63 Inspiring Women in Print
Ashwini Deshpande is the managing partner at Vinayak Arts and is a torch bearer.
Amanpreet Kaur Saluja is in charge of design department at Raipur-based Saluja Graphix. In her spare time, she loves long drives and to teach aerobics.
Amruta Kale is currently working as the technical sales support for Fujifilm, Mumbai. She enjoys listening to music, trekking and travelling. She is also a great admirer of Indira Gandhi.
Anjali Joshi, assists her husband Anil Joshi at K Joshi & Co; and helps in the day-to day function of the Pune-based iconic printing firm. She is fond of reading and cooking delicacies for her loved ones.
Anjana Saha Maikap, marketing manager, production printing business group of Ricoh India has spent more than ten years in the print and publishing industry. She enjoys travelling and shoppin. She believes that in the marketing warfare shortcuts don’t work and one has to start by learning the rules
Aparna Shirodkar Patwardhan works at Manohar Packaging
Arcangala Anna Menezes has an experience of 23 years in the print industry. She has worked with Parksons Packaging as a executive secretary to the managing director of the company since the past decade. Menezes likes reading and listening to music in her spare time.
Ashwini Sheshanshu, office manager at Zund India, loves watching Bollywood movies.
Bhavana Bhayani is partner at VNB International, which organises print trade shows. She is married and has two daughters. She loves cooking and her hobbies are listening to music and travelling.
Deenal Shah, executive administrator, Flint Group India.
Deepica Sarma is marketing manager for Xerox India. She retreats to the remote mountains in North India which she rates as the greatest luxury in her life.
Dhara Patel is a business development manager at Seven 11 industries. She has spent more than five years in the screen printing industry. In her spare time, she likes to read and travel. She is a believer in hard work and feels there is no alternative to it.
G Padmasree, owner, Mudra Flexible Printers. She is regarded as the only women entrepreneur in roto-gravure industry in Andhra Pradesh.
Geeta Sachdeva who works as a secretary to Tadahiko Sumitani, managing director at Konica Minolta, Gurgaon, is ambitious and loves to take up challenges in life. She believes in enjoying life to the fullest and is attached to her family and friends.
Grishma Patel, Shree PrintWell Offset, first Gujarat-based print firm to install a HP Indigo 3500
Jaanvi A Warang is the working for pmIndia, a consultancy firm for printing industry. She is married to Abhishek Warang of Fujifilm India and is the mother of two year old daughter. In her leisure, she enjoys cooking.
Jyoti Manocha is the senior executive for co-ordination at Rave India in Delhi and has 10 years of printing experience. The 32 year old enjoys life with her husband and two chubby kids. Watching movies in cinema halls is something she really loves to do.
Karen Sonia Aranha is a packaging trainee at Hindustan Unilever Limited. The 22 year old is fond of reading. Plus she is an avid blogger.
Kavita Bakle works at the Modern Printers, Solapur
Kirti Shah is the production assistant at Reckon Labels. She is married with two children and loves cooking
Malvika Sinha is currently the senior associate at Genesis Burson Marsteller with an experience of two years in the printing industry. She enjoys reading and hanging out with friends during her free time.
Mamta Sharma is director at Atharva Packaging and has seven years of experience. The 44 year old is married and has two daughters and a son. She is ambitious and she loves listening to music.
Manisha Sharma is working as a management associate with Sanmarg – and is a huge Vidya Balan fan.
Meeta Shah is the vice president, marketing sector at Vyoma Graphics, Pune. Besides the print industry, she is a professional singer of devotional songs. She is ambitious and fun loving.
Mira Mathew is chief executive officer at Tashikka Expositions. She has 16 years of experience in the print industry. She is married and has two beautiful daughters, Natasha and Nishikka. Besides two pets, she loves reading and practising Bharatnatyam moves.
Mona N Desai is the assistant manager for graphics at Stovec Industies. She is fond of music and is a big fan of Jagjit Singh and Kishore Kumar.
Namrta Dhar is the national marketing manager for Heidelberg India with over seven years of experience in print and allied industries. She is 29 years ‘young’ and has done B E in printing technology. She loves travelling, writing and listening to music.
Neetu Arora has invested 14 years in print as one of the most successful trade show organisers, print-packaging.com. She is married to Anil Arora and they are proud parents of two children. Neetu loves reading, travelling and working.
Neha Sunil Yajnik, general manager, Jin Graphic which is a distributor for graphic art films and consumables for the print industry. She is fond of Indian classical music and she believes in “live life king size.”
