Jayraj Salgaokar
Co-founder, Editor, Publisher & Managing Director
Jayraj Salgaokar is the Co-founder, Editor, Publisher & Managing Director at Kalnirnay. He is an economist with a keen interest in literature, history and arts. He has also authored several books. A trained mountaineer, Jayraj was also part of the successful “Tata Everest Indian 98” expedition from Tibet to Mount Everest. He is a columnist for newspapers and a participant speaker on economics on various news channels. Jayraj has also worked closely with varied government bodies to bring together mega infrastructure projects and initiatives. He has also been a part of a special committee (Labour & Employment) on the Planning Commission and has served on the board of the Indian Institute of Forest Management.
- Co-Founder, Publisher & Managing Director of Kalnirnay, India’s largest-selling multilingual publication. The combined global sales of Kalnirnay are well over Rs. 12 million copies (The Marathi & Hindi editions sales were certified by Audit Bureau of Circulation).
- Editor of Kalnirnay Sanskrutik, an up-market Diwali publication in Marathi.
- Launched the first ever Indian website Kalnirnay.com (NIC No. 42) in 1996.
- Worked on mobile-telephony content management of cultural relevance, with leading mobile operators in India.
- Launched the Kalnirnay App on iOS & Android.
- Filed a patent for OREN horn usage meter to prevent sound pollution in cities.
- Patented anti-copying special ink to prevent print piracy.
- Member of the Advisory Committee ‘Pradnya Pathshala’, Wai – a Government of Maharashtra Organisation working on education.
- A visiting lecturer on ‘Newspaper Printing Technology and the Internet’ in various colleges.
- Published his first book SamaVyasta in 1976 using an innovative offset printing technique that was entirely new then, but is now used rampantly for budget publications.
- A regular guest author for leading Marathi publications including Loksatta and Maharashtra Times and was a columnist for Blowing in the Wind in the daily newspaper Divya Marathi.
- Published his second book KashasathiKuthvar – an anthology of his articles initially published in Lokmat.
- Published Jag Pravaha (MaujPrakashan) on global trends & economics.
- Ajinkya Yodha Bajirao (History | Parammitra Publishing)
- Paisa Aani Madhyamvarga (Economics | Majestic Publishing | Awarded C.D.Deshmukh Award by Maharashtra State Govt. for the best book on Economics {2012-13}).
- Neo-Gutenberg – a tribute to Gutenberg through a contemporary lens. The book provides a history of mechanized communication and the forthcoming New Renaissance as a result of Information Technology.
- Was a member of the Board of Directors of Indian Institution of Forest Management, Govt. of India, Bhopal 1998-2001.
- Worked closely with Dabhol Power Company (Enron) on Government, Media, Social, Local and Community issues for three years.
- Worked on the Managing Committee of “Granthalee” – a reader’s cooperative publishing movement.
- Worked with Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation as a Financial Adviser for the mega-irrigation projects, local issues, media and the state government.
- Member of the organising committee of the Asian film festival ‘The Third Eye’.
- Worked on Bombay Master Printers Association as a managing committee member in 1997–2000 and as a secretary in 2000–2001.
- Worked on a committee on Labor and Employment in the Planning Commission from 2009-2011.
- Currently working for the Jaitaur Nuclear Power Project of Nuclear Power Corporation of India on press relations and community relations with the Chief Minister’s Office, etc.
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- Graduated in Economics from Ramnarayan Ruia College, University of Bombay.
- Post Graduation from the Dept. of Economics, University of Bombay (1977-78).
- Diploma in Business Management from Wellingkar Institute of Management, University of Bombay. (1979-80)