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Distribution of Educational Kits 2026

Distribution of Educational Kits 2026 Free Distribution of Educational Kits to Underprivileged StudentsContinuing its annual initiative, RIPTAA distributed educational kits to underprivileged children in Topsia on 23 May 2026. A total of 110 kits were handed out. Our Events Distribution of Educational Kits 2026 Health Check-Up 2026 PACK-O-PRINTEX 2026 Romancing Print 2026 Printers Day 2026 Pamex 2026 Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Load More View More Events

Health Check-Up 2026

Health Check-Up 2026 Free Health Check-Up Camp for Press Workers On 23 May 2026, RIPTAA, in association with Medical Service Centre, West Bengal, organized a Free Health Check-Up Camp for press workers at Deys Offset & Sristi Graphics, Tangra, Kolkata.A team of specialists — including a cardiologist, ENT, physician, and ophthalmologist — along with nurses and technicians, conducted comprehensive screenings: eye check-ups, cardiac assessments with ECG, blood sugar tests, BP monitoring, and general health consultations. The camp benefited 116 employees. Venue and infrastructure support were generously provided by Mr. Swapan Dey of Dey’s Offset and Ms. Sristi Dey of Sristi Graphics. Our Events Health Check-Up 2026 PACK-O-PRINTEX 2026 Romancing Print 2026 Printers Day 2026 Pamex 2026 Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Load More View More Events

PACK-O-PRINTEX 2026

Romancing Print Participation of RIPTAA in ‘Romancing Print’ Seminar at MaldaRIPTAA participated in the one-day National Seminar on ‘Romancing Print’ organized by All India Federation of Masters Printers (AIFMP) and West Bengal Master Printers Association (WBMPA) at BM Grand Hotel, Malda on 8 March 2026. The seminar was inaugurated by Shri Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury, Chairman, Malda Municipal Corporation. Shri Sanjay Kumar Dey, President WBMPA, Dr. Sarat Chandra Singh, Vice President – East, AIFMP, and Shri Sunil Khurana, Secretary, WBMPA, were present on the dais. Shri Firoz Sardar and Shri Gautam Seal, invited speakers from RIPTAA, delivered an audio-visual presentation on the ‘Present scenario of printing in India’ and discussed future print opportunities in Malda. Over 120 printers from Malda and surrounding districts attended the seminar along with members from WBMPA. Our Events Romancing Print Printers Day 2026 Pamex 2026 Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Load More View More Events

Romancing Print 2026

Printers Day 2026

Printers Day 2026 The Printers’ Day Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) celebrated Printers’ Day in a grand manner at Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University (JU) on February 24, 2026. The event was inaugurated by Shri Surendra B Dhote, President of RIPTAA, and featured a Technical Seminar on ‘Printing Technology – Trends and Future’. The seminar was addressed by Shri Debarshi Ray, Director – Technical, BCCL (Times of India), who delivered an engaging presentation on the latest trends and future prospects in printing technology.Shri Apratim Mukerji, Secretary of RIPTAA, introduced the speaker to a packed audience comprising students and teachers from RIPT, Alumni members, and other well-wishers of RIPTAA. Shri Ray’s lucid audio-visual presentation enlightened the audience on the subject, and he also responded to relevant questions from the audience. Students who correctly answered questions posed by the speaker were awarded prizes.The programme concluded with a warm felicitation of the speaker and an interaction with the Executive Body Members of RIPTAA. Our Events Printers Day 2026 Pamex 2026 Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 Load More View More Events

