MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

Entertainment channel
Sahara TV was launched in 2000
On 10th October 2004, the Channel became SaharaOne

Movie channel
FILMY, second channel after Sahara One,launched on February 12, 2006.

It has produced over 35 films, 5 of which have won National Awards. Some of the most
respected banners of Indian Cinema associated with Sahara Motion Pictures are BSK Films,
Ram Gopal Varmas Varma Corp, K Sera Sera, Nitin Manmohans Fourth Wall Productions
and Percept Picture Company among others.

Special Effects Studio

GEON STUDIOS: Designs, develops and delivers cutting - edge digital visual effects for domestic and
international feature film and television projects.
GEON is a digital visual effects and animation facility based in Mumbai, India.

Cinema Halls
Developing largest chain of multiplexes in India Around 230x3 screens throughout the country along
with an independent film distribution network.

NEWS CHANNELS

Tagline

HAR JAGAH,HAR SAMAY

Launched

28th march,2003

Regional Channel

Launched

Sahara samay up/Uttaranchal

28th march,2003

Sahara samay mp/chattisgarh

16th oct,2003

Sahara samay bihar/jharkhand

14th jan,2005

Sahara samay Ncr

22nd july,2005

Aalmi sahara(international)

27th dec.2010

Sahara Mumbai

Total studio

09

Total Pcr (Production control room)

06

Total Mcr (Master control room)

06

News Section
50 Bureaus, 1000 Correspondents across the globe & over 1600 V-SATs for news
collection

Sahara Samay received the "Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award" in 2008 for its network
newsroom technology

PRINT MEDIA
The group owns one national weekly magazine in English, 7 editions of Hindi Daily Newspaper Rashtriya
Sahara, nine editions of Urdu Daily Newspaper Roznama Rashtriya Sahara and one International Urdu
Weekly,

Hindi Daily
RASHTRIYA SAHARA
38 Editions of Hindi Daily Newspaper with 6 Printing Centers.

English Weekly
SAHARA TIME
1 National Edition 72 pages English Weekly with Pan India News Network

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Urdu Daily (10 may 2003)

ROZNAMA RASHTRIYA SAHARA
15 Editions of Urdu Daily Newspaper with 9 Printing Centers.

Urdu Weekly
AALMI SAHARA
AALMI SAHARA: 28 pages International Urdu Weekly.

Urdu Monthly
BAZM-E-SAHARA: 100 Pages Monthly Magazine.

Total daily news papers

02 (Hindi and urdu)

Monthly magazine

Bazm-e-sahara(100pages)

Weekly magazine

02 (sahara times,Aalmi sahara)

Date to Remember
( Company stared on 1st Feb.1978 At Gorakhpur, with capital of Rs.2000 only, with initially 3 Member)
1st Feb

Isthapna Divas ( Following 35th this year 2012)

1st April

Jyoti Divas ( Following 99th this year 2012)

Bday of Late Shri Sudhir chand Roy (1913-1977)

10th June

Prarna Divas ( Following 64th this year 2012)

Bday shri Sahara Shri ( 1948)

26th Jan

Bharat Parva ( Started in 2000)

15th Aug

Bharat Parva ( Started in 1990)

Big News of Current Affair

Sahara India Pariwar announces co-ownership of the Force India Formula One Team with Dr.
Vijay Mallya

12th October 2011, Sahara acquired 42.5% of the Force India Formula 1 Team for an estimated
$US 100 million
Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One
Team Limited
Sahara Force India Formula One Team got 9th place in the racing tournament, held on Greator
Noida(Budh International Racing Circuit) on 30th oct 2011

SUBRATA ROY SAHARA SATDIUM

Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, also known as MCA Pune International Cricket Centre is a
cricket stadium located at Gahunje near Pune, India. It serves as the home stadium for the
Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors India and Maharashtra cricket team including
headquarters for the Maharashtra Cricket Association
Opening by Sharad Pawar on 1st April 2012.
Grand opening Ceremony on 8th April 2012.

SUBRATA ROY SAHARA SATDIUM

1st Match played between Pune Warrior and kings XI Punjab 8th April 2012
Match won by pune in the leadership of Caption Ganguly,
Amitabh bachchan was chief guest for the occasion.
Stadium Capicity

55,000

Cost

300cr

PUNE WARRIOR TEAM (IPL)

22nd March 2010

: Sahara bought Team Franchise of Rs.1702cr.

The highest bid of IPL
First, Caption of Pune Team Was Yuvraj Singh.
South African pacer Allan Donald is the bowling coach of the team.

August 17, 2011: Sahara India Power Corporation collaborates with Korea East-West
Power Company to set up 6000 MW of Mega and Ultra Mega Power Plants in India
Mr. Ashok Bhargava, C.E.O., Sahara India Power Corporation Ltd. and Mr. Lee, Gil Gu, President &
C.E.O., Korea East-West Power Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Agreement

Lucknow, February, 01, 2011: Sahara solemnizes 101 marriages of underprivileged

in its annual Samuhik Vivah Samaroh
Organized since 2004 till date, 808 couples have been blessedABOUT
2012

Sahara India Buys Prime London Hotel For Rs 3300 Cr,In 2010, the Sahara India
Pariwar purchased the hotel from Royal Bank of Scotland for 470
million.

