3 Months Certificate Programme in Packaging

Technology

Endorsed by Accreditation by

PROSPECTUS
ITC (Intensive Training Course)
1st December 2020 – 26th February 2021 IIP, Mumbai
1st September 2020 – 30th November 2020 IIP, Delhi
1st October 2020 – 31st October 2020 IIP, Hyderabad
1st September 2020 – 30th November 2020 IIP, Kolkata
1st September 2020 – 30th November 2020 IIP, Chennai
1st September 2020 – 30th September 2020 IIP, Ahmedabad
1st June 2021 – 31st August 2021 IIP, Mumbai
About Institute
The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) is a national apex body which was set up in 1966 by the packaging allied industries
and the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. The Institute is an autonomous body working under the
administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce. The Institute endeavours to improve the standard of packaging
needed for the promotion of exports and create infrastructural facilities for overall packaging improvement in India
through Research and Development, Problem solving consultancy, testing and evaluation, training and education,
industrial co-ordination, information dissemination and other promotional efforts. The Institute has set up state-of-the-
art infrastructure for conducting testing, consultancy and training & education activities at its Head Office at Mumbai as
well as other regional centers held at Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Ahmedabad.

Program Objectives
Packaging plays a vital role in building the brand image of the product along with other functions of Protection,
Preservation and Presentation. It is difficult to imagine a world without packaging in the current scenario. A different
design of packaged products for all types of commodities has increased significantly in recent years. The Packaging
industry needs to remain gear up in terms of packaging innovations to satisfy the demand of consumers and to meet
market requirement. Packaging is no more restricted to common sense subject; rather it is now well recognized as a
combination of science art and technology. Significantly Packaging plays a major role in modern marketing system. The
importance of packaging function in business realization is becoming widely recognized and accepted by the industry.
Now-a-days, packaging education is seen as a viable option for career development.

The Indian Institute of Packaging has been creating packaging professionals from the last 52 years in order to serve the
industry in a professional way through its various training and educational programs on different packaging aspects. The
Three months full time certificate course in packaging is specially designed to give insight knowledge on various aspects
and trends of packaging. The objectives of this course is
• To provide information on various materials, processes, governing laws and regulations involved in packaging
of products through classroom teaching, laboratory and industrial visits along with case studies.
• To create packaging professional from design conception to manufacturing, who learns to speak the language of
packaging and utilize it as a key differentiator for his relevant industry / business.
By way of attending this 3 months packaging course, the participants will get a platform to identify new innovations as
well as new opportunities in field of packaging.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is involved or deals or has inclination in Packaging Industry
• Professionals working in company at various levels which have direct impact on packaging of their products.
• Entrepreneurs to learn the impact of packaging on growth of their business.
• Students who have passed 12th / ITI / Diploma / Degree in any branch and wish to enhance their skill in Packaging
to grow their career path and to meet challenges of the industry.

Target Audience
Students, Working Professionals, Managers, Entrepreneurs and New Startup professionals
Why you should attend this course
To gain the knowledge, tools and skills to be an influential professional in the field of packaging
Able to interact with top Packaging Professionals through different sessions on key topics of packaging
Have glimpse of various manufacturing units deals in packaging through industrial visits.

What you will get

• A certificate of accomplishment to differentiate your resume and advance your career.
• A sustainable perspective on package design and development.
• A platform to identify new innovations as well as new opportunities in the field of packaging.

Course
The course comprises over 120 classroom sessions on various aspects of packaging to be dealt by experts from respective
fields. Beside theoretical exposure, practical demonstrations on testing and evaluation of packaging materials and
packages have been included in the programme.
Visits to various industrial establishments and production centres have also been planned to provide an opportunity to
the participants in order to get familiarised with the processes of conversion, manufacturing and the selection of
packaging materials as per current trends of industry.

Certificate
A certificate of attendance will be given to all the participants whose attendance is at least 75% of the total programme
duration. Candidates passing all the examination will be awarded passing certificate.

Performance Evaluation
Evaluation is through quizzes, written tests, discussion/literature survey and seminar presentation. In addition, there will
be an individual project and group project at the end of the course.
In order to get Pass Certificate, a candidate has to acquire a minimum of 40% marks in all the quizzes, written tests,
Project & viva voce examination in individual component and 50% aggregate marks.

Facilities
The Institute is well equipped with state of art package testing Laboratory, Research and Development Centre, fitted
with multimedia projector Air-conditioned classrooms, Library with vast collection of books on Packaging. The Institute
has a large campus spread over 10 Acres area in the centre of Mumbai, full of greenery and fresh air with re-creational
facilities along with newly built hostel and canteen facilities.

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Fee
For Indian Participants For Overseas Participants

Non-Members - Rs. 55,000/- Tuition Fees - US $ 3,200.00

IIP – Ordinary Members - Rs. 53,000/- The indicative Food & Accommodation
IIP – Patron / Life Member - Rs. 51,000/- Charges for 3 months at IIP will be
(Additional 18% GST will be applicable on the above US $ 4,500.00 per participant
fee)
The Fee includes tuition Fees, essential course material along with expenditure towards transportation for industrial study
tours and expert talk from industry professionals during the programme.
The Participants have to make their own arrangement for daily attendance and other incidental expenditure.