Pamex 2026

Pamex 2026 RIPTAA at PAMEX 2026 PAMEX 2026 was held from January 27-30, 2026, Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO Complex, Goregaon, Mumbai, India, showcasing the latest in printing and allied machinery, focusing on innovations in print, packaging, and sustainable solutions. RIPTAA took part with a complimentary stall showcasing its activities and publication ‘PrintOut’ published over the past few decades. Many eminent industry stalwarts visited RIPTAA stall and gave their good wishes. Some of them were Shri/s Ravinder Reddy, President AIFMP, Satish Malhotra Ex-President AIFMP, Dr. N. Saratchandra Singh, Vice-President East, AIFMP; Mr. Jaiveer Singh, President IPAMA; Sunil Jadli Head Corporate Communications Asia of Hubergroup; Anil Mehra, MD York Printing; Mr. Souvik Bhattacharjee Director Swapna Printing Works, Sandip Kundu MD of DE CONVERTER; Somnath Mitra of DN Mitra Lab, Anup Pal, QC Head TOI; Kumar Natarajan, GM ABP, Mani Raju Bora, Head Continental; Sunil Chaudhry, Head, National Channel Managed Accounts, Siegwerk; Suresh Kumar, IPAMA; Aditya Mishra, Fuji film Sericol; Amit Bohra, Commercial Manager, Nowatin Private Limited; K Mohamed Ismail, Electro Mec Machinery; Mr Amitabh Luthra, Printers Supply; Ved Dhote, Vibgyor; Tapas Chatterji etc. RIPTAA officials at PAMEX 2026 extensively visited the stalls of various companies and met their Executives present. Shri/s Amit Khurana and Ramakrishnan from TechNova; Tushar Dhote, Chairman PAMEX, Anil Arora, PrintPAckaging.com; T P Jain of Monotech, Vaidyalingam MD Suba Solutions, P Sajith of Impel Services, Md. Nehal Islam, Marketing Director, Webtech Machineries; Mr Datta Deshpande MD & Sham Desai, Pratham Technologies; Manish Gupta, GM Konica Minolta, Meeta Sinha, Head Marketing, Konica Minolta, Alok Hajarika of Konica Minolta; Venugopal Menon, Head, All India Marketing, BOBST; Rohit Kumaria, Marketing Head RICOH and his team; Satish Bajwa of Pressline; Vasudevan L K of Epson; Gurjit Singh and Puneet Kool of Canon; S. Giridharan, Kapoor Imaging; N. Neelakandan, Director, Square Dots; Sayani Biswas, National Sales Head, K K Emulsions; Mr. Narayanan, Polyplex, K Mohammad Ismail, Electro Mec Machinery, Ajit Kumar, Marketing Head, Creed Engineers Vinsak; Manju Ramarao of HP Redington; Vijay Agarwal, Alpna; P Sajith of Impel Services; Sankoch Gaur SASG; Dipa Dhok of Kodak; Mr Dayaker Reddy and Ms Rao of Sai Enterprise, Abhishek Samanta & Deepshikha Kaushik of KOMORI, Ramu Ramanathan, Editor, Printweek; Officials of Megabound; Monotech; Artience; Toyo; Kwality Inks; NBG; Superbond Adhesives; Autoprint are just a few to mention. Interaction with RIPTAA Executive body members with these decision makers of Industry paved the goal of RIPTAA – Bridging the gap between RIPT and the Printing and Allied Industry. RIPTAA members representing different organizations visited the RIPTAA stall. Mention may be made of Anil Mehra 1974 of York Printing, Balsin Daniel A. Sangma 1992, Life member RIPTAA and Director, MLA Secretariat Press Meghalaya; Surajit Das 2008, Flint Group; Prasenjit Bhattacharya 1982, Tonmoy Das 1996 TOI, Chandan Roy 2011, Avishek Ghosh 2014 of Impel Services, Bidhan Swain 2014, Seigwerk, Debo Jyoti Saha 2015, Jitamitra Bagchi 2009 of EPSON, Santanu Mondal 2002 of Hubergroup; Abhishek Bera CDC, Himadri Mukhopadhyay 1993 ITC, Mr. Subhojit Majumdar 1987, Biswaranjan Naik 1991 and Brundaban Behera 1990 of Printtech Offset, Bapi Das 2005 of Subasolutions and many more. This opportunity of fellowship renewed our bond with our members in the industry. RIPTAA was fortunate to have Mr. Souvik Bhattacharya, Director Swapna Printing Works and Mr Sandip Kundu MD DE CONVERTER at PAMEX 2026. They formally inaugurated the Spring issue 2026 and Winter issue 2025 of PrintOut respectively at the RIPTAA stall. At the initiative of RIPTAA, seven final year students of RIPT were sponsored by AIFMP to visit PAMEX 2026. RIPTAA officials took them around the different Halls of PAMEX 2026 and introduced them to important players in the industry as well as exposed them to their technologies displayed. Demonstrators in each and every company they visited, took special interest and explained their machines. Jitamitra Bagchi, Epson (2009 pass out) had an extensive interaction with the RIPT students. AIFMP officials led by President Mr C Ravinder Reddy ji and Vice President (East) Dr N Sharatchandra Singh met the students at their office and interacted with them at length. On the whole, RIPTAAs presence at PAMEX 2026 went a long way to further strengthen the bond between RIPTAA and Industry paving the way for long term benefits for its members and RIPT students. We thank AIFMP and Print-Packaging.com Private Limited for extending all their support. Our Events Pamex 2026 Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Load More View More Events

Picnic 2026

Picnic 2026 RIPTAA Family Picnic was organized on 18th January 2026 at Meghmala Udyan, Baruipur. RIPTAA members joined with their family and friends. All enjoyed the daylong excursion and engaged in fellowship in the rural setting of the picnic venue. Our Events Picnic 2026 Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Load More View More Events

Industrial Tour 2025

Industrial Tour 2025 Exposure Visit of RIPT StudentsRIPTAA 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. Read More 🡫 Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milan 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events

Sharod Milon 2025

Sharod Milan 2025 Sharod Milan 2025 RIPTAA organized the annual Post Puja Gathering of RIPTAA members with their family and friends at the University Institute Hall, Kolkata on 25 October 2025. A capacity audience of around 350 enjoyed the musical evening with songs and musical performance by Alumni members and their family. Smt. Sree Radha Bandyopadhaya was the star attraction of the show. 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. Read More 🡫 Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milan 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events

