PrintWeek India’s inaugural Leaders and Legends forum will take place on 9 June at The Westin Mumbai Garden City. The invite-only event will bring together honourees from the Power 100, Forty Under 40, and Women to Watch initiatives, alongside senior decision-makers from the print, packaging, and publishing sectors.
The event will feature the unveiling of the Power 100 list by Kevin Costello, Ashish Bhushan, and Noel D'Cunha.
The Power 100 recognises influential industry leaders across the print and packaging sector. D'Cunha said, "These leaders successfully navigated the 2025–26 print bazaar's challenges, including the West Asia war, the soaring costs and skills gaps by prioritising strategic investment, green innovation, and resilient business systems."
The event will also include a panel discussion moderated by D'Cunha focusing on strategic priorities and the direction of the industry in the year ahead.
The Forty Under 40 segment will include a Show and Tell session, where young industry professionals will present projects and case studies. Rahul Kumar said, "Every year, thousands of print and packaging jobs are produced. Some are routine. Some are forgettable. And some make you stop and look again. The Show and Tell will celebrate those moments which make us go aha."
During the Women to Watch 2026 segment, 18 winners from the fourth edition of the initiative will be felicitated. A panel discussion moderated by Sai Deepthi Pavani will feature four Women to Watch 2026 winners.
Pavani said, "Taking off from the success of our first panel discussion at the PrintWeek Awards, we are hosting our second panel discussion with the Women to Watch Awards and this time the winners will also be felicitated at the event. The entries received definitely reflect the industry's belief in the awards."
The inaugural Leaders and Legends forum is supported by industry partners including GEW, Provin Technos, Print Expo and Media Expo, and Bindwel Technologies.
Dibyajyoti Sarma said, "The Leaders and Legends is about celebrating the micro moments of success. The past few months have been very challenging, in all this, The Power 100 winners, the Forty Under 40 candidates, and the Women to Watch winners have aimed high. Be it smart packaging tags, or adding 1,000 education book titles, or a 3,000-tonne corrugated plant, these signal global ambitions."
Kumar added, "It has been a tough year, and these leaders proved resilience means transformation and building a future with sustainable cartons, labels, and books, one steady step at a time.
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