Judgement Day: Jury unanimous in print praise

PrintWeek India Awards is an annual affair of PrintWeek India, since its debut in 2009. PrintWeek India is a nationwide title that covers issues and news of the Indian print industry. It has a print run of 11,000+ which is delivered to print professionals in more than 350 cities across India

PrintWeek India Awards is a platform for printers across India to showcase their best work of print

Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India briefing the jury members. PrintWeek India Awards is examined by a panel of jury drawn from corporates, creative and advertising agencies and experts from print industry

Hemant Randive, general manager for production services at Draftfcb+Ulka. The print samples at PrintWeek India Awards, turn into collaterals for print buyers searching for that differentiator, a piece of work that is cutting-edge

The number game: 27 categories, 122 companies, 1280 print samples and 46 jury members...

Vishakha Singh, executive director of Aurora Comms examining a print sample

Fauzan Hussain taking a close look at one of the many samples in the Catalogue & Brochure Printer of the Year category

Huzefa Kanorwala, managing director CTRL M Print Management India who was present last year too, said the print companies have raised the bar, there’s more production value

The Creative Repro Company of the Year category grabbed the eyes of jury and set off confabulation. In the previous year, Group FMG, a first-time participant, bagged the title

From the Jury day venue: Like each year, the print entries in the packaging and the label categories were subject to the longest discussion and debates; a power-packed performance by the Jury, we say...

According to Manoj Yogi of BBDO, print, irrespective of the format, drives the identity of the brands

Rama Arya, executive director, The Communique

Leading newspaper titles participated in the Awards; some with print innovations others with the perfect print. A solid showcase to defy the buzz about the death of newspapers

Every print sample accompanies description of the print jobs. Kiran Prayagi, a stickler for perfection, checks the process used to produce the sample he was judging

For Purnendu Sen, ex-The Times of India, print still reigns.

Sheetal Dandekar, senior product manager at Lupin Pharma taking a close look at a label

The Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year category grabbed attention like none other, especially the wedding albums. PS The wedding albums constitute only 1-2% of the 1000-cr wedding industry...

Purushottam Joshi of Taproot looked for both the print and the design element in the print samples

Ashwini Deshpande, founder director and head of communication design at Elephant Design

Jury members interact and discuss print samples during the judging process

Nandini Dias, COO of Lodestar marking points to a print sample

Shephali Bhatt from Economic Times judged the Book Printer of the Year category (Academics and Trade, Specialty and PUR). An insiders' news: Books are Bhatt's first love

Jury members interact and discuss print samples during the judging process

Design. Aesthetics. Print Perfection. Usability and Functionality - the judging criteria for the PrintWeek India Awards

Vijay Sampath, CEO at ACK Media looked for perfection with the expert's eye

The Jury Day had no shortage of ‘wow’ moments for the jury members, while examining the print samples

A new addition to the Award categories: Industrial Product Printer of the Year - the category saw a large extent of entries from decals to screen printed mobile screens

Amruta Nemivant takes a closer look

Alpana Parida of D Y Works and Paulose Parakkadan of r-pac India

A variety of winning print entries were chosen by the jury. The winners will receive the coveted PrintWeek India Prism at a glittering PrintWeek India Awards Night on 6 October, 2014