By:

Shailja Gurung( Sec B- 31)

Somna( Sec B-33)
Raksha Pal(Sec C-23)
Alka Tripathi(Sec D-53)
 Indian Institute of Packaging
• The Indian Institute of packaging is the link
between common people to the world of
packaging.
• The Institute over the years has built up a very
strong and capable expertise in various fields
of packaging Sciences and Technologies.
• It has excellent infrastructural facilities
available to cater to the various needs of the
package manufacturing and package user
industries both with regard to the domestic
distribution and export market requirements.
• The Indian Institute of Packaging is a national
enterprise set up in May 1966 by the Indian
Packaging and allied industry and the Government
of India, Ministry of Commerce.
• The Institute was registered as a Society under the
Societies Registration Act 1860, on 14th May, 1966.
• Presently, it has 4 centers in Delhi, Kolkata,
Hyderabad, Chennai.
• Headquarter is located in Mumbai.
 Objectives
• To make Indian Institute of Packaging a World
Class Centre of Excellence with Sustained
Commitment from the Stake Holders.
• To Develop Close International Relationship
with Worldwide Packaging Fraternity.
• To make India a Focal Point for Contemporary
Developments in Art, Science, Technology and
Engineering in the Field of Packaging.
 ROLE AND ACTIVITIES OF IIP

• The Institute successfully introduced a number

of services and kept on increasing the sphere
of services already introduced.

• The objective set for the Institute was to bring

about and sustain appropriate improvements
in the standards of packaging particularly for
exports.
• The Institute is striving its best in the direction
through various activities covering Applied
Research, Training and Education, Information
Services, Testing, Quality Control facilities, Package
Development, Feasibility projects, Graphic design,
Data centre, Technical in the field of packaging.
• The Institute today possess a considerable wealth
of information and technical know-how in the field
of packaging
• The Institute has nearly 1000 members on its roll
comprising of industries in diverse fields having
the common bond of interest in packaging
• The membership of the Institute includes the
producers of packaging materials and packaging
machineries, converters of packaging materials
into packages and also very large number of
manufacturers of various goods.
 Some of the major activities of the
Institute are given briefly:
Research
• The Institute undertakes self-sponsored and
industry participated applied projects covering
different aspects of standards, substitution of
packaging materials, improvements in the designs of
packages, etc.
• Research projects are also undertaken on the
critical characteristics of packaging and ancillary
materials with emphasis on those related to food,
consumer items and industrial products.
TRAINING & EDUCATION

• To meet the growing demands from industrial units

in both the organised and unorganised sectors for
qualified technical manpower the Institute has
introduced
1. the 2-year programme leading to a post graduate
diploma in packaging.
2. Distance Education Programme Correspondence
Courses recognised by the World Packaging
Organization and accredited by the Asian Packaging
Federation
• The one-month Entrepreneurship
Development Programme is organised
exclusively for woman enterprenuers.

• Short training Programmes, Seminars and

Conferences are organised by the Head Office
and the Regional Centres throughout the year
in various parts of the country.
CONSULTANCY AND PROJECTS
• Consultancy services for package design and
development and cost effective packaging are
offered by the institute round the year.
• On-the-spot advisory visits, techno-economic
feasibility studies and market research to
study the potential for new projects are also
undertaken by the IIP on a regular basis.
• In keeping with the Institute's efforts for the
promotion of nature based packaging, coir composite
board and cushioning media for packaging
applications, a joint project with the Coir Board of
India, is being developed for cost-effective packaging
applications.
LABORATORIES
• Laboratories at the Head Office and the Regional
Centres extend testing facilities to industry for
domestic distribution and for export, as per
national and international standards like the Bureau
of Indian Standards(BIS), International Standard
Organisation (ISO), British Standards(BS), American
Socity for Testing Materials (ASTM), and others.
• The IIP also issues UN certification of export
packages for hazardous goods and equipment
calibration standardisation certificates.
• Export packs for fresh fruits and vegetables are
developed including bulk and consumer packs.

• Consumer and bulk export packs with specification

details are developed for precut frozen fruits and
vegetables
EXHIBITION AND DESIGN

• INDPACK, the annual national exhibition organised

at various cities around the country, offers the
packaging industry an opportunity to display
developments in the machinery and materials
sector.
• INDPACK International ,a calloborative effort with
exhibition organisers form overseas, is organised
once in 2/3 years.
• The Institute also organises industry participation
in international exhibitions.
• The Permanent exhibition centres in Mumbai,
Chennai and Delhi offer display outlets for the
products of the industries.

• Industrial designs are developed as per client's

requirements
INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS
• PACKAGING INDIA , the official journal of the
Institute, published six times a year, is an
invaluable source of information for the packaging
industry.
• It is mailed free of cost to members of the
Institute, packaging and related institutions all
over the world. Individual subscriptions are
available on request.
• Monographs and text books, seminar papers and
DIRECTORIES are published periodically.
LIBRARY & INTERNET SERVICES
– IIP can rightfully boast of one of the best reference libraries
in the world, with books, international periodicals, bound
volumes of journals besides a large number of reports,
national & international standards Database on products
and materials and reprographic facility are also available.
– Library facilities are extended to members of the Institute,
its students and faculty.
– IIP has it's own website http.//iip-in.com. online internet
services will shortly be available to the industry for IIP
membership registration, Training programmes , Packaging
India subscription, Advertising, Database Search etc.
• Indian Institute of Packaging - Mumbai
Regd. & Head Office
Indian Institute of Packaging - Mumbai
E-2, MIDC Area, Andheri (E), Mumbai 93
Tel: 28219803, 28219469, 28216751.
Email: iip@iip-in.com
Website: http://www.iip-in.com

• Indian Institute of Packaging - Delhi

21, Functional Industrial Estate, Patparganj,
opp Patparganj Bus Depot
New Delhi - 110 092
Tel: 22166703/04/05.
Fax: 011-22169612.
Email: iipdelhi@iip-in.com , iipdelhi@bol.net.in
• Indian Institute of Packaging - Chennai
Plot no:169, Industrial Estate, Perungudi,
Chennai - 600 096
Tel: 24961077, 24961560.
Tel/Fax: 044-24961077.
Email: iipchennai@iip-in.com ,
iipche@airtelmail.in
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Indian Institute of Packaging - Kolkata
Block C.P., Sector - V, Salt Lake, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata - 700 091
Tel: 23676061, 23670763.
Tel/Fax: 033-23679561.
Email: iipkolkata@iip-in.com , iipcal@cal.vsnl.net.in
• Indian Institute of Packaging - Hyderabad
Lux-3, Industrial Center, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad-500 018.
Tel: 040 23814321.
Email: iiphyd@iip-in.com , iiphyd@yahoo.com
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Thank You!!!