Daijiworld Media

Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd
Type Private limited media company
Founded January 14, 2001
Headquarters Mangalore, India
Key people Walter Nandalike (Managing Director)
Industry e-paper, online news
Products News & Information
Employees 250
Website www.daijiworld.com
Alexa rank positive decrease 19,792 (April 2014)[1]
Type of site web portal
Registration optional
Available in English
Launched January 14, 2001

Daijiworld Media is an Indian private limited media company, headquartered in Mangalore, that provides news services, including the web portal, www.daijiworld.com.[2] It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on January 14, 2001,[3] primarily with the objective of relaying news from the Coastal Konkan region of India. It was later renamed as www.daijiworld.com, and established as a media company in 2007.

Daijiworld has currently a daily viewer-ship of around 450,000 visitors from around 180 countries, of which 40% of them are Non-resident Indian (NRI) Mangaloreans. The portal contains a variety of columns ranging from daily news, interviews, achievements, cookery, women interest, young world, and other information about Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka, Goa, Mumbai, and Middle-Eastern countries. Daijiworld runs Daijiworld 24X7 tv channel, which was launched on May 9 as test transmission, later 24X7 telecast from Jun 16, 2014 across coastal Karnataka through cable network and set-up boxes. The tv channel also available on internet (www.daijiworld247.com) and also on Android and IOS app formats. It also publishes a weekly named Daijiworld Weekly.[4][5][6]

History

Daijiworld Media was a result of an April Fools' Day prank by Walter Nandalike, the Editor-in-chief of the portal. He had migrated to the Gulf for employment purposes, with no knowledge of computers. Having learnt about computers, he sent his first E-mail to his friends on April 1, 2000 saying that he was hosting a site on the Net, which was meant to be a joke for April Fools' Day. His friends took him seriously and started inquiring about the site. Surprised by the levels of interest, Walter started thinking seriously about the project. He learnt computers thoroughly, and eight months later on January 14, 2001, launched www.daijidubai.com, primarily with the objective of hosting information and news pertaining to Konkani language and society. The portal is now known as www.daijiworld.com[7] Daiji in Konkani means "relation", and the portal was started by Walter and a group of writers of the Daiji Dubai Writers Forum with a view of promoting and encouraging awareness of culture and tradition.[8][9]

In May 2005, the portal had been ranked 30,714, among the estimated 60 million websites in India by ranking.com, a premier web monitoring agency. In addition, internetsupervision.com, one of the world's largest website monitoring portals, had cited daijiworld.com as among the 100 most popular websites in the world, as of May 2005. The ranking was based on the last 10 days of performance of the website. Daijiworld had been cited alongside major portals such as Google, Yahoo!, eBay, and Microsoft.[3] In March 2007, it established itself as a media company under the banner of "Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd". In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRIs, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. On July 18, 2008, Daijiworld took a step further and inaugurated its Udupi office.[4] In May 2009, Daijiworld announced that it will soon be launching an English weekly tabloid named Daijiworld Weekly, which would be promoted under the banner of a new company namely "Daijiworld Publications Pvt Ltd".[10]

Charity

Daijiworld.com has also created a bridge between people spread across different parts of the world. Hundreds of people who had lost links with their roots were reunited and reconnected through daijiworld. More than 300 families have received financial assistance for their medical, education or other needs, through frequent appeals to readers who have been more than generous in lending a helping hand to make lives better. The cumulative financial assistance generated through daijiworld today stands at an estimated Rs 9.5 crore (Until March - 2015).

Awards and Recognitions

For bringing innovation in Mangalore e-media, Walter Nandalike, editor-in-chief of daijiworld.com has been featured in several dailies as well periodicals, TV channels, and radio channels in India as well as abroad. Walter Nandalike has received over 69 national, international and regional awards for his achievements in the field of journalism.