Summit 2025

Summit 2025 Annual Summit 2025 of RIPTAA The 37th Annual Get-together of The Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) was a grand success, with over 400 alumni members participating at The Tulip, P.C. Chandra Garden, Kolkata on August 15, 2025. Technical Session Highlights – Mr. Satish Malhotra, President, AIFMP, delivered a keynote speech – Video presentations by Hubergroup and Konica Minolta – Technical Seminar on ‘Sustainable Innovation: How HP Indigo is Redefining the Future of Print’ by Mr. Nishant Kaushik, Sr. Manager, Regional Sales (North & East) TechNova Imaging Systems Pvt. Ltd. – Panel Discussion on ‘Problems of printing industry’ featuring Mr. Satish Malhotra, Mr. Nishant Kaushik, Mr. Sunil Jadli, Corporate Communication Asia, Hubergroup, Mr. Gautam Dasgupta, Former Principal, Regional Institute of Printing Technology and Snehasish Chandra Roy, Ex-Director (Production), The Times of India. Annual General Meeting The post-lunch session was dedicated to the Annual General Meeting of RIPTAA, where members gathered to discuss important matters. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by General Secretary RIPTAA, Mr. Apratim Mukerji, expressing gratitude to President RIPTAA Mr. Surendra B, Dhote, dignitaries, sponsors, advertisers, and participating members. At 10.00 AM Mr. Surendra B. Dhote, President, RIPTAA hoisted the National Flag at the venue. The Summit was divided in two parts – first Half was earmarked for Technical Session and second half for Annual General Meeting of RIPTAA. At the beginning, Mr. Apratim Mukerji, General Secretary, RIPTAA welcomed the alumni members and dignitaries to Annual Summit 25. He opined that prime objective of RIPTAA is welfare of RIPTAA members as well as up gradation of standard of RIPT, Jadavpur students and in this direction; RIPT students were sponsored to visit PAMEX 24 and PRINTPACK INDIA 25. Mr. Apratim Mukerji requested Mr. Surendra B. Dhote, President, RIPTAA to inaugurate the RIPTAA Summit ’25. In his inaugural address, Mr. Surendra B. Dhote welcomed, RIPT faculty members, ex-teachers, students, alumni members and guests to this Annual Summit25. In his deliberation, he particularly stressed on threat and opportunities the printing industry would face in coming days due to use of AI. He urged everybody not to be pessimistic. Rather optimistic – use of AI would enhance the quality and productivity. Only one thing we have to do is to understand the AI properly. Mr. Surendra B. Dhote, after his inaugural speech, requested Chief Guest, Mr. Satish Malhotra, President, AIFMP to deliver his keynote speech. In his key note address President, AIFMP thanked RIPTAA for inviting him to this Summit. He was thrilled to see so many qualified Printing Technologists assembled at one place who hold decision making positions in Govt. and private organization. President, AIFMP assured that we should not apprehend about future of printing industry. For long run offset would stay, digital printing is improving with new technologies and packaging is the sunshine area. He also assured that AIFMP would always be by the side of the printers at the time of need. Mr. Satish Malhotra was felicitated by Mr. Snehasish Roy, alumni member and ex-Director Production, The Times of India Group. Next programme was Video Presentation by Hubergroup. After the Video, Mr. Sunil Jadli, Corporate Communication, Asia of Hubergroup was felicitated. Next Speaker was Mr. Nishant Kaushik, Sr. Manager, Regional Sales (North & East) TechNova Imaging Systems Pvt. Ltd. on topic “Sustainable Innovation: How HP Indigo is Redefining the Future of Print”. His power Point presentation was very attractive. Alumni members actively participated in question answer part where Mr. Nishant Kaushik answered the queries of the participants. Most interesting part was Mr. Kaushik questioned the audiences and right answer from the participants were given gifts. After the speech of Mr. Nishant Kaushik, Video Presentation of Konica Milonta was shown. Next programme was very interesting. A panel discussion was held on problems the printing industry now facing where our guests Mr. Satish Malhotra, President, AIFMP, Mr. Sunil Jadli, Corporate Communication Asia, Hubergroup, Mr. Nishant Kaushik, Sr. Manager, Regional Sales (North & East), TechNova, Mr. Gautam Dasgupta, Former Principal, Regional Institute of Printing Technology, Mr. Snehasish Roy, Alumni & Ex-Director (Production), The Times of India Group participated. Mr. Surendra B. Dhote, President, RIPTAA, was the Moderator. All the Panel Member actively participated in the question answer session. Alumni members enjoyed the discussion. After end of Panel Discussion, first half was ended and after Lunch, AGM part of RIPTAA started. After a brief cultural programme, three cheques of Rs. 5,000/- each were given to three topper final year students of Printing Technology, Multimedia and Photography Departments of RIPT, Jadavpur as recommended by RIPT, Jadavpur. Next part was report of Mr. Apratim Mukerji, General Secretary, followed by Auditors report presented by Mr. Tapash Kumar Roy, Treasurer. Day’s programme was ended with National Anthem. 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

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