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K N Shanth Kumar is the new chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee

K N Shanth Kumar is the new chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee

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Takes over from K Balaji, Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd., India who served the committee for the last 12 years.

K N Shanth Kumar

K N Shanth Kumar, Editor of Prajavani and Director of The Printers Mysore Ltd., Bangalore, India was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee at the meeting held on 20 September, on the sidelines of WAN-IFRA India 2016 Conference, Kolkata. He is also a Board member of WAN-IFRA and takes over from K Balaji, Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd., India and a Board member of WAN-IFRA, who stepped down from the position.

The South Asia Committee is formed in September 2004, to help and guide WAN-IFRA to shape its activities to serve the industry better. K Balaji is the first Chairman of the Committee. The Committee has done several industry leading projects including the setting up the Research and Material Testing Centre in Chennai, to offer testing of paper and ink, and also simulated press training.

The Committee also was instrumental in WAN-IFRA setting up the World Printers Forum as the central point of the international news media print community, and to promote the power of print and the sustainability of print production.

For queries, please write to Magdoom Mohamed, Managing Director – South Asia, WAN-IFRA, Chennai, India. magdoom.mohamed@wan-ifra.org.

 

 

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2016-10-06 10:43

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WAN-IFRA South Asia, headquartered in Chennai, started its operation in 2001 as a private limited company registered under the Indian Companies Act. But the origin of IFRA in India dates back to 1992 when the services of IFRA, with only an Annual Conference, were offered in this country through a representative office. From this modest beginning, it today stands as a separate company catering to the needs of the Indian news publishing industry. Read more ...