IIP MILESTONES
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
PACKAGING - EVOLUTION
1966-1967
· Registered
as a Society under Societies Registration Act 1860
· Introduction
of Technical Consultancy Services
1967-1968
· Commencement
of Laboratory Testing Services
· Active
involvement in the formation of Asian Packaging Federation
1968-1969
· First
three month Intensive Training Course conducted
1969-1970
· Publication
of first edition of Indian Packaging Directory
1970-1971
· First
Overseas study team visit – Flexible Packaging and Fiber Board Packaging
1971-1972
· First
Asian Packaging Congress organized
· Institution
of INDIASTAR Award competition
· INDPACK
– First National Packaging exhibition organised
· Inauguration
of First Regional Centre – South Regional Centre – Chennai
· Market
& Economic Research Cell was established
1972-1973
· First
In-plant Training Programme was organised.
1973-1974
· Inauguration
of Eastern Regional Centre – Kolkata
· Shifting
of Head Office – Indian Institute of Packaging, to new premises at Andheri, Bombay
1974-1975
· Publication
of first edition of Indian Packaging Machinery Directory - IPMD
1975-1976
· Commencement
of first UNDP assisted project of 5 years span for expansion of facilities at IIP-Mumbai
1976-1977
· Approval
and implementation of Government of India
/ C F T C projects on export package developments
1977-1978
· Implementation
of "Export Package Development Project”
assisted by Government of India and Commonwealth Secretariat
1978-1979
· Publication
of first text book "Packaging Laws and
Regulations”.
1979-1980
· 6thAsian Packaging Congress, organized in India
1980-1981
· Organized
National Seminar on "Packaging in the 80’s in Mumbai
1981-1982
· Research
& Development Project on Shelf-Life of grapes for export undertaken
1982-1983
· Projects
on standardized export packages for containerization
1983-1984
· IIP’s
recommendations to Government of India on inclusion of Packaging Machinery
under O.G.L. and duty reduction-policy amendments.
1984-1985
· ITC
aided regional project on packaging of black frozen shrimps for export from
Asian Countries. Findings presented through ITC dissemination programmes.
1985-1986
· Commencement
of 2 Postgraduate Diploma Programme on Packaging
at IIP-Mumbai.
· 12thAsian Packaging Congress held in India
1986-1987
· First
International Packaging Exhibition "INDIAPACK”on Packaging by IIP and Trade Fair Authority of India (TFAI)
1987-1988
· Package
development projects for export products with ITC’s assistance taken up.
· 1stedition of INDPACK 1987 National
Packaging Exhibition was held at Mumbai.
1988-1989
· Constitution
of Development Panel for packaging industry by Government of India where IIP was
member secretary and Secretariat.
· 2ndedition of INDPACK 1988, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Kolkata.
1989-1990
· Inauguration
of IIP’s Eastern Regional Centre – New Premises at Sector –V, Salt Lake,
Kolkata.
· 3rdedition of INDPACK – 1989National Packaging Exhibition was held at Ahmadabad.
1990-1991
· 4thedition of INDPACK-1990, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Coimbatore.
· First
"Train the Trainers” course on Export Packaging for Asia and the Pacific
Region-a UNDP Project – organized at IIP Mumbai.
1991-1992
· Institution
of "PACMACHINE” Awards
· 5thedition of INDPACK 1991, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Hyderabad.
· Participation
in to International Packaging Exhibition – PAPRO 1991 at Germany.
· Silver
Jubilee Function of Indian Institute of Packaging was organised.
1992-1993
· 6thedition of INDPACK 1992, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Chennai.
· First
JETRO assisted programme and Introduction of Information Data Bank at IIP
Mumbai.
1993-1994
· IIP
was identified by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, for establishment
of EAN India for the introduction of Bar Code Technology for export in India.
· 7thedition of INDPACK 1993, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Kolkata.
1994-1995
· 8thedition of INDPACK 1994, the
National Packaging Exhibition was organised at Delhi.
