expression has been benchmarking standards of excellence that have inspired readers and industry alike.


Mr. Sanjay Gupta is associated with several cultural, social and commercial organizations and a number of trade and industry bodies like Indian Newspaper Society, International News Media Association, World Editors Forum and the World President’s Organization. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIM Amritsar. He is recently appointed as Part-Time-Member of Prasar Bharti Board.


For his exemplary contribution to the industry, Sanjay has been awarded at various platforms, the most notable of them being the Editor of The Year Award conferred on him by the Hon’ble Minister Shri Kiran Rijiju, AIMA Managing India Award for Outstanding Contribution to Media and Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award for the contribution in the field of journalism by Kesari-Maratha Trust.