ON DEC 23: ‘Print Ratan’ to B. K. Kuthiala

Ludhiana, December 18, 2012: Offset Printers Association (OPA) is stepping in the 25th year of inception, just to start the year long celebrations; North India Printers’ Meet is being Organised on December 23 at Park Plaza here.

Besides discussing the achievements , problems and prospects of the printing and packaging Industry , It is also decided to confer ‘ Print Awards’ to three eminent Print-Personalities one each from the fields of Printing Industry , Print education and Printing Journalism , because these are the three Pillars of progress of This key Industry . They are Prof B.K. Kuthiala, V-C, MCN University of Journalism, Dhanvi Shah, MD, Marvel Graphic Studio, Ahmedabad and Narinder Parmar, Editor, Printing Samachar, Ahmedabad.

Apart from this OPA annual calendar 2013 will also be released by OPA President Parveen Aggarwal.  The calendar is considered to be Printers Jantri giving almost complete details about the events, trade shows and exhibitions etc concerning to printing and packaging industry world over. In addition to this, Rs.10 lakh grant-in-aid will be distributed to the selected delegates who visited Germany.

The unsung heroes of the printing Industry are:

 Prof. B. K. Kuthiala, Vice-Chancellor MCN University of Journalism and communication Bhopal who has been recommended by the awards committee as an eminently qualified person for the conferment of the Print Rattan Award’ for the year 2012 in recognition of his exceptional achievements and performances for the upliftment and welfare of the printing and packaging industry. Prof. Kuthiala is a man of vision and has dedicated his life for the sake of producing brilliant and educated entrepreneurs for the Printing and Packaging industry. He did amazing work for the spread of Print Education, especially in North India.

Born and received education up to graduation at Shimla, sixty four years old Prof Kuthiala has thirty nine years of teaching and research experience. Prof. Kuthiala did is Post graduatation in Anthropologyand also in Sociology and got trained in the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. Prof. Kuthiala is a known scholar in the field of Mass Communication and Media Research and has contributed more than 100 research reports, 80 research papers and about 200 newspaper articles, besides number of radio and TV programmes.

Dhanvi Rasiklal Shah, recipient of ‘PRINT SHREE’ is the Managing Director Marvel Graphic Studio Ahmedabad. Dhanvi Shah is the Man who once again proved that Printing is Art first and Industry afterwards. He is pioneer to print the fine art and producing the paintings of famous artists. Not  only this, he made art affordable by reproducing quality fine art silk-screen prints of Indian masters whose original works are priced at  gold – with the use of his specialized skills in screen-printing technique he transformed these original masterpieces into limited editions – signed by the artist into more affordable art. The silk-screen reproductions produced under his guidance has won many awards including National awards, Print week India awards and Quality Brands to name a few.

The brilliance of printing make these look like originally painted arts, these reproductions have been auctioned at international auction events too and are privately owned by many museums and art patrons, thus he gave new sphere to the screen printing. By honouring Dhanvi Rasiklal Shah, the Association is acknowledging the debt of gratitude which the printers owe to him.

‘Printing Samachar’ was started in the year 2001 and now it is recognised as the first and largest regularly published and circulated printing magazine in Gujrati language. Printing samachar was started on monthly basis with just 40 pages and now 100 plus pages are being published on regular basis and 150plus pages of April as annual issue every year. Being the only regional language magazine devoted to Printing and Packaging industry, The Offset Printers’ Association is going to present the ‘ Print shree Award’  to Narinder Parmar (Managing Editor Printing Samachar Ahmedabad).