Industry stalwart Viren Chhabra no more

Viren Chhabra, former general manager and publisher of The Statesman in Delhi, and the former president of the All-India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP), passed away on September 14, 2017.

Born in 1927 in Punjab, Chhabra worked at The Statesman for 42 years after completing a technical diploma course at the London School of Printing. He also founded The Printing Times, the official journal of the AIFMP, in 1977 and continued to serve as its honorary editor and publisher for nearly four decades.

May his soul rest in peace!