32 print buyers to judge samples from 100 top firms

Coming at a time when the industry is recovering from the hang-over of Drupa, PrintWeek India Awards hopes to offer a welcome respite.

26 Jul 2012 | By PrintWeek India

For those who don’t know, PrintWeek India Awards is not merely an awards show, we aim to increase awareness of the print industry amongst the community that matters: the one who buy and consume print.

Some of the biggest names in the Indian print industry will assemble on 30 August for the PrintWeek India Awards Night which is scheduled to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai.

More than 100 print firms are competing in the fourth edition of the Awards for top honours in 19 quality categories and six performance categories.

The main aim of the awards is to play a pivotal role in raising the standard of print, distinguishing those who have produced exceptional print jobs and skills according to the Indian market needs and provide recognition to the truly trendsetting print jobs from India.

The ensemble of entries and print firms will be evaluated at the Canon presented PrintWeek India Awards judging process at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on 28 July.

“We've the biggest names in the industry who are part of the panel - and in an attempt to shout about the legitimacy and validity of our Awards, we have published the list prior to the Jury Day,” said D'cunha.

The Awards Night and a full day Conclave which include a match-making session between print buyers and print firms will be hosted on 30 August at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, where the winners will be honoured.

Canon India is the main sponsors of the event. While the list of associate sponsors includes Advanced Graphic Systems (AGS), Bobst India, Dupont India, Garnett Papers, Goss International & SLKCG, GMC Software Technology, Henkel Adhesive,  Kala Jyothi and Welbound Worldwide.

The Jury Panel for PrintWeek India Awards 2012

Arun Malkani  Chief marketing officer, Birla Sun Life Insurance                              
Ashwini Ashish Deshpande      Founder director & design practice head, Elephant Design               
Farooqui Fazal  Packaging development manager, Heinz India
Gayatri Jayaraman  Writer, Mint Lounge
Geetanjali Bhattacharji  Chief executive officer, Spatial Access
Hemal Kapadia  Founder and design director, Olive Design
Hitesh Pravin Shah  Studio manager, BBDO India
Huzefa Kanorwala  India and ME country manager, HH Print Management India
Indrajit Sen  Executive director, Indian Outdoor Advertising Association
Indranil Roy  President, Outlook Group at Outlook Publishing
Jayshree Joshi  Programme officer, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Karan Rawat  Executive creative director, Grey
Kiran Prabhakar Prayagi  Director, Graphic Arts Technology & Education
Madan Mohapatra  Chief marketing, Future Group
Nandini Dias  Chief operating officer, Lodestar
Nitin Nair  Godrej CP
Oona Dhabhar  Marketing director, Condè Nast India
Paroma Sadhana  Production and design supervisor, Majlis
Paulose Parakkadan  Operations director, r-pac India
Pratap Bose  Chief operating officer, ddbmudragroup.com
Pronoti Datta  Assistant editor, Times of India
Raja Sanyal   Head of marketing - India, Barclays
Runali Sawant  Assistant manager- packaging development, Hindustan Unilever Limited
Saurav Roy  Director, Idea Spice Design
Shaziya Khan  Executive planning director and vice president, JWT
Sheetal Dandekar  Senior product manager, Lupin India
Shormista Mukherjee  Founder, Rickshaw
Soma Roy  Packaging executive-quality, Marico
Sridhar Kondiparthi (POPS)  National creative director, Leo Burnett
Vijay Sampath  Chief executive officer, ACK Media
Vijay Sawant  Group creative director, Ogilvy and Mather
Yogesh Bambal  Packaging development manager, Cadbury India