Print industry bids adieu to Bhikhubhai B Gandhi aka Bapu

Gandhi hailed from Billimora, a small town in South Gujarat. He completed his schooling in June 1973 and went to Mumbai to do a three year diploma in offset printing from the Government Institute of Printing Technology. He successfully completed the course – the best available then in India – and immediately was recruited for a supervisor role in Unique Photo Offset Services, a processing unit in Mumbai.

His methodical and perfectionist approach coupled with his "never say no" attitude made him "Mr Dependable" for his clients. He was a one-point-contact at Unique for printers and ad agency professionals. He had the skill to get the work done from his staff by motivating and guiding them. His dedication and attitude of managing a highly volatile and dynamic business, where demand and supply were always a challenge, made him the best in the industry.

After exiting Unique, he shifted to another pre-press unit in Mumbai – Comart Lithographers. In a short span, he became the backbone of Comart operations. He worked shoulder to shoulder with the Poonawala family and was mainly responsible for the growth of Comart during his tenure.

From there, Gandhi started taking up new challenges. He joined Printania to set up a processing unit and was successful in that project. His technical knowledge, cool way of working under pressure and his command over figure work was instrumental in establishing the unit.

After streamlining the department in a few years, he decided to change his role. Because of his foresight and study about the industry he took over marketing of Printania and was greatly successful in establishing Printania's presence in many pharma and FMCG clients. He helped them all at any time of the day. Everyone was eager to hear the positive answer "Yes, don't worry" from him. He treated everyone like his family and even discussed their problems as his personal and tried solving them.

The Mumbai printing industry mourns Gandhi’s death.