Picture Gallery: Industry mourns the loss of print stalwart, UK Raj of Lustra

Subhasis Ganguly, publishing consultant, fondly remembers him as the Don of Indian printing. He said, “The news of his demise is a big shock for me and the industry. May his soul rest in peace.”

The team at PrintWeek India has been a great admirer of his. We have seen his work (and eye for detail) on important books. The first when he was at Ajanta and the other three gems, which he created at Lustra

The colour guru, Kiran Prayagi, said, “The combination of print productions - offset and screen - looked like original paintings, giving relief effects. These were his masterpieces."

For Prashant Atre of Toyo Ink Arets India, Raj Sir was a mentor. Ätre said,"UK Raj, the guru of superlatively innovative quality printing continued his quest for new frontiers. He used to continuously challenge me and the other suppliers to give him new and innovative products.”

Ashish Save, said, “He was a great leader and human being.” Dev Nair, Amit Shah, Arun Gandhi, Bhalchandra Atre, Divesh Nath, Gurjit Singh, K Selvakumar, Munish Aggarwal, P Narendra, Puneet Datta and innumerable others have been paying their tribute to a print legend