Report of the 36th Annual Summit and AGM of Regional Institute of Printing Technology
The beautiful serene setting of the Tulip at P C Garden Kolkata was the venue of the 36th Annual Summit and AGM of Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) on 15 August 2024. As per tradition, the National Flag was hoisted by the President of RIPTAA with due solemness in the presence of the RIPTAA members at 9:30 am. After engaging in fellowship over morning refreshment and registration, the inaugural programme commenced at 10:30 am in main seminar hall. Shri Surendra B Dhote, President RIPTAA welcomed Shri Raghabendra N. Dutta Baruah, President, All India Federation of Master Printers along with the 400 odd members and guests present. He briefed them about the prevalent scenario of printing and multimedia in his inaugural address. Important Guests and Dignitaries were felicitated by the President RIPTAA, Vice-President Shri Hillol Sinha and Shri Apratim Mukerji, General Secretary RIPTAA. The Key-note speech of the RIPTAA Summit 2024 was given by Shri Raghabendra N. Dutta Baruah, President, AIFMP. He dwelt in length about the pan India scenario of Printing Industry and expressed a lot of hope for the future of the Printing, Multimedia and Packaging industry. Mr Sanjib Mondal, Deputy General Manager – Sales, TechNova Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd. conducted an interactive technical seminar on ‘Growth in Printing’. Through a power point presentation, he illustrated how the sectors like ‘Digital printing’ combining with ‘Packaging’ is outpacing the traditional ‘offset printing’. Another speaker, Mr. Mohidul Haque, Jt. MD of Diamond Art Press Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading exponents of short run offset printing of Eastern India, lamented about the lack of unity among the offset printers leading to cut throat competition. Mr. Swarnangka Samaddar, an alumnus and a former senior official of TechNova and presently a consultant, shared the ups and down of his career with his fellow RIPTAA members. Three RIPT students, who ranked first in their streams during 2023-24, were awarded scholarships. Two RIPTAA alumni members opted for life membership in 2023-24. They were felicitated. Last but not the least, the first session saw the entire alumni paying their heartfelt homage to the six RIPTAA members who left us for their heavenly abode in 2023-24. The general session ended with Shri Apratim Mukerji paying heavy tributes to the printing and packaging industry for coming forward and making this Summit 2024 a great success. He thanked the dignitaries and members for attending the programme. He further requested all RIPTAAns to come forward and take more active part in taking Association forward in the coming years for the benefit of members, specially, the new pass outs.
The second session was a closed door one, with Shri Apratim Mukherji informing the members in details about the various technical and social activities carried out in 2023-24 in his secretary’s report. The members lauded the rare distinction that RIPTAA achieved from the Income tax department. All donations to RIPTAA will henceforth will be eligible for tax relief under section 80G of IT Act. A rare achievement indeed. With the compliance of the other essential activities of the AGM, the day ended with election of the new Executive Body for the session 2024-26 with Shri Surenendra B. Dhote being elected as the president for yet another term.
RIPT being a regional college, RIPTAA comprises of Alumni from all states in the East and North East, who are spread across the country and even abroad. At present there are about 500 odd active members who attend our programmes regularly and another about 2000 floating members. They hold responsible positions in photography, printing, packaging, ink, paper, newspaper & multimedia companies and contribute to the development of the country.
The working of the Alumni association is governed by its constitution which mandates an Executive Body, consisting of sixteen working members, elected for two years. The election is held in the AGM held every year on 15 th August in Kolkata. The members of the EB and it’s President is elected from the regular members of RIPTAA. They conduct all the activities of RIPTAA throughout the two-year period along with publishing a quarterly mouthpiece ‘PrintOut’. It is a technical journal brought out highlighting technological updates, industry news, achievement, products of important brands and briefings of RIPTAA activities. All the activities of RIPTAA are well publicized through its Facebook Account, WhatsApp and website.
The executive body of RIPTAA comprises of the President, Vice President, the Secretary, Asst. Secretary, the Treasurer and 11 other members. Additionally, a member can also be co-opted if situation demands. For 2023-24 and 2024-25, the office bearers are Mr. Surendra B Dhote, President; Mr. Hillol Sinha, Vice-President; Mr. Apratim Mukherji, Secretary, Mr. Biplab Ghosh, Asst. Secretary and Mr. Tapas Roy, Treasurer. These official of RIPTAA along with other EB members constantly meet on regular basis at the present official address at Bharat Lithographing Company, Kolkata.
RIPTAA is also invited to mega printing and allied exhibitions held in various parts of the country. Some recent participations were in PAMEX at Mumbai, SCREENTEX India at Kolkata, Eastern PrintPack at Kolkata and PrintPack India at Noida. These involvements have made RIPTAA a household name among the forerunners in the industry and helped pursue the cause of its members. Visit of student groups from RIPT in these fares are also sponsored by RIPTAA to help them understand the latest trend in Printing and allied industry.
All details of the events organized and participated by RIPTAA may be found under the Events held section in RIPTAA website www.riptaa.in or at facebook.com/riptaa.
Last, but not the least, we are glad to announce that various benevolent activities of RIPTAA have been recognized by Government agencies and any donations made by any organization willing to support the activities of RIPTAA will henceforth attract tax exemption.
RIPTAA brings together alumni, students, and industry professionals to encourage knowledge sharing, professional interaction, and long-term engagement with the printing and graphic technology community.
The Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association was formed in the year 1986. Since then every student who graduates from this esteemed institution becomes an associate member of the association.
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