Nikita Dhiren Shah is the managing partner at Sigma Corporation, Hyderabad. Nikita joined the company two years ago afterc ompleting graduation to shoulder her father’s responsibility. She loves to dance, read and is an amateur artist of sorts.
P Sunanda is manager-operations at The Printools Corporation. She is married and has one daughter. In her spare time, she loves watching TV serials and Hollywood movies.
Payal Chhabra, is HR and production manager at CMYK Press, Jalgoan and has one year of printing experience. The 25 year old has studied MBA in finance and HR and loves to spend time reading novels and listening to music.
Patricia Pinto of Trigon Digital, in conversation with Print Bulletin.
Pooja Gogia is assistant manager for PR and marcom at Canon India. She is married and mother of a year old daughter named Rabya. Her hobbies include reading books and listening to music.
Pooja Pimpodkar is manager communication at the sprawling Bobst unit near Pune. She loves movies, music and lazing around in her spare time.
Poonam Dikshit, vice president-Operations, Perfact Color Digital Prints
Debasri Rakshit is senior copy editor for HarperCollins India
Nirmala Gopalakrishnan is the sales co-ordinator - South Asia for Esko and is based in Bengaluru.
Pallavi Mahamulkar of Malhotra Graphics is a management graduate who has passion for dance, travel and photography.
Rachana Loonawat works along with her husband at Max Print. Teaching, horse riding and driving cars are her hobbies.
Rajshree Mandar Dixit looks after the administration at Mayur Graphics. She joined the company to assist her husband as the business was expanding and so was the workload. She is the mother of two kids and manages both household chores and work load.
Ruzanna Ashughyan Anand, manager, marketing and sales, Druck & Bindung Machinery.
Rita Mor is head creative services at Mail Order Solutions in Mumbai. Her hobby is photography.
Rupali Bhonsle manages the purchase and production planning for Spectrum Scan’s Vasai printing unit.
Rutu Shah is the director at Spectrum Scan. Recently, she went on a bike ride from Mumbai to Goa
Sapnali Pimenta, an accounts manager at Royal Coat, Mumbai
Sharlet Britto, executive assistant to the MD at Vistaprint
Pune-based Shruti Naniwadekar is the owner of wide-format specialist Shree Chintamani Enterprises
Shweta Budukh, at the age of 24, is the production planner at Orient Press in Mumbai in the scratch card and smart card division.
Smita Dahake, director, SignSmith Displays
Sonal Sheth is the director at Sheth Printograph in Noida and has been an integral part of the industry since the last ten years. She loves to travel all around the world.
Sonal Vishwasrao is currently working as the technical sales support for Fujifilm; Mumbai. Sonal is the winner of the PrintWeek India Student of the Year 2011. She enjoys surfing on the net, listening to music and painting. She is also a great admirer of Indira Gandhi.
Sonia John is manager corporate production at The Times Of India (TOI) in Mumbai. She has completed her PGDM in advertising and public relation. John loves music, watching movies and shopping
Sujata K H, the technical support manager, Infosense Shuttleworth
Sukhdeep Kaur: This sales and marketing assistant at Flexo Image Graphics loves reading, writing and appreciating music.
Sunita Jamdade is the owner of Ankita Screen, a screen printing unit in Satara. Besides this, she is engaged with the social welfare of woman and children. She is married and enjoys reading and travelling.
Taneesha Bedi is the solutions manager at Paper Ideas. The 25 year old loves travelling and is passionate about writing. She believes in living in the moment and makes the most of it.
Theresa Pandey works along with her husband, T P Pandey at Taco Visions in pre-press department. She relishes in making designer cakes.
Vanita Dhiwar, director, AV Prosess, is a successful lady in the print industry and she dreams with her eyes open. The ambitious woman is also a homely person. She says that life is enjoyable and one should live it to the fullest.
Anita Pathak is the executive secretary of All India Printing Ink Manufacturers Association. She is an MBA with specialisation in finance.
Madhura Mahajan is senior faculty at Pune Vidyarthi Gruh’s College Of Engineering Technology. She is 36 years old with 15 years in print. She likes gardening, reading, listening to Marathi and Hindi songs. She is married and has a son who is 10 years old
Maeen Shaw of PrintExpressions loves watching movies.
63 Inspiring Women in Print

A collection of 63 Q&A, which introduces readers to the fascinating world of print. Find out what makes them tick, excel and prove a point in a patriarchal industry. This is a collection from PrintWeek India's archives of more than six years.

Conceptualised and created by Tanvi Parekh.

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08 Mar 2014 | 6292 Views | By PrintWeek India

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