Some of the important awards are Pingara Rajyotsava Award-2007, IPP Star of Year - 2009 from Toastmasters Club, Houston, USA, Rachana Entrepreneur of the Year-2010, Sandesha Media Education Award-2010, Editors' Award 2011 for his editorial on daijiworld.com, Mayura Award 2012 and many more.He has written about 100 short stories, several articles on current affairs and two novelites "Saithanachya Savlenth" and "Devcharachi Deswat". His stories have been broadcast on All India Radio. He is an actor as well as compere, having hosted more than 100 major cultural events in India as well as in Gulf countries.

Honours

Oct 25, 2013 - Special Award at Mangalore Konkans' 25th anniversary in Dubai
Jun 23, 2012 - Honoured at Stan Nite, London, UK
May 18, 2012 - Mayura Award by Karnataka Sangha Sharjah
Dec 15, 2012 : Vishwamanava award during world Kannada Cultural Convention at Abu Dhabi
Sep, 2011 - Editor's Award for his editorial 'Captured Sex' : A Stunning Warning to Parents, Teachers, and the Public
Feb 7, 2010 : Sandesha State Level 'Media Education' Award for Daijiworld.com
Jan 11, 2010 : Rachana Entrepreneur of the Year by Catholic Chamber of Commerce, Mangalore
Nov 2009 - Vishwa Kannada award by Hridayavahini and Karnataka Sangha Dubai
Nov 13, 2009 : Billawa Balaga, Abu Dhabi
Feb 21, 2009 : 'IIPP Star of the Year' award presented by International Institute for Public Policy, Mangalore led by Max Rasquinha of Houston, USA
October 9, 2008: Honored and Bestowed title 'Konkan Karaval Suputhr' by Karaval Konkans Bahrain during Gulf Voice of Mangalore Semi-finals
Sep 12, 2008 : Honoured and Awarded with 'Konkan Kallo' title by Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC) Doha - Qatar
Nov 6, 2007: Pingara Rajyotsava Award - 2007 by Pingara Kannada Weekly, Mangalore India
Jan 7, 2006 –Award from International Orientation Centre USA in Mangalore
November 2001 - Received "Borpi Mithr - 2001" award from Muscat Konkani Writers (Borpi Mithr), Muscat Oman

Revenue

Daijiworld derives its revenue from advertising and subscribers. Daijiworld.com is managed by Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd, with Walter Nandalike as editor-in-chief and Managing Director. Nandalike holds 60% stake in the company whereas Melvyn Rodrigues (Director Operations, Rohan Monteiro, Lawrence Dsouza, Victor Dsouza and Alex Castelino hold rest of the shares in the company. Walter Nandalike is also founder of Daijiworld Weekly, only English language print weekly published from Karnataka. The Weekly is managed by Daijiworld Publication Pvt Ltd. 51% stake in the company held by Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd and rest by Hemacharya (Editor-in-chief of Weekly, Dayan Dsouza, Kishoo Barkoor, and Michael Castelino Shares of both the companies reportedly up by 800% since last three years In 2014 May / June Daijiworld 24X7 Television Channel was launched to cater the needs of people of Karnatak Coastal Kannadigas. The channel airs News and entertainment in Kannada, Tulu, Konkani and Beary languages. Soon Channel is expected to be available through Satelites. Currently it is available in cable and set-up boxes as well as internet and mobile apps[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Daijiworld.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ Bishop lauds contribution of Internet to information age from The Hindu
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mangalore–based portal among popular websites". The Hindu. 2005-05-26. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About us". Daijiworld Media. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  5. ↑ Internet TV for non-resident Mangaloreans from The Hindu Business Line
  6. ↑ Internet TV from The Hindu
  7. ↑ M. Raghuram (2006-01-14). "Weaving web links". The Hindu. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Keeping track of events back home made easy". The Hindu. 2004-03-28. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  9. ↑ Pinto, Stanly (2004-03-28). "Uniting Mangloreans on the Net". The Times of India (The Times Group). Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Stepping into the 9th Year: Daijiworld Sets Foot into Print Media - Weekly Tabloid. The Weekly hits Stands in Feb 2009 from Daijiworld. In 2014 May / June , Walter Nandalike launched 'Daijiworl 24X7' Television Channel which airs news and entertainment in Kannada, Tulu, Konkani and Beary languages.

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