The event commenced with a welcome address from Kevin Costello, CEO of Haymarket Media Group and a keynote address by Ravinder C Reddy, president of the All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP). A major highlight of the morning was the unveiling of PrintWeek’s Power 100 by Costello, Reddy, Ashish Bhushan, country head, Haymarket Media India, alongside PrintWeek editors Noel D’Cunha, Rahul Kumar and Sai Deepthi.
Innovation took centre stage during two Show and Tell segments. The first segment featured Yashvi Pachigar of Maze Design, Anoop Venugopal of Anaswara Offset, Yashwi Jain of Sequoia Print, Devansh Chandresh Haria of Pragati Offset, and Jainam Shah of Flexure Print N Pack, who presented real-world case studies and samples.
The second Show and Tell segment featured Sanaa Vasi of Triace and Bespoke Pack, Faliith Pandyaa of Print Vision, Tejas Samarth of Sai Paks India, Sahil Shah of Letra Graphix, and Ankit Tanna of Printmann Group.
Additionally, Giridharan Sandhanam of Kapoor Imaging and Akshay Kaushal of Provin Technos shared valuable market insights.
Midday, a panel moderated by Prasad Iyer of Nishtha Consultancy Services explored how brand owners and partners can navigate market volatility. The panel included Janet Arole of Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Madhu S Dutta of House of MSD, Shashwat Das of Almond Branding, Arnab Ray of Landor India, and Vinnie Thawani of Confetti Design Studio.
The afternoon shifted focus toward industry recognition. Rohit Nair, marketing head at Haymarket Media India, announced the Digital Print Awards 2026, which was followed by a presentation from Bindwel-Stelda Group’s Sruti Sajith.
The event concluded by honouring leadership diversity during the Women to Watch celebrations, where 18 winners were selected from 108 entries.
A dedicated panel discussion moderated by Sai Deepthi, news editor at PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? featured Mehzabin Nair of Skanem India, Sukanya Bose of Planet Dezign, Deepa Naik of Hershey India, Zeenia K Patel of Jak Printers, highlighted their contributions before Divya Metkar, community manager, Haymarket Media India, delivered the final vote of thanks.