· The
commencement of new complex of IIP Delhi under Plan Fund of Government of India
1995-1996
· 9thedition of National Packaging
exhibition INDPACK 1995 held at Indore.
· Distance
Education Programme introduced (Accredited by APF)
· 3rdedition of Indian Packaging Directory released
· Exclusive
programme for Sri-Lankan delegates at Mumbai and Colombo, Sri Lanka.
· EAN
India takes up membership of EAN International
1996-1997
· 10thedition of National Packaging exhibitionINDPACK
1996 held at Mumbai
· A
monograph on "Tinplate in Packaging” published
· Symposium
organized jointly by TAPPI, USA and IIP at Delhi/Mumbai. (First of TAPPI Joint
programme in South East Asia)
1997-1998
· 11thedition of National Packaging
Exhibition INDPACK-1997 organized at Coimbatore
· INDIAPACK-1998,
International Packaging exhibition organized by IIP in association with Nowea
International & Intech Pvt. Ltd. at Mumbai
· Set up
INTERNET at Mumbai & at 3 regional centers
· Monographs
on Aluminum in Packaging, Modern Food Packaging & Prospective Report on
Plastics in Packaging published.
· Jute
(GOI/UNDP) - Jute pilot development centre at Mumbai and
Calcutta commissioned.
· IIP Delhi
own Building - Construction commenced
· Women
Entrepreneurship Development Programme planned
1998-1999
· 12thedition of National Packaging
Exhibition INDPACK1998 was held in April, 1998 at Pune
· Shifting
of Northern Regional Centre (NRC) to new premises at Patparganj, New Delhi
· Release
of book Modern Food Packaging and 1st Perspective Report on Plastic
Packaging
· Secretariat
of the Asian Packaging Federation shifted from Bangkok to IIP-Mumbai
· IIP-
is identified as nodal agency for Edible Oil packaging by the Ministry of Food
& Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India.
1999-2000
- 13th edition of INDPACK
1999 National Packaging Exhibition was organized at New Delhi
synchronizing with Asian Packaging Congress 14th – 15th October, 1999.
- International symposium on Packaging of Food and
Beverages was held on 12th and 13th January,
2000.
2000 -2001
- Major renovation of Mumbai
Testing Laboratory and expansion of facilities at IIP-Chennai.
- Women Entrepreneurship
Development Programme was organized in 2000 with 24 participants in
collaboration with SISI, Mumbai.
UNDP Jute Development
Programme was started for the benefit of Indian Textile Mills.
2001 – 2002
- Shri Omar Abdullah, Hon’ble
Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, inaugurated
Northern Regional Centre on 24th April,2000.
- Techpack 2001 was held at
9-10 February,2001 at Calcutta.
- Emballage 2000 Exhibition
opened on 20th to 24th November, 2001 in Paris.
2002 – 2003
- INDPACK 2002 International was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief
Minister Thiru Panneer Selvam, Govt. of Tamilnadu on 9th Feburary,2002 at Chennai.
- International Conference on
Packaging was held on 11th -12th February,2002 at
Chennai.
- Institute proposed
Infrastructure development – Library, Publication, North East Centre, IIP
– ERC and IPC with expenditure of Rs.2.6 crore under Plan Fund 2002-2007.
- Mr.Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon’ble
Minister for State Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India inaugurated
Executive Wing of Hostel.
- International Conference on
Packaging for Agro & Food Products was held on February 12th and 13th 2003 inaugurated by Mr. Sailen Sarkar, Hon’ble
Minister for Food Processing, Govt. of West Bengal.
2003 - 2004
- First Patent application was
submitted by IIP for the development of Coir based Composite Board jointly
with Coir Board, Govt. of India.
- Modern Testing Equipments
like Multi-layer thickness Tester, Digital micro processing tester, gloss
meter, Hot tack & seal tester, Xenon Inc. weather-o-meter, Hydraulic
pressure tester, leakage tester, bursting strength tester was installed at
IIP Laboratories in 2003.
