Health Camp 2025
Health Camp 2025 Free Health Check-Up Camp 2025 RIPTAA, in association with Medical Service Centre, West Bengal, organized a Free Health Check-Up Camp for press workers on 26th April at Deys Offset & Sristi Graphics, Tangra, Kolkata. Cardiologist, ENT, Medicine, General physician and Ophthalmologist assisted by nurses and technicians conducted Eye Check-up, Cardiac Check-up with ECG, Blood Sugar Test, and BP Check and general health consultancy. More than 120 employees working there availed of this opportunity. The venue was made available by & General infrastructure support for the event was provided by Mr. Swapan Dey of Dey’s Offset and Madam Sristi Dey of Sristi Graphics. Free Distribution of Educational KitsThe Health Check-up Camp was followed by Free Distribution of Educational Kits amongst 100 underprivileged children of the area around on 26th April. RIPTAA acknowledges with gratitude the contribution of all sponsors, advertisers and donors. We hope to receive the same in future also. Through our social activities throughout the year, we were able to convince the concerned Authorities to extend us the status of ‘Benevolent Institution’, a rare privilege. Henceforth the ‘Donors of RIPTAA’ will get a Tax relief under Income Tax. RIPTAA website and Facebook page is now very much alive. Relevant news, reports and pictures are uploaded regularly. I request our members to visit our website and Facebook page regularly. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events
Printers Day 2025
Printers Day 2025 Printers’ Day 2025 Celebration by RIPTAA The Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) celebrated the Printers’ Day on the occasion of birthday of Johannes Gutenberg, who designed and built the first known mechanised printing press in Europe in 1455, on 24th February, 2025 at Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University Campus. A Technical Seminar on ‘Packaging – Past, Present and Future’ was organized. Dr. Nilay Kanti Pramanik, Dy. Director, Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata was the Guest Speaker. He mesmerized the audience with his lucid presentation. He touched upon different modes of Packaging – primary, secondary and tertiary; rigid and flexible packaging; raw materials used – paper & board, glass, metal, plastic, composite, ceramic, wood etc; how are PET bottles manufactured; how are pouches made and many other aspects. The packed auditorium included RIPT students, their teachers and quite a few RIPTAA members. Mr. Diptendu Chowdhury, Ex-Principal RIPT, Mr. Surendra B. Dhote, President RIPTAA and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion. The programme concluded with the felicitation of the Guest Speaker. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events
PrintPack 2025
PrintPack 2025 RIPTAA at PrintPack 2025 The 16th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA, was held from 1 – 5 Feb 2025, at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCR Delhi. This PrintPack India saw 17 Halls covering 80,000 sq meter exhibition space, hosted over 600 exhibitors representing 84 countries from around the world, presenting state-of-the-art printing and packaging technology with a special emphasis on cost-efficiency and import substitution. Building on previous successes, the 2025 edition attracted a massive 1,41,101 visitors. The Indian Printing, Packaging, and Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) has gone to great lengths to accommodate this unprecedented interest, including the reservation of two additional Hangars, to accommodate companies on the waiting list. Buses ran frequently from Noida Botanical Garden Metro station to the venue, ensuring convenient transportation for visitors. Additionally, IPAMA organised a series of seminars to engage the attendees as part of PRINTPACK India 2025. Organized by the Association for PRINT Technologies in collaboration with IPAMA, Delhi Printers Association (DPA), and WhatTheyThink.com, these seminars featured cutting-edge discussions on topics, such as, ‘The Current State of the Corrugated Packaging Market and Future Projections’, ‘Data Management for Print and Packaging’, ‘AI and the New Age of Creative Collaboration’, ‘Branding and Beyond’, ‘Exploring the Future of Digital Printing’, ‘Moulded Fiber Packaging’, ‘Packaging in the E-Commerce Era’, ‘Reducing Environmental Impact’ and ‘Sustainable Innovation in Printing and Packaging’. National and international companies were present. Mention may be made of Acme Machinery (India), Acme Rolltech, Beautiful Advertising Agency, Bobst India, Canon India, Fujifilm India, Gew EC Ltd, Komori India, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, Megabound (India), Monotech Systems, Westland Rubber, Xerox India, Zenith Rubber, Zhongke India, Ronald Web Offset, Huber Group India, Heidelberg India, Webtech Machineries, DIC India, Sona Paper, Pratham Technologies, Hp-Redington, UV Graphics, Vinsak India and numerous others. They presented a wide variety of state-of-the-art technologies. Displayed were Auto platen Die Cutter, High Speed Folder Gluer; Digital Copiers; Multi-functional Printing Peripherals; Inkjet and Laser Printers; Graphic Arts and High-tech Optical devices; Arc and UV LED Curing Systems, Coating and Converting applications; Printing Presses and Printing equipment; Ceramic Anilox Rolls and Sleeves; Digital Printing; Printing Pre-Press and Software Solutions; Print & Packaging solutions; Wide & Large Format Printing, Inkjet Products; Scanning and 3D Printing; Post Press, Rigid Box Making equipment; Offset Printing Machines with the state-of-the-art technology; Carton Folder Gluer, Exercise Notebook Making, Automatic Ruling, Automatic Paper Cutting & Folding, Book Stitching & Corrugated Box Making Machines; Cobalt free Printing Inks; Safe Inks for Food Packaging; Press Chemicals; Textile & Paper Screen Printing inks; Web offset Printing and Paper Bag making