Exposure Visit of RIPT Students
RIPTAA organized an ‘Industry Exposure Visit’ for 28 RIPT Jadavpur students and teachers to CDC Printers, Panchla unit on December 16, 2025.
The visit included a comprehensive tour of various departments:
– Slitting
– CTP
– Web Offset Printing
– Sewing
– Punching
– Lamination
– UV finishing
– Pasting
– Window Patching
– Folder glueing
– Corrugations
– Flute Lamination
– QC Lab
– Ink Kitchen
After the daylong visit, the officials of CDC organized an interactive session with the students, providing insights into industry operations. The students gained hands-on experience with different papers, boards and types of machinery, bridging the gap between academia and industry.
RIPTAA officials Mr. Surendra B Dhote, Mr. Tapash Roy, and Mr. Apratim Mukerji, along with RIPT teachers Mr. Ujjal Majee and Mr. Ram Prabesh Shaw, accompanied the students on the industry visit.
RIPTAA extends its gratitude to RIPT authorities for permitting the visit and special thanks to CDC Printers for their cooperation and hospitality.
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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