- IIP Alumni Association was
framed with slogan "Prosperity through Sharing and Leadership in the
Industry for better Packaging Solution to improve Life”.
- 1st Interactive
Meeting with Industrialists was held on 8th July, 2003 at
Federation of Andhra Pradesh, Chamber of Commerce, Hyderabad.
2004 - 2005
- Paper and Paperboard
Directory was completed and printed
- INDIAPACK 2004 International Packaging
Exhibition was organized and held at BKC complex 26th – 29th October, 2004.
- World Packaging Conference
was held in Mumbai Renaissance Hotel
- 4 weeks in-house Train the
Trainers Programme for Asian Countries participants was held for Trainers
from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Singapore and
Philippines.
- 12 Short Term Executive
Development Programme were held.
- ITC Training Programme was
organized for foreign participants from Bangladesh, Africa and Germany.
- Packaging specification
booklet for export of Walnut Kernels, Pre cut frozen fruits, vegetables,
strawberries, cherries, lychees, fresh vegetables, apples, pineapples,
chikoo, papaya and pomegranate.
2005 - 2006
- Indian delegation led by
Mr.A.A.Joshi visited Interpack on 25th April,2005
- With active support of Andhra
Industry Hyderabad centre Phase I was inaugurated by Hon’ble Dr.Rajasekhar
Reddy, Chief Minister A.P. on 24th March,2006.
2006 – 2007
- Asian Packaging Corporation
was inaugurated by Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Hon’ble Minister of State for
Food processing Industries, Govt. of India at Hotel Leela.
- INDIAPACK 2006 International
Packaging Exhibition was organized during 11th – 14th Dec.2006 at NSC Ground, Bombay.
- Development of Standards for
Consumer safety pertaining to packaged drinking water, fluorinated
containers, transport safety, corrugated boxes.
- FIBC testing laboratory was
set up for testing of all kinds of FIBC packaging
- Installation of computerized
thickness measurement system and Hot Tack strength tester
2007 - 2008
- Hon’ble Chief Minister West
Bengal, Shri Budhhadeb Bhattacharya inaugurated the two week training
programme for Self Help Group/Self Employment.
- Sophisticated Testing Equipment
like WVTR, Color Specto Photometer, water spray chamber, Co-official of
fiction tester were installed at IIP-Hyderabad.
2008 – 2009
- A first ever live panel
discussion was held with panelists from Glass, Tinplate, Ink and Polymer
Industries.
- International Summit for
Packaging Industry was held during 19th and 20th September, 2008 at the Leela Kempinski, inaugurated by Shri G.K.Pillai,
Secretary, MOC&I.
- INDIAPACK 2008 International
Packaging Exhibition was held 18th-21st September,2008 at NSC Ground, Bombay.
2009 - 2010
- Professor N.C.Saha, Head-
Laboratory Division, Indian Institute of Packaging was appointed as a
Director by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, Govt. of India.
- Prof. N.C.Saha took
initiative to transform the Institute in terms of upgradation of
infrastructure facilities at Head Office, Mumbai and also the branches.
- The Institute organised for
the first time a National workshop on "Food packaging” on 10th February, 2010 at Guwahati in association with Ministry of Food Processing
Industries, Govt. of India to make an awareness on packaging in the North
East region.
2010 - 2011
- Organised Residential Training
programme on Packaging at Mumbai during 19th-28th October, 2010, sponsored by Asian Packaging Federation.
- The Institute took a new initiative
to organise Residential Training Programme for the upliftment of African citizens
under Indo - Africa Forum Summit of Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of
India and supported by Ministry of Food processing Industries, Govt. of
India. 21 African participants from
9 countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Niger, Zimbawe, Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Sudan and Republic of Mali participated.
- A WPO sponsored residential
training programme on packaging under Global packaging training education
initiative was held for the first time in India during 8th -19th June, 2010. 14 participants from 9 countries such as Ghana, India, Latvia,
Croatia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Turkey participated into
this programme.