machines, High precision Packaging Machineries, Printing Rollers and Roller Manufacturing Machines etc. RIPTAA had its presence felt in the exhibition with a stall visited by a wide range of people representing Press Owners, Business Proprietors, general public, visiting RIPTAA members. Notable among them were Dr Rajendra Kumar Anayath, Representatives from DIC Noida, Webtech Machineries, Sona Papers, Vishal Scan, Assam Printer’s Association, Kapoor Imaging, Epson, Mr Arijit Chakraborty of Huber Group, Polyplex team,Shri Anand Srivastav of Mark Ad, Mr. Krasimir Bonchev of Polycraft Bulgaria, Mr. Ekramul Kabir from Premier Print, Kolkata, Shri Ashis Chakraborty of Transpacks Technologies, Dr. N Sharatchandra Singh, G C Member AIFMP, Lokenath Printers team, Mr Sukumar Pore, Mr Sumanta Chowdhury of DGM, Shri Puspendu Dey of Miracle Group, Shri Dipankar Samanta, CEO of DBS International, Mr. Prabodh Pattanaik, Dy Director of Odisha Govt. Press, Mr. Daniel Sangma (Life member of RIPTAA from Manipur) and many others. For the visiting RIPTAA members, our stall was a meeting place for exchange of experience about this mega fair, their work experience in different fields of printing throughout India, their current positions in company and the help they can extend for RIPT pass-outs. The response was noteworthy as numerous enquiries are now received and students of RIPT are getting placements. A group of five final year students of RIPT, Kolkata visited PrintPack 2025. Their expenses for visiting this mega event was partially sponsored by RIPTAA as part of its ‘Student Exposure’ commitment. They visited RIPTAA stall during their stay and tried to cover most of the halls containing hundreds of exhibits. Mr Biswaranjan Nayak 1990 of Printtech Offset Bhubaneswar republished the winter issue 2024 and Mr. Sanjay Surekha of Vanshika Graphics formally inaugurated the new spring issue 2025 of PrintOut, the quarterly mouth piece of RIPTAA in front of numerous visiting publics and dignitaries. Both the issues were widely distributed among all the visitors to RIPTAA stall as well as among the other important exhibitors and visitors at PrintPack 2025. Team RIPTAA visited hundreds of exhibitors during the five exhibition days at Print Pack 2025, like Technova, Konica Minolta, Fuji, Xerox, Canon, The Printers House, Toyo Ink Arets, UV Graphic Technologies, Vinsak, Zenith Rubber, Alpna Visual Packaging Aids, APL Machinery, Avery Dennison, BOBST, DGM Automation, Electromech Machinery, Epson, Print week, Heidelberg, Komori, Impel Services, Jay Engineering, Kodak, Pratham Technologies, Printers Club of India, Printers Supply, Provin Technos, HP Redington, Ronald Web Offset, Suba Solutions, Kwality Chemical, Mega bound, Minosha, Monotech, NBG Printographics, Nulith,to increase fellowship as well as to establish its presence. Prospective advertisers were contacted. New connections were made with interested companies for association with RIPTAA activities & programmes. Old bonds with friendly companies were rekindled to make sure that their support continues in future. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to IPAMA for providing us with all logistic support with the free stall area of 12 sq. meter at PrintPack 2025. Hopefully, we shall be present in PrintPack 17 in January 2027. All in all, the visit of team RIPTAA to PrintPack 2025 is expected pay good dividends in near future. 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
Industrial Tour 2024
Industrial Tour 2024 Industry Visit of RIPT Students 2024 Industrial Visit to Swapna Printing Works, for the printing students of RIPT Jadavpur was arranged by us courtesy, Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, on 21 December 2024. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events
Eastern Print Pack 2024
Eastern Print Pack 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 RIPTAA participated in the Eastern Print Pack from 22 to 24 November 2024 at Milan Mela Prangan, Kolkata with a complementary stall courtesy WBMPA and DBS International. We had a fruitful interaction with exhibitors representing famous brands. Our stall was visited by knowledge seekers as well as the important personalities of the printing industry. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 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 2024
Sharod Milon 2024 Sharod Milan 2024 Sharod Milan 2024 was organised by RIPTAA on 9th November at University Institute Hall. The packed gathering was mesmerized by the performance of Shri Shaheb Chattopadhyay and Sudeshna Ganguly, the main attractions of the evening. RIPTAA members with their family attended in large numbers to enjoy the wonderful evening. The song and the dance presentation by alumni members were highly appreciated. The children of our alumni also showed their singing, dancing and recitation skills. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events
Print Innovation 2024
Print Innovation 2024 Print Innovation Kolkata 2024 RIPTAA participated in the Print Innovation Kolkata 2024 at Biswa Bangla Mela Prangon from 24the to 26th August, which was jointly organised by few of the top printing associations of the country coming together. It was an exhibition on EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES related to PRINTING & PACKAGING. Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024 Load More View More Events
Summit 2024
Summit 2024 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. Read More 🡫 Our Events Industrial Tour 2025 Sharod Milon 2025 Summit 2025 Health Camp 2025 Printers Day 2025 PrintPack 2025 Industrial Tour 2024 Eastern Print Pack 2024
Health Camp 2024
Health Camp 2024 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 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
Printers Day 2024
Printers Day 2024 Technical Seminar 2024 on “Offset Packaging” The Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) organized a Technical Seminar at RIPT on “