Canon Takes its Passion for Photography to School Kids

As the leader in digital imaging in India, Canon takes pride in encouraging photography amongst youngsters. Canon India encourages young people to discover the joys of photography through its association with a number of schools and other educational institutions in the country.

Canon organized a photography workshop inl Delhi Public School at R.K Puram, one of the more prominent schools in the city. Mr. Andrew Koh, Senior Director, Image Communication Products, Canon India inaugurated the workshop. There was palpable excitement among the students as they gathered in large numbers to learn more about photography, as well as check out the latest Canon equipment. 

Speaking at the event, Mr. Andrew Koh said, “It’s always a pleasure to engage with children. Many of them have such a unique perspective on life that once they learn the basics of photography, they are likely to create some stunning images. We, at Canon India take pride in promoting and encouraging the immense talent that young people have. Our school outreach programs help us create an enriching learning atmosphere and we will continue to take this forward actively.”

Canon India created an exciting demo zone at the school that showcased some of its latest camera offerings. Photography workshops were organised for teachers as well as students. In addition to this a contest was also organized where entries were invited from schools in the Delhi/NCR region. Over 200 students from reputed schools such as G D Goenka, Mother’s International, Vasant Valley etc. sent in their entries for the contest. Contest winners are to be awarded with Canon cameras while all student participants were given a certificate in association with Canon India. Participants were also encouraged to experience Canon’s printing options at the Click and Print stall in the demo zone.

About Canon India

Canon India Pvt. Ltd. has achieved revenue of Rs. 2026 crore in 2014 which is a 6% growth over the previous year. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, SME, B2B, Government & Commercial. Canon’s product portfolio extends over a vast variety such as copier MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, DSLR, Cinematic imaging products,  camcorders, cable ID printers and card printers.

Canon India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pvt. Ltd., a world leader in imaging technologies. Set up in 1997, Canon markets over 200 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging. The company today has offices in 14 cities, warehouses in 14 cities across India and employs over 1000 people. Canon has 550 primary channel partners, 14 National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail points. Canon has 136 own retail stores called the Canon Image Square across 65 cities in the country.  Canon’s service reach extends to over 4000 towns with 19 Canon camera service centers and 41 printer Canon Care Centers. Canon India also has 146 authorized service centers for printers and 180 camera collection points.