- International Summit for
Packaging Industry (ISPI) 2010 was organized during 1st and 2nd October,2010 at Hotel Renaissance Convention Centre, Mumbai. The summit
was inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Minister for Food Processing Industry,
Govt. of India.
- 4th International Packaging Exhibition i.e., INDIAPACK 2010 was held at Bombay
Exhibition Centre, Goreagon, Mumbai during 24-26 November, 2011 which was inaugurated by Shri Ashok Sinha, IAS,
Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Govt. of India.
- Institute organized 12
National Workshops on Food Packaging in association with Ministry of Food
Processing Industries, Govt. of India, at Agartala, Goa, Tirupati,
Siliguri, Vishakhapatnam, Muzzafarpur, Imphal, Ranchi, Aizawel, Shilong,
Tejpur, and Chittoor.
2011- 2012
- The Foundation Stone Laying
Ceremony for Food Packaging Testing Laboratory was held at IIP Delhi on 26th March, 2012. Mr. J.K.dadoo, IAS, Joint Secretary, MoCI was present as
Chief Guest to lay the foundation
stone.
- Prof. N.C.Saha, Director visited Dar-e-salam, Tanzania
as a Guest Faculty Member during 2nd -4th August, 2011
to deliver the lecture on packaging on the occasion of opening of Tanzanian
Institute of Packaging under World Packaging Organization.
- Two weeks residential
training programme on Packaging Technology was held at Mumbai during 27th April to 6th May,2011. The programme was sponsored by Ministry
of Industrial Development, Government of Sri Lanka. 20 participants
attended this programme.
- World Packaging
Organization had sponsored another Two weeks residential training
programme on Packaging Principle and Systems for the benefit of
participants from WPO member countries. The Institute conducted online
training programme for the first time at IIP Mumbai in association with
IOP, UK. The programme was held during 7th– 16th September, 2011. Participants from
Lebanon, Croatia, South Africa attended to this programme.
- The Institute organized the
training programme for the 2nd batch of African citizens in
association with MoFPI, Govt. of India under Indo – Africa Forum Summit,
sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. during 28th February to 9th March,2012.
- The first overseas training
programme was conducted by the Institute at Jakarta, Indonesia, during 19th to 21st July, 2011 in association with Indonesia Packaging
Federation, sponsored by Asian Packaging Federation.
- The Institute re-launched
the INDPACK-2011, 14th edition of Pac National
Packaging Exhibition which was held at Hyderabad International Convention
Center along with the National Conference on Modern Trends in Packaging of
Food and Pharmaceutical Products which was held during 24th to 26th November, 2011.
- National Conference on "Trends
and Innovation in Packaging of Processed Food and Beverages and Health
Care Products” was held on 20th and 21st February, 2012
at ITC Sonar, Kolkata.
- National Conference on "Packaging
of Farm Fresh Produce and Ethnic Processed Food” was held on 16th March,2012 at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati.
- INDPACK 2012 the 15th edition of National packaging exhibition was organised in
association with NERAMAC which was held at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre,
Guwahati during 15th -17th March, 2012.
- The Institute participated
for the first time into the world’s largest packaging exhibition i.e.,
INTERPACK at Dusseldorf, Germany as India Pavilion during 12th – 18th May, 2011 where 10 industry member participated into
INDIAPAVILION as an exhibitor.
- The Institute opened its R&D
wing and submitted the research proposal to MoFPI, Govt. of India for
processing and packaging of Tender Coconut Water in association with IIT,
Mumbai.
- National Workshop on Food
Packaging in Association with MoFPI was held at Indore, Solan, Madurai,
Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Kochi, Itanagar, Dehradun, Dimapur, Bikaner,
Lucknow, Kolkata and Jammu
- The Silver Jubilee
Convocation of Post Graduate Diploma in Packaging was organised by the
Institute at Mumbai on 15th Feb, 2012. Sh. Jyotiraditya Madhav
Rao Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India
was present as a Chief Guest.
- India submitted the highest
number of World Star entries i.e.,
48 to WPO and achieved 32 World Star awards.
2012 - 2013
- The Institute received a 4
are land on free of Cost from State government of Karnataka and the foundation stone
laying ceremony for the opening of 6th branch of the Institute was
held at Bangalore on 15th March, 2013 where Shri Anand Sharma,
Hon’ble Union Minister, for Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India was
present as Chief Guest.
- 5th International
Packaging Exhibition INDIAPACK 2013 was held at Bombay Exhibition Centre,
Goregaon, Mumbai during 28th – 31st January, 2013.
Mrs. (Dr.) D.Purandeswari, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry,
Govt. of India was present as Chief Guest to inaugurate this exhibition.
- The Institute organised the First
Buyer Seller Meet (B2B) on 28th January, 2013 which was inaugurated
by Mr. Thomas Schneider, President, WPO.
- The first Poster session was
organised by the Institute during the International Summit for Packaging
Industry (ISPI) held at Mumbai coinciding with INDIAPACK-2013. Shri Rakesh
Kacker, IAS, Secretary, MoFPI, and Dr. Shiv Shankar Mishra, Former Pro
Vice Chacellor, Mahatma Gandhi
Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha were present to open the
poster session.
- The Institute organised
3days Residential programme on Packaging of Food Products at Dhaka,
Bangladesh during 3rd – 5th October, 2012, sponsored
by Asian Packaging Federation.
- The 3rd and 4th Residential training programme on Packaging of fresh and processed food
products under Indo-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) were conducted by the
Institute during 18th February to 1st March, 2013 and
11th–22nd March, 2013.
- Prof. N.C.Saha, Director,
Indian Institute of Packaging was elected as a Secretary General of Asian
Packaging Federation for a period of 4 years during the 62nd BOA and 37th GA meeting held at Seoul, Korea in October, 2012
and the Secretariat of APF is shifted from Thailand to India.
2013 – 2014
- The Institute prepared the
master plan for IIP Mumbai and other centers to upgrade the
infrastructural facilities.
- The Institute received the
sanction for an amount of Rs. 70.00 crore for the first time under 12th Five Year Plan to upgrade the infrastructural facilities at its head
office and other centers.
- INDPACK-2014, the 16th edition of National packaging
exhibition was held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi during 16-18 January,
2014. Mrs. Anita Agnihotri, IAS, Special Secretary and Financial Advisor,
Ministry of Commerce & industry, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest to
inaugurate this exhibition.
- Coinciding with INDPACK-2014,
the National Conference on Consumer Packaging – Challenges and
Opportunities was held during 17th -18th January,
2014. Sh. K. Chandramouli, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI) was the Chief Guest.
- A taskforce committee
consisting of the senior faculty members from 18 reputed institutes from
India participated to the first meeting to finalise the syllabus of B.Tech
and M.Tech programme in Packaging Technology and Management (PTM). The
meeting was held during 13th & 14th July, 2013.
- The 2nd taskforce
committee consisting of the experts from leading packaging industry met on
18th July, 2013 to finalise the syllabus for B.Tech and M.Tech
Programme.
- Foundation stone laying
ceremony for the new educational complex and international packaging
center was held on 6th January, 2014 at IIP Mumbai. Dr. EMS
Natchiappan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Govt. of
India laid the foundation stone.
- Dr. EMS Natchiappan, Hon’ble
Minister for State for Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India was
inaugurated the Food Packaging Laboratory and new academic block at IIP
Delhi on 29th January, 2014.
- Sh. Tarun Gogoi, Hon’ble
Chief Minister of Assam visited the Institute on 11th January,
2014 and interacted with the students of Post Graduate Diploma in
Packaging.
- Mr.S.K.Ray, Chairman IIP
laid the foundation stone for the expansion project phase – II of IIP
Kolkata Center for PGDP programme on 15th March, 2014.
- 12 days residential training
programme was organised for a industry group from Sri Lanka during 1st – 12th July, 2013 sponsored by Department of Industries, Govt.
of Sri Lanka.
- The 5th residential training programme under Indo-Africa Forum summit was
organised by the Institute during 10-21 February, 2014 sponsored by
Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and implemented by Ministry
of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India. 25 participants from
Nigeria, Ghana, Lesotho, Zambia, Egypt, Tunisia, Rawanda, Ethopia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Uganda participated to the programme. Dr.
U.Venkateswarlu, IAS, Joint Secretary, MoFPI, Govt. of India was the Chief
Guest.
- Prof. N.C.Saha, Director-IIP
conducted the first board meeting of Asian Packaging Federation at Jakarta,
Indonesia held during November, 2013.
- The Institute organised 6
National workshops on food packaging in association with MoFPI, Govt. of
India.
- Institute conducted 4
workshops on Packaging of Handicraft items during February, 2014 in
different areas in association with Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development
Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad.
- National Workshop on
‘Packaging of Fresh and Processed Food Products” for MSME of Meghalaya
held on 21st March, 2014 which was sponsored by Govt. of
Meghalaya under National Mission for Food Processing (NMFP) scheme.
- The Institute organised
National Workshop on ‘Packaging of Handicrafts’ at Ranch, Jharkhand on 28th March, 2014.
2014 – 2015
- The Institute participated
2nd time into the world’s largest packaging exhibition i.e.,
INTERPACK at Dusseldorf, Germany as India Pavilion during 8th –
14th May, 2014 where 50 industry members participated into
INDIAPAVILION as an exhibitor.
- National Conference on
"Emerging Trends in Packaging” was held on 5th & 6th February, 2014 at ITC Sonar, Kolkata.
- The 48th foundation day was celebrated by the Institute on 14th May,
2014 at the campus of the Institute as well as at other regional offices
of the Institute.
- Institute organised a
National Conference on "Innovations in Plastics for Packaging” held at Hotel The Leela, Mumbai on 26th April, 2014
- Five Days residential
training programme was conducted by the Institute during 04-08 August,
2014 at the Institute sponsored by Asian Packaging Federation.
- Institute organised a
National Conference on "Bulk Packaging of Hazardous Goods for Export and
the Importance of UN Certificate”
held at Hotel The Leela, Mumbai on 26th April, 2014
- A one day
demonstration-cum-training programme on "Packaging of Rural Crafts and
Food Products” for MSME held on 1st August, 2014 in association
with Dept of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles, Govt. of
West Bengal at Sarat Sadan, Howrah.
- A one day National
Conference on Food Processing and Packaging – Investment Opportunities was
organised by the Institute on 10th October, 2014 at Hotel The
Ashok Lalit, Bangalore in association with Ministry of Food Processing
Industries, Govt. of India.
- The Institute organised
INDIASTAR -2014 Contest during 20th & 21st October, 2014 at Head Office of the Institute. This year the programme has
attracted 552 entries.
- A one days National
Conference on "Bulk Packaging of Hazardous Goods for Export and Importance
of UN Certificate” was organised by the Institute at Chennai on 12th September, 2014 at ITC Sherton Park Hotel, Chennai.
- Two days National Summit on
Packaging for Tomorrow organised by the Institute at Hotel ITC Kakatiya
during 6th & 7th November, 2014
- Prof. N.C.Saha, Director-IIP
conducted the second board meeting of Asian Packaging Federation at Manila, Philippines held during
December, 2014.
- National workshops on
Packaging of Fresh and Processed Foods was organised by the Institute on
11th December, 2014 at Patna.
- National Conference on
Packaging of Ethnic Foods was organised by the Institute at Ahmedabad on
19th January, 2015 at the Metropole Hotel, Ahmedabad in
association with Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India.
- Workshops on Food Packaging
was organised by IIP Delhi under National Food Mission on 17th January, 2015.