Accommodation
The accommodation for participants who wish to reside in the campus can be provided at additional cost. The hostel fee
for 3 months course duration at IIP, Mumbai is Rs. 12,500/- plus additional Rs. 1,000/- refundable security deposit.
These charges are excluding food.

Hostel Block .

Timings and Duration

The Classes will normally be held between 10:30 am to 5:00 pm. It will be five days in a week from Monday to Friday.
Occasionally Saturday may also be used for Classes/industrial visits, if required. The duration of the programme is 3
months.

Venue
The venue for this programme will be the Institute’s premises in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad.

Admission Process
Candidates who desirous to take admission in this course may fill the application form after paying a sum of Rs. 250/-
in cash or by demand draft in favour of “Indian Institute of Packaging” payable at Mumbai and deposit the mentioned
fees. The application form can also be filled online / offline through Institute website and the form fee of Rs. 250/- to be
added while depositing the course fees.
The minimum qualification required to attend this course is 10+2 and the number of seats per batch is 30 (Thirty) only.
The admission to the course will be done on the basis of first come first serve, subject to availability of seats. The
candidates can reserve their seat by depositing the requisite course fee along with application form.
 SYLLABUS
Section I: CONCEPTS j) Aluminium rigid containers, collapsible tubes,
closures.
1. PACKAGING
k) Glass containers including ampoules and vials.
a) Historical background, definition of packaging as an
integral part of production and marketing. l) Composite containers, composite drums and paper
tubes.
b) Basic concepts - Physical and Physico-chemical
such as colligative properties, gas laws, surface m) Textiles – Jute textiles – Sacks.
tension, dialysis, diffusion, energy measurements, etc. n) Multiwall paper sacks and Plastic Woven sacks.
c) Package – components, separation, clearance, o) Wood and Wooden containers, Boxes, Crates, Wire
support, positioning, cushioning, weight distribution, bound packing cases, Plywood cases.
suspension and closures. p) Corrugated Boards and Boxes-combinations with
various materials.
2. PACKAGING CHARACTERISTICS
q) Solid Fibre Board.
a) Physical Characteristics of the product – physical
r) Traditional packaging materials and forms, like
state, weight, centre of gravity, symmetry, fragility,
leaves, mats, baskets and clay pots.
rigidity, surface finish, etc.
s) Bio-Degradable plastics in Packaging.
b) Physico-chemical characteristics - susceptibility to
water, water vapour, gases, odour, heat, light –
4. ANCILLARY MATERIALS
mechanism of spoilage.
a) Adhesives:
c) Principles of Corrosion and its prevention.
1. Theory and principles of adhesion and factors
d) Compatibility – permissible plasticisers in plastics
affecting bond strength.
and coating media, their migration to food – can lining
2. Different types of adhesives – vegetable, animal,
compounds and lacquers for containers for fruit and
inorganic and synthetic.
vegetables, fish, meat and other products.
e) Package design – factors influencing design/ 3. Adhesive tapes – gum paper tapes, pressure
sensitive tapes, their manufacture and
product-package relationship.
applications.
3. PACKAGING MATERIALS b) Cushioning:
Technology, manufacture, conversion, properties, 1. Physical concepts in cushioning, energy, impact
applications, advantages, Limitations, trends in use and load and concept of shock as a function of
forecast for future: deceleration, impulse and time.
a) Paper and speciality papers. 2. Prevention of shock & damage to articles by
b) Paper Board – Folding cartons. various means and their measurement.
c) Cellulosic film and flexible Laminates. 3. Types of cushioning materials and properties –
space fillers cork, paper shavings, woodwool, saw
d) Plastics – polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene,
dust, coir dust, paddy straw and dry grass.
polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, nylon,
polyester, films, laminates and other combinations. Resilient materials – rubberized hair, rubberized coir,
poly styrene and polyurethane foams, springs, metal
e) Expanded polystyrene, Expanded polyethylene,
shock mounts, etc. Non-resilient system – rigid foams,
Expanded polyurethane, Bubble film.
honeycomb, etc.
f) Aluminium foil.
c) Reinforcements – straps – steel, plastic, rayon-based
g) Lamination and Coatings. & wires bailing hoops, etc.
h) Tinplate, 2 CP Plate, Tin-free steel including closures. d) Stitching methods – bags/ paper and textiles,
i) Galvanised drums, coated steel drums and corrugated board boxes and stitching appliances.
closures. e) Seals and closures.

