Vibes Academy to a host seminar on newspaper

Chennai-based Vibes Academy has organised a one-day seminar titled 'The way to a reader's delight cum symposium, in Chennai at JP Hotel, Koyambedu on 7 January 2016.

18 Nov 2015 | By Priya Raju

The Vibes Academy day-long seminar on utility management

Due to incessant rains and floods in Chennai, the seminar that was supposed to be held on 9 December 2015 has now been postponed to January 2016.

The one-day seminar has been organised with a view to point up the success stories and vital decisions that make leaders in the segment. The seminar, an all-encompassing deliberation, will touch upon the technical know-how, waste reduction and the perils of quality failure. The presenters will also discuss innovations, profitability and sustenance.

The seminar will see speakers from newspaper industry working for organisation like The New Indian Express Group, The Times of India, Dinamalar Daily, Mathrubhumi and The Hindu Group. N Ravindran, general manager, The New Indian Express Group, will speak on ‘Content and print systems’ whereas S Sekar, general manager-production at The Times of India, Chennai will explain in detail about “Profiles and Plates in newspaper”.

Additionally, V S Narayanan, general manager –technical at Dinamalar daily in Chennai will throw light on the subject of press performance enhancement. The seminar will also see senior engineers from The Hindu Group, S.Selvaganapathy and J.Manikandan, explaining in detail about the ‘Quality failure cost’ involved in the newspaper industry.

The symposium that will follow will discuss the future of newspaper in the Indian context. Titled, Future of the newspaper is now, the seminar is organised at an opportune time what with the newspaper business in India shows a five-year growth of 16.5 percent globally.

Targeted at senior pre-press and press professionals, the seminar solicits a participation fee of Rs 4500 per participant. To register email details (name, designation, and organisation) to vibesmeet@gmail.com or kalkimurali@gmail.com. The participation fees can be sent by the middle of November 2015.

Vibes Academy has been successfully organising seminars for the commercial printers with subjects like utility management, managing newsprint, ink and water, maximising profit through colours, and best management practises among others.

Speakers	Topic	Synopsis
N Ravindran, general manager, The New Indian Express Group	Systems: Print and Publishing	Dots, resolutions, fonts, text editing, Image processing, pagination, advertisement integration, archival, content management, net working
S Sekar, general manager - production, The Times of India	Profiles and Plates	Colour space, calibrations, spectrometry, ICC and other profiles, Dot gain compensation curve, CTP selection, Plate linearization, proofing, pre-flighting
V S Narayanan, general manager – technical, Dinamalar	Press and fittings	Selection of press (print units and folders) specifications, features and add-ons. Site preparedness, performance tests, quality tests, acceptance standards, maintenance. Integration of semi-commercial (Heatset and UV facilities).
K P Amrithanath, manager - production and maintenance, Mathrubhumi	The key to survival - Waste reduction	Selection of paper and ink (Mechanical, optical, chemical properties) their impacts in print production, testing, inventory, storage, accounting and optimising their yield.
S.Selvaganapathy and J.Manikandan, senior engineers, The Hindu Group	Quality failure cost	How much extra does it cost to the company if the readers are unsatisfied. Quality failure sources in editorial. Pre-press, advertisement and press. How to eliminate such wastes?