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. Print Yatra was welcomed by the Gorakhpur Printers Welfare Association (GPWA), which also presented shawls and bouquets to the Yatra team.
The Yatra kept its date with Kanpur on the 15 November. Kamal Chopra 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. Welcoming the delegation, Mr Dinesh Barsia, General Secretary, KPOA assured a large presence from Kanpur at the Mumbai exhibition. A discussion on GST was followed by a presentation on PAMEX.