Annu of GJUS&T Hisar crowned Champion of Print Olympiad 2024.
Printing Technology student Annu won the prestigious Print Olympiad 2024. In an extraordinary display of talent, Annu, a student from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology (GJUS&T), Hisar was crowned as the winner. She was awarded a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000 and a certificate declaring her the ‘Top Print Student of India.’
Annu was awarded during a function graced by Prof. Pratibha Goyal, VC, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University (Ayodhya) and Prof. Sanjay Srivastava, VC, Mahatma Gandhi Central University (Motihari).
The national finale of the sixth edition of the Print Olympiad—India’s grandest talent hunt for emerging print technologists—was held at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. The event coincided with the International Conference on Sustainable Printing and Packaging, bringing together great minds in the printing industry. An expert panel of five distinguished judges from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and India was tasked with the momentous responsibility of selecting the winner from the nation’s top print students.
The Offset Printers Association (OPA), Ludhiana, in collaboration with universities and printing institutions across India, has been organizing this prestigious competition since 2014. The Print Olympiad conducts rigorous preliminary rounds to meticulously selects the best print students from four zones—East, West, North, and South. The finest talents from these regions advance to the national finale, where only one emerges victorious.
Dr TKS Lakshmi Priya, Chief Coordinator of the Print Olympiad 2024, comments, “The preliminary online tests in each region served as the gateway for the top students to compete in the regional finales, where the most talented print students of the region were selected.” This year’s North Zone finale was hosted by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, while the South Zone finale took place at Anna University, Chennai. PVG COET, Pune, hosted the West Zone finale, and the East Zone finale was held at RIPT, Kolkata.
The four finalists at the national level were: Praveen Kumar M S from Anna University, Chennai; Apeksha Vijay Deshmukh from PVG COET, Pune; Shadab Alam from Jadavpur University, Kolkata; and Annu from GJUS&T, Hisar.
The jury included international and national experts, including: Mr. Ahmad Mughira Nurhani, President of the Indonesian Print Media Association; Mr. Peter Deckker, past president of the Sri Lanka Association of Printers; Mr. Beer Bahadur Singh, Head of Printing at Government Polytechnic, Patna; Prof. Diptendu Chowdhury, former Principal of RIPT, Kolkata; and Mr. Anubhava Shiksharthi, a renowned print consultant from Nagpur.
Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra, the visionary behind this revolutionary event, comments, “From the curtain raiser to the grand finale, 12 competitions of varying levels were organized online, involving seven universities and printing institutions, and guided by over 10 dedicated printing educators from across the nation. More than 894 aspiring students registered from every corner of India, and it is these brilliant minds that make Print Olympiad such a revered event in our industry.”
Annu’s success at the Print Olympiad 2024 serves as an inspiration to aspiring students across the country.
