Grand Slam mixed doubles men's and mixed doubles champion Mahesh Bhupathi speaks at the AIFMP National Awards for Excellence in Printing in Mumbai on 8 February 2024
Photo AIFMP
On the evening of 8 February 2024, the All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMB) held the National Awards for Excellence in Print and the Global Print Excellence Awards alongside the Pamex 2024 exhibition. The Viren Chhabra Print Leadership Award 2024 was also conferred on the same evening. The event was supported by Konica Minolta, TechNova, and Zhongke India.
Mahesh Bhupathi and AIFMP leaders hand over some of the trophies to CDC Printers, who won 27 National and Global 2024 Awards for Excellence in Print in Mumbai Photo AIFMP
The awards, for the first time, included overseas print experts as jurors for the competition from Poland and Sri Lanka. A unique software for ensuring the integrity of the selection process of excellence in printing was developed especially by the Federation.
The chief guest for the evening was Mahesh Bhupati, the former tennis player who excelled in men’s doubles and mixed doubles at numerous championships including the tennis grand slams with numerous partners, including Leander Paes and Sania Mirza. In 1999, Bhupathi and Paes won the French Open and the Wimbledon titles together, becoming the world’s number-one men’s doubles team. The same year, Bhaupathi and Ai Sugiyama of Japan won the US Open mixed doubles. In 2006, Bhupathi and Martina Hingis won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. In 2009, Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open and the pair won the French Open mixed doubles title in 2012.
Viren Chhabra Print Leadership Award
Mahesh Bhuphati and AIFMP leaders present the Viren Chhabra Print Leadership Award to Naresh Khanna Photo AIFMP
In his brief and self-effacing speech before presenting the awards for the various categories of print excellence along with the AIFMP leaders, Bhupathi said that one of the keys to his own success was “choosing the right partner.” Reiterating a previous speaker’s comment, he agreed that “technology is a great leveller.” Along with AIFMP president RN Dutta Baruah, and AIFMP leaders, Bhupathi conferred the Viren Chhabra Print Leadership Award 2024 to the printer, consultant, journalist and editor Naresh Khanna.
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