India has emerged as one of the largest consumers and producers of inks in the Asia Pacific region. An ever increasing middle-class has propelled the ink usage in most of the sub-segments of the industry. However, COVID-19 has slackened the pace of growth in some of the key sub-segments of ink industry during the last 16 months. Ink World presents an overview of the Indian ink industry and impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Overview of the Indian Ink Industry Catered by nearly all the multinational ink producers and an increasing number of domestic ink producers, the Indian ink industry has registered steady growth rates during last few (barring the year 2020) years. Along with multinational ink producers, domestic ink producers have started to invest in capacity and capability expansions in recent years. However, the ongoing COVID crisis has been a big dampener for some of the sub-segments of the ink industry. Like the rest of the global ink industry, 2020 was a year fraught wit