Print Yatra promoting Pamex 2017, took off from Lucknow on 13th November headed by Kamal Chopra, President, OPA and Past President AIFMP, Jwahar Lal Bhargava, President, Lucknow Printers Association and Harjinder Singh, General Secretery, Lucknow Printers Association. It further covered the cities of Allahabad and Varanasi besides small towns on the route.
It got a rousing welcome from the students at the Northern Regional Institute of Printing Technology (NRIPT) where a visit to Pamex by the final year’s institute was mooted and moved to Varasnasi where it was greeted by Varanasi Offset Printers Association.
It visited the iconic Geeta Press on 14th November, a tumultuous welcome awaited the Print Yatra from the Gorakhpur Printers Welfare Association (GPWA). The General Secretary of GPWA presented shawls and bouquets to the Yatra team.
The Yatra kept its date with Kanpur on the 15 November, Kamal Chopra, Past President, AIFMP accompanied by the Lucknow printers arrived at the function organised by the Kanpur Press Owners Association (KPOA). Avdesh Awasthi, the President of the association greeted the team PAMEX with fruit baskets. Welcoming the delegation, Mr Dinesh Barsia, General Secretary, KPOA assured a large presence from Kanpur at the Mumbai exhibition.