The elections for the Governing Council of Indian Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA), for the term 2019-21, were conducted recently. During the meeting of the Governing Council, the consensus of the House was that the President, General Secretary and Treasurer have done an excellent job, therefore election for those post need not be resorted to.
So, the new office bearers of IPAMA include S. Dayaker Reddy as President, Iqbal Singh as General Secretary and Dharam Pal Rawat as Treasurer. Other office bearers include Vinay Kumar Gupta as Vice President (North), P.K. Bhalla as Vice President (West), Jaiveer Singh as Vice President (East), R. Suresh Kumar as Vice President (South), Rakesh K. Sodhi as Joint Secretary (East), Satish Kaushik as Joint Secretary (West), Dharmesh Arora as Joint Secretary (North) and Harish Bansal as Joint Secretary (South).
The new office bearers expressed their commitment to work as a team for the betterment of the Indian Graphic Arts Industry so that it can compete with the best machinery and equipment available in the global market. They also expressed their commitment to work in close coordination with each other for the growth of the Indian Graphic Arts Industry. The following points were discussed:
- Development of Indian printing, packaging and allied machinery manufacturers.
- To provide and or arrange facilities to Indian manufacturers for participation in overseas exhibitions, conferences etc.
- To provide necessary assistance to IPAMA Members for developing latest technology and encourage them to manufacture machinery and other equipment to meet international standards as also for effective competition with foreign manufacturers.
- To increase financial assistance to Indian machine manufacturer for participation in Indian and foreign exhibitions, conferences etc.
- To work towards formation of Federation of Indian Graphic Arts Industry so that its voice could be raised at appropriate platforms more forcefully and emphatically. IPAMA has already completed most of the preliminary formalities, including drafting of Memorandum and Articles of Association. Some of the Associations have also given their consent to be Members of the Federation.
- To involve maximum number of printing and packaging machinery manufacturers and enrol them as IPAMA Members.
- To keep transparency and co-ordination between IPAMA Members, GC Members, Office Bearers and all other concerned agencies in day-to-day functioning of the Association, including formulation of new policies and implementation for achieving long term goals.
- To keep aims and objectives of the Association in view for long term planning and implementation relating to promotion of its Members.