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Shri Subrata Roy Sahara

He is named among the 10 Most Powerful People of India by India Today. His residence is in Lucknow,
UP, India. Subrata Roy Sahara founded Sahara India Pariwar in 1st Feb,1978. In 2004, the group was
termed by the Time magazine as the second largest employer in India after the Indian Railways'

Board of management
Shri Subrata Roy Sahara ( Saharasri)

Managing worker & Chairmen

Smt.Swapana Roy

Vice Chairmen (Personnel & Welfare)

Shri O.P. Srivastava

Dy. Managing worker (Controlling & Analysis)

Shri J.B. Roy

Dy. Managing worker(Commercial)

Department head
Shri Sushanto Roy

Head Infrastructure & Housing

Shri Vivek kumar

C.E.O. Aamby Valley City & Sahara Star

Shri Boney Kapoor

Director(Official of Media & Entertainment)

Shri chandni Roy

Head-Sahara Global Design Studio Ltd.

-Sahara Global Mastercraft Ltd.

Smt.Kumkum Roy

Dy. Director Worker (Production Division)

Dr.H.P. Kumar

Director-Medical Health

Shri Romie Dutt

Executive Director Worker

(International Bizness Divison Qshop)

Shri Upendra Roy.

Editor &News Director

Shri Aziz Burney.

Group Editor Urdu Publication

Shri Gautam Sarkar.

Head-Distribution

Shri C.B.Singh.

Head-Adminstration

Shri ..

Head Human Resources

Shri Shailendra Kr. Verma

Head production

Reference November Magazine

17th Nov.2011 (A New Venture Meet-2011)P-04
Q = Quality = Our Mission
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14th Oct.2011(Delhi Region Office Opening)P-29

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14th Oct.2011(Famina Miss)P-33

27th Oct 2011( CFL)P-33

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28th oct.2011(Award for best hotel &Tourrism)P-30

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Channel Trp Hike in Oct.2011(P-34)

28th September 2011 ( P-45)/Uco branch Opnening

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Reference December Magazine

Wedding Ceremony Shri O.P.Shrivastava & Renu Parkash on 11th Dec.2011( In Gorakhpur)
Icon Of The year Sahara Shri-By Power Brand London
Sugar Production (P-10)

30th Nov.2011(P-40)

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02nd Nov.2011(P-40)-Spcl

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12th Nov.2011(P-41)

29th Nov.2011(P-41)

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12th Nov.2011(P-41)-Award for beautiful design

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13th Nov,2011-Electronic Media-(P-41)

27th Nov.2011-Shor in the city-(p-41)

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17th Nov.2011-Astro-Saheli(P-41)

22nd Nov.2011-Super Century(p-41)

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DTH-Airtel(p-41)

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Sahara Welfare Foundatin(p-42)

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6th Dec. 2011(p-66)

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Reference Jan. Magazine

18th jan-Wedding Ceremony-Sahara shri & smt. Swapana Roy
3rd Jan 2012(p-11)

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11th dec.2011(p-42)-Infrastructure & Housing

12th Dec 2011-SPCL(P-42)

31ST dec 2011-Sahara Star(p-43)

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24th dec.2011-Ragini Mms-(p-43)

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TECHNICAL
NTSC

National Television Standard Committee

PAL

Phase Alternative Line

ENPS

Electronic news Production system

Editing Software

Leitch (news Flash)

UPLINK

DOWNLINK

GFX SOFTWARE

Wizrt

SOUND SYSTEM

Analog

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OTHER
PROFIT/EARNIG DISTRIBUTION BY COMPANY

Sahara India Pariwar IT Division is named as "SAHARA NEXT". Sahara Next works on different domains
like Banking,Finance,Media and Entertainment,Chemical and CRM. Sahara has
the client all over world including Malaysia,Singapore,USA.

Power-Sahara Power has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the

Government of Orissa for setting up a 1320 MW (2 x 660) Coal Based Thermal Power Plant in
Turla Tehsil of Balangir District, Orissa at an investment of about Rs.5604 Cr. Sahara India
Power Corporation Limited has also proposed to set up a 2000 MW Coal based power plants in
Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh at an estimated investment of Rs. 8000 Cr. each.

Health care
The group owns a hospital in Lucknow. The hospital was opened in 2009. This hospital got
operational in February 2009 and is currently operating with approximately 350 beds, including
120 bed Critical Care Infrastructure and expandable to 554 beds

Some Facts
Sahara India Sports Awards
Sahara Sports Awards is an annual sports awards provided each year to the best indian sporstars of
various sports. It is organised by Sahara Group. It is popular in India and abroad. Sahara also sponsors
IPL Awards.
Sachin tendulkar for 2012 in cricket.
It has had sponsorship rights for the Indian Cricket Team since 2001
Indian cricket team sponsorship, four-year period ending December 2009
continue for six more months as Board of Cricket Control in India could not find any sponsors
31 May 2010 re-secured the sponsorship rights for the Indian men's cricket team till December 31, 2013

IPL FACT
4 February 2012, Sahara announced to withdraw from the sponsorship of the India cricket team and IPL
Team Pune Warriors
16 February 2012, confirmed that they back as the sponsor of Team India and owner of IPL franchise

Celebrity Cricket League

Celebrity Cricket League is a cricket league involving Bollywood,
Sandalwood(Kannada),Tollywood(Telugu) and Kollywood(Tamil) film industry cricket
teams. It was started in 2010 and takes place every year.

Sahara India Pariwar felicitates the Indian Hockey Team for Qualifying for London
Olympics

Shri Sardar Singh and Shri Sandeep Singh were awarded Rs. 11 lakhs each, while the rest of the team
members along with the main coach were given Rs. 5 lakh each for their performance. The support
staff also got an incentive of Rs. 1 lakh each.
Sahara India Pariwar has been the official sponsor of the Indian Men & Womens National Teams
(Senior and Junior) since 2003. It had recently, renewed its support to Indian Hockey by announcing to
sponsor the Men & Women National and Junior Hockey Teams for a period of 5 years at a 170%
increase over the past contract period.