Print Olympiad 2022 – West Zone 2ND Round
PVG and New Arts College Students grab the top positions
The 2nd round of the Print Olympiad for the West Zone was organized recently at virtual platform. Print Olympiad is the India’s Biggest Talent Hunt in Printing. During pandemic in 2020, taking out the opportunities from the difficulties, it was decided to organize the event at virtual platform. The idea proved to be rocking as it was possible to reach even the smallest printing institute in the remotest corner of the country. It is now decided to always conduct the regional competitions to get the top student of the region, before organizing the national level competition for the ‘Top Print Student of India’.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof (Dr) Anjan Kumar Baral, the national coordinator of this eminent event said, ‘Print Olympiad’ is now a brand and is the most sought after event for the students of printing. For the sake of transparency and widespread approach, the event is organized in association with the universities and institutions of printing in India. The West Zone competitions are being hosted by the PVG’s COET & GKPWIM, Pune and BAMU, Aurangabad. Introducing the coordinators of West Zone, Prof. Baral said, we have the dynamic and most talented teachers, Prof. Madhura Mahajan, HOD, Printing Tech, PVG’S COET, Pune & Prof. Parag Hase, HOD, Printing Tech, Dr. BAM University with us who are also moderating the event today.
Welcoming the guests and participants, Dr M.R. Tarambale, I/c Principal, PVG’s COET & GKPWIM, Pune, said it is an honor for PVG to be the host of such an important event, the brainchild of Prof. Kamal Chopra, 'Print Olympiad' is considered to be the only event of its kind for the printing students anywhere in the world.
Her Excellency Dr. Janice Darbari, The Honorary Consul General Montenegro in India, inaugurated and declared the competition OPEN. In her speech, she peeped the audience in the history of Indian freedom with some examples and expressed best wishes for the printing professionals, teachers and students. Dr. Janice Darbari conveyed the importance of printing industry in the market, how her books got printed through offset and digital machines. She also talked about her mother’s book, The Administrator, by Sheila Darbari in which she mentioned how her grandfather Jagdishwar Nigam (ICS) fought against British rule for the imprisonment of political leaders during Quit India Movement. This incident happened in ‘Baghi Ballia’, and led to freeing of political leaders, R.A. Khan and Jagdish Nigam were the people behind this freedom. She then concluded her speech by wishing good luck to the students participating and also promised to help if there is any need.
The 3 judges for the competition were Prof. Arun Gangarde, HOD, Printing Tech, New Arts, Commerce & Science College, Ahmednagar; Shailendra Pople, President, Dombivli Shahar Mudrak Sangh; Prof. Dr. P. Sasikala, Dean (Academics), HOD, New Media Technology, MC University, Bhopal. The Olympiad was conducted in an online mode and it was of 30 minutes with 50 questions in it. Er. Bijender Kaushik, Technical Coordinator, Print Olympiad, gave the rules and instructions for the online test to the participants. The students selected for the second round were Tanay Sarwade, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Abhishek Mahesh Khadkikar, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Mehetre Sakshi Arun, New Arts, Comm. and Sc. College, Ahmednagar; Pavan Kokane, SIES College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai; Roshan Kailas Bachhav, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Sanmay Jain, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Dwayne Mandy, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Siddharth Pandey, Government Kalaniketan, Jabalpur and Gaurav Kishor Patil, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik.
Mitesh Sharma, Assistant Professor, New Media Technology, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal was declared as the winner of the online lucky draw for the Golden ‘Proud to be a Printer’ Pin. Congratulating the winner of Lucky Draw, Mr. Anubhava Shiksharthi, advisor of the project said, after completing all the regional competitions it will be possible to finalize 4 student one each from East, North, South and West Zones. These 4 will be eligible for the national level competition, to be held physically, at DCR University of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonepat (Haryana) during 3-6 September, 2022 so that we can get the ‘Top Print Student of India’ with the prize money of Rs. 1,00,000/- and the certificate.
While declaring the result of 2nd round competition, Kamal Mohan Chopra congratulated the participants and also encouraged them to try their best to win the National Finale. The students who got selected for the next round were Mehetre Sakshi Arun, New Arts, Comm. and Sc. College, Ahmednagar; Roshan Kailas Bachhav, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune; Dwayne Mandy, PVG College of Eng. & Tech., Pune. Speaking on the occasion, Sanmay Jain, student of PVG’s COET & GKPWIM, Pune said that it was a great experience to compete in regional level of the event and also thanked the dignitaries and OPA for providing this opportunity to the students of printing.
Proposing the vote of thanks, Ashwani Gupta, Co-Chairman of the Print Olympiad said, ‘Print Olympiad’ was started in 2016, to persuade the existing students of printing for out of box ideas and to look beyond the books to be abreast with latest innovations. Print Olympiad is considered to be the biggest talent hunt for printing in India. The brainchild of Prof. Kamal Chopra, 'Print Olympiad' is considered to be the only event of its kind for the printing students anywhere in the world. Today we are conducting the 5th edition of this enormous competition, I am thankful to all the institutions and teachers who are involved in to conceive the idea of our mentor Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra. The presence of Her Excellency Dr. Darbari boosted the image of Print Olympiad and on the behalf of printers of the country I wish to thank for her beautiful words. He also thanked all the judges and coordinators for contributing in the success of the Print Olympiad.