When PrintWeek's Leaders and Legends convenes at The Westin Mumbai Garden City on 9 June 2026, it will do so with a simple but powerful proposition: the best stories in print, packaging and publishing are not told in boardrooms or balance sheets, they are told on the factory floor.
At the heart of the exclusive gathering is the Show and Tell session, a platform that puts product, process and people front and centre. Twelve presenters, drawn from PrintWeek's three flagship recognition programmes, Forty Under 40, Women to Watch, and Power 100, will each take the stage to walk an audience of industry peers through the journey of a print or packaging job that stopped them in their tracks.
The format is deliberately intimate and craft-led. Each presenter has between seven and twelve minutes to unpack a production story, three or four jobs at most, with the freedom to bring physical samples, roll a video, or walk through technical specifications via presentation. For smaller-format work, such as pharma labels or folding cartons, presenters are encouraged to put samples directly into the hands of the audience.
The aim is threefold: to showcase the journey of a print product or packaging item; to celebrate craftsmanship, technology and creativity; and to document the evolution of print, packaging and publishing in 2026.
The line-up reads as a cross-section of contemporary Indian print and packaging at its most energetic.
Yashvi Pachigar, founder of Maze Design, brings a designer's eye to the session, a perspective rooted in how creative intent translates under production conditions. Ankit Tanna, managing director of Printmann Group, is one of the sector's most recognised commercial print operators and is expected to bring characteristic rigour to his presentation.
Yashwi Jain, director of Sequoia Print, and Devansh Chandresh Haria, marketing manager of Pragati Offset, one of India's most storied offset houses, represent two generations of print thinking. Jainam Shah, partner at Flexure Print N Pack, and Tejas Samarth, director of Sai Paks India, anchor the flexible and rigid packaging segments, respectively.
Sanaa Vasi, partner at Triace and founder of Bespoke Pack, has built a reputation at the intersection of luxury packaging and considered craft, while Daniel Muchhala, director of Silverpoint Press, brings deep expertise in high-quality commercial and speciality print. Faliith Pandyaa, director of Print Vision, completes the offset and speciality cohort.
From Kerala, Anoop Venugopal, director at Anaswara Offset, represents the strength of regional print manufacturing at a national forum. Sahil Shah, director of Letra Graphix, is a familiar name in label and packaging circles. Rounding out the twelve is Sahil Rao, founder of Unbox and partner at Akruti Print Solutions, whose work spans structural packaging design and manufacturing.
The session's format is a deliberate counterpoint to the abstract language that often surrounds industry conversation. There are no market forecasts here, no panel discussions about disruption. Instead, presenters are asked to hold something up, literally, in many cases, and say: this is what we made, this is how we made it, and this is why it matters.
In an industry that has spent much of the past decade making the case for its own relevance to brand owners, retailers and agencies, Show and Tell offers something rarer: proof. Tangible, printable, holdable proof.
The session also serves as a living document. With presentations covering work produced in 2026, the archive will capture a precise moment in the evolution of Indian print and packaging: the techniques in use, the substrates being pushed, the finishes being specified, and the problems being solved.
Leaders and Legends is an invitation-only event that brings together honourees and alumni from PrintWeek India's recognition programmes. The Show and Tell session is central to its identity, not a side stage, but the main event.