Though he had no formal education in journalism, but he acquired the skill only through consistent reading, writing and from life’s varied experiences.
 
Without any economical support he ventured in journalism with a gut instinct and a capital of passion. After successful 8 years RAVIWAR KA ANAND was upgraded to an impacting Daily called AAJ KA ANAND in 1979. Till that time only a handful hindi language newspapers were published in Maharashtra, most of them belonged to big business houses and were merely supplementary of their main publication.
 
AAJ KA ANAND is the first and only Hindi daily published from Pune since last 40 years. From the very beginning Mr. Shyam Agarwal strived to give something different in AAJ KA ANAND. By his vision alone AAJ KA ANAND publication group got its own identity.
 
To throw bunch of news towards readers is the easiest formula for any daily but from the very first day Mr. Shyam Agarwal was insistive to give readers more than news, which would be newsworthy, at the same time interesting and informative. He always believed that newspapers are the mirror of the society and their aim should be to educate the masses. AAJ KA ANAND group follows these principles rigorously.
 
The contents of Daily AAJ KA ANAND are very unique. Fifty percent main stream news contents and fifty percent life style related readable contents that include, Health, Fashion, Personality development, Job guidance, Astrology, Spirituality and much more…
                                                                                                                          
AAJ KA ANAND is no doubt today a success story but because of him, his dedication, hard work, passion, conviction and vision he got the desired results. Today the circulation of Aaj Ka Anand is 1.5 Lac copies daily and two editions are printed which are Pune and Mumbai edition. Aaj Ka Anand is the main source of local news for people migrating from Hindi speaking states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi etc.
 
Mr. Shyam Agarwal’s forte has just not terminated with AAJ KA ANAND, but he extended his awareness roots by publishing a Marathi Daily called SANDHYANAND. A brain child of Mr. Shyam Agarwal, SANDHYANAND is entertaining marathi readers for last 19 years. The entire format of SANDHYANAND is unique and reader oriented. The sale graph of SANDHYANAND is self explanatory. SANDHYANAND has a wide circulation of 3.5 Lac copies and increasing every day. It is circulated all over Maharashtra with a major circulation in Pune and Mumbai. This is perhaps only daily which is printed in Pune and sold over a Lac copies in Mumbai.
 
Though the cost of both (Rs. 4 Each) makes AAJ KA ANAND and SANDHYANAND much more expensive than other newspapers, but because of wide range of news, informative, knowledgeable articles and different format, these both newspapers got wide readers base.
 
Mr. Shyam Agarwal’s vision is to start an English daily also, which would be another unique daily from the group.
 
Apart from daily Aaj Ka Anand and daily Sandhyanand, Mr. Shyam Agarwal has also been socially active. He had been Vice-President of the then active Press Club of Pune. He is a Honorary Trustee of the Pune Patrakar Prathisthan also.