Bhatnagar R D

Former Chief Technology Officer, DB Corp Ltd

Professional with a career of 36 years experience in Print & Production and Information Technology of leading Corporates in India.

Worked as Tech Lead in Production with Times of India and Sunday Mail, he continues to innovate and introduce the latest technologies successfully in a traditionally run print-media to a cloud journey with a vision to make DB an IT Led organization which is also the largest read newspaper group of the country – Dainik Bhaskar.

Mr. Bhatnagar better known as Innovator & trendsetter in the Technology sector for Media and has many feathers in his cap, including setting up of more than 57 Print and Publishing Centres for the Media companies.

Introduced various innovative concepts like Fragrance, 3D Imaging & Super Panorama in Newspapers.

India voted Taj Mahal into seven wonders of the world using Dainik Bhaskar’s shortcode 54567 using the IT backend set up by him.

He also set up the First semi broadcast level TV Studio and the First FM Radio Station for DB Corp Ltd.

He was also awarded amongst “100 Most Innovative CIO of India” in 2016 by World CSR Day & World Sustainability Congress based on his:

  • Strategic Perspective
  • Track Record
  • Innovations
  • Best Use of Technology
  • Ability for Sustainability
  • Future Orientation
  • Integrity and Ethics
  • Thought Leadership