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5. TEST PROCEDURES a) Physical distribution and material
a) For packing materials - physical, physic - chemical handling methods.
properties, resistance to light, insect and mould. b) Handling and transportation.
b) For Packaged goods – Unit package: compatibility c) Unit Load Systems:
studies, shelf life studies – with reference to flexible, (i) Pallestisation: Skids and pallets – Principles,
rigid packs, different types of seals, closures etc. construction and application.
Bulk packages – Evaluation of transport worthiness
(ii) Conveyor: Loading and unloading and other
of filled packages – physical and climatic hazards.
mechanical handling application.
6. PACKAGING OF FOOD PRODUCTS (iii) Containerization : Intermodal containers.
a) Agriculture produce. d) Air (IATA regulations), Sea (IMDG) and Road
b) Processed and dehydrated food. transportation and packaging.
e) Bar-Code in Packaging
c) Milk and milk products.
d) Meat and poultry products. f) RFID in Packaging.

e) Marine products – Shrimps. 11. STANDARD AND QUALITY CONTROL

f) Spices. a) Basic concepts.
b) Standard for packaging material - rigid, non – rigid
7. METHOD OF STORAGE
and ancillary material.
a) Cold storage, and deep freezing method of storage,
their design and usage. c) Standard for export packages – labelling and
marketing regulations.
b) Irradiation, preservation of perishables and semi –
d) Packaging quality control criteria.
perishables.
e) Sampling, variables and attributes, AQL.
8. PACKAGING OF OTHER SPECIFIC ITEMS f) Implication of ISO-9000.
a) Pharmaceuticals. g) Eco Packaging and regulation.
b) Tea. h) Recycling and Disposal of Packaging Waste.
c) Cosmetics and Perfumery.
12. PACKAGING PROCESS, MACHINERY &
d) Soaps, detergents and shampoos.
EQUIPMENTS
e) Chemicals and fertilizers.
a) Packaging processes and machinery – types,
f) Petroleum products. characteristics and specialities; selection and
g) Pesticides. specification.
h) Light Engineering Goods and domestic appliances. b) Equipments for canning, paper / board carton, flexible
i) Heavy machinery and equipments. packaging, etc.
j) Textiles and Garments.
13. PACKAGING EMBELLISHMENT AND
k) Handicrafts. PRINTING
a) Graphic design – Preparation and reproduction of art
9. SPECIALITY PACKAGES
work.
a) Aerosols, easy opening devices, carry home packs.
b) Printing Techniques – Letterpress. Flexography,
b) Strip packaging, shrink packaging, blister packaging, Lithography, Gravure, Silkscreen.
skin packaging and stretch wrapping.
c) Printing inks and Print evaluation.
c) Systems packaging – Lined cartons, Form Fill Seal
d) Ink-Jet Printing in Bar Coding.
(FFS), Stand – up pouches, etc.
d) Controlled Atmosphere packaging (CAP) and 14. PACKAGING & MARKETING
Modified Atmosphere packaging (MAP). a) Package Design, its impact on sales, role of packaging
e) Aseptic packaging. as silent-salesman- Communication and Sales appeal.
10. LOGISTICS AND PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION b) Packaging and Export Marketing.
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c) Better Packaging as an instrument of marketing. a) Role of packaging technologist in an organization –
d) Consumer protection through better packaging. his functions and effectiveness.
b) Judicious Management of Packaging material for its
15. PACKAGING ECONOMICS optimum utilization.
a) Principles of packaging economics. c) Packaging industry – a forecast.
b) Planning of packaging and packaging material d) System approach to packaging.
requirement.
c) Production planning and control in packaging process. Section II: PRACTICALS
1. On the spot studies in industrial units involved in
d) Inventory control techniques.
manufacture, use, handling, transportation and storage
e) Packaging cost – controllable and uncontrollable of packaging materials.
costs; costing methods.
2. Identification of packaging materials.
f) Cost reduction in packaging – Value Engineering
3. Tests for physical and physico-chemical properties of
approach.
packaging material.
g) Packaging and loss prevention.
4. Shelf life studies for packaged goods.
16. PACKAGING LAWS & REGULATIONS 5. Evaluation of transport-worthiness of filled
a) Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 packages.

b) The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (Packaged 6. Case studies.

Commodities Rules, 2011) Section III: PROJECT
c) UN certification code for packaging of Dangerous • Project – Package Development for a selected product
goods. – a team exercise.
d) Packaging laws and regulations – legal • Dissertation – Design & Development of package for
requirements. certain product – individual Exercise.
17. PACKAGING MANAGEMENT
• Presentation - A topic shall be assigned to each participant for making presentation to the group.

Registration
The registration to this course can be done by sending duly filled application form along with attested copies of last
examination passed & work experience, if any, with requisite fees either by Demand Draft in favour of “Indian Institute
of Packaging” payable at Mumbai or by NEFT transfer at the earliest to reserve the seat. The details for NEFT transfer
are as follows:
Account Name: Indian Institute of Packaging;
Bank Name: State Bank of India, MIDC Branch, Andheri East Mumbai;
Bank Account Number: 10606567751;
IFSC Code: SBIN 0007074

Glimpse of facilities at IIP, Mumbai

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