The Kantipur Publications celebrated its 24th anniversary amid a function organised at its central office in Thapathali, Kathmandu, on Saturday.

Chairman and Managing Director of the Kantipur Media Group (KMG) Kailash Sirohiya said the media house has maintained highest journalistic standards even in pressing times. He thanked the management team, editorial team, circulation team, finance department and all the employees at the programme. “Even in adverse situations, our team has worked hard and proved itself the best,” said Sirohiya, addressing the function.

Sirohiya said the KMG will be expanding its print and digital platforms to reach out to more and more readers. “Many see print and digital [media] as competitors. 

But they are complimentary. We at the KMG will expand both the media to reach larger audiences,” said Sirohiya.

“The future of print journalism in Nepal is bright,” he said, adding that Kantipur has seen growth both in print and digital readership. “We had an impressive growth in the digital medium. Our online viewership has doubled compared to the last year,” said Sirohiya. “But that doesn’t mean our print run has gone down. It has also seen a remarkable growth.”

Sirohiya said the KMG has made significant improvements in printing technology. He stressed the need for sustaining the growth and quality of journalism at the KMG.

Editor-in-Chief of The Kathmandu Post Akhilesh Upadhyay observed that the media house had successfully proven that “good journalism is a good business”. The editorial freedom provided by the group and the trust in the management team was the recipe for Kantipur’s success, said Upadhyay.

Upadhyay added that The Post will have more focus on digital content in near future with multi-media coverage.

Kantipur daily Editor-in-Chief Sudheer Sharma said many newspapers had 

come and gone but “our zeal for good journalism is the reason we are the best in the country.”

“The past 25 years have seen a lot of changes in the country,” he said, adding that Kantipur had been witness to all those historical moments.

Assistant General Manager Sunil Basistha commended the remarkable performance of the team, congratulating all the employees and the bureaus. AGM Mahesh 

Swar said that since many economic indicators of the house were positive, this would help expand the market. On the occasion, staffers from various departments of the Publications were awarded for their outstanding performance in the past year.

The Post’s Binod Ghimire, Krishna Gyawali of the Kantipur daily, Saptahik/

Nari photographer Mahesh Pradhan and Gokarna Gautam of the Nepal weekly were among those awarded for their outstanding performance.

Also honoured were the finance department’s Pranjal Tyagi, Saptari correspondent Abdhesh Kumar Jha, Butwal-based reporter Amrita Anmol, Pyuthan reporter Giru Prasad Bhandari, Kanchanpur reporter Bhawani Dutta Bhatta and the IT department’s Ananta Ranjan Shah.

Ganesh Bahadur Karki of the circulation department and Sushil Kumar Sachar of the press were the other awardees. Advertising agencies Thomson Nepal, Media Basket and Max Media were honoured on the occasion.