Lucknow Printers’ Association’s 5th Mega Event, The Printers’ Conclave, which took place at Chancellor’s Club in Lucknow on 18 November 2017 was once again a grand success with high-spirited teamwork among the printers’ community, felicitations of exemplary contributions and knowledge sharing. Attended by more than 380 delegates from different parts of the country, it is amazing how The Printers’ Conclave has developed since 2013. The conclave was instrumental not only in improving communications among local printer’s associations within the state of Uttar Pradesh but beyond.
The event began with the welcome address by JL Bhargava, president Lucknow Printers’ Association. The Chief Guest of the event was Rita Bahuguna Joshi, cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh. Joshi expressed her concern about the slowdown in the printing industry and volunteered to meet the members of LPA to help overcome the challenges and growth pangs faced by the printers in current situation.
Rajendrakumar Anayath, vice-chancellor of DCR University of Science and Technology, Sonepat, who received the Print Ratna Award at the event, gave quite an inspiring lecture which got a great round of applause from the audience. In his lecture, Anayath shared his struggle speaking in English in the initial days and how he not only overcame it but went on to master seven other languages. He even encouraged the young generation to pursue higher education in printing technology. The other receipent of the Print Ratna Award was Anjan Kumar Baral, HOD – department of printing, Guru Jambeshwar University, Hissar, Haryana.
The other awards announced at the event were Heroes of the Society Award, Young Achiever Award and Unsung Heroes Awards. The Unsung Heroes Awards had two categories – one for the printers and the other for the heroes of the society. The printers category of the Unsung Heroes had a unique form of nomination and came from all printing associations of UP. “For this award, the LPA nominates the person who is doing exemplary work for the society selflessly. Therefore, our team has taken up this challenge to felicitate and get the good work noticed by all and further motivate others to follow the suite,” said Harjinder Singh, general secretary, Lucknow Printers Association.
Mohit Bhargawa (nominated by Allahabad Printers’ Association) of Bhargawa Press, Sunil Tandon (nominated by Kanpur Printers’ Association) of Mayur printers, Arun Kumar Jain of Pratibha Press & Multimedia, Vishal Rastogi of Vishal Papers received the Unsung Heroes Awards in the Printers Category. Sudha Singh Chauhan of Trade Max Printers received the Special Unsung Heroes Award in the female category.
Ashish Bhutani received the Young Achiever Award. The event also saw the release of Print News, the special edition magazine of LPA.
Representatives from other business associations included Sanjay Gupta, state president, Mohd. Afzal – state treasurer and Sanjay Trevedi – general secretary of Uttar Pradesh Adarsh Vyapar Mandal, Lucknow; Milit Gaur – state president, Prince Kansal – national general secretary and Naved Ahmed – state general secretary of Industries & Traders Welfare Association; and Sandeep Ahuja – vice president, North, All India Bread Manufacturers Association.
The main sponsor of the event was Bhutani Infra, a Noida-based real estate company. The co-sponsors were mutual investment company DFMS; Saarthak Vanijya India, which deals in paper; and Pamex. RED FM was the event organizer while The Packman was one of the media partners of the event.
