Srinagar: Indian Institute of Packing (IIP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry organized One Day Workshop on Capacity Building on Packaging for Exporters and Traders of Jammu and Kashmir under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Government of India Initiative. The Workshop was, organized on 19th February,2022 at R K Sarovar Portico, Srinagar.
An Inauguration Ceremony in this regard was held where the Chief Guest Pandurang K Pole, Divisional Commissioner, J&K along with Guest of Honour Praveen Kumar, Director – Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GOI, Zubair Ahmad Mir, Director Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Srinagar were present. From Indian Institute of Packaging, Director IIP Dr.Tanweer Alam, Dr. Madhab Chakraborty, Joint Director & Regional Head, IIP Delhi and Dr. Niley Kanti Pramanik, DD – IIP Delhi were present.
Topics discussed at the free workshop attended by around one hundred participants included packaging for food industry for dairy, handicraft, hosiery, sports goods and pharma products.
According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, Dr Tanweer Alam, Director of IIP, informed the gathering that Government of India has taken up IIP project under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. “In this project, we will conduct workshops across India, where five products from each state will be chosen for to develop their packaging to boost export sector. A nodal officer of director’s rank has been appointed to look after the project’s implementation,” said Dr Alam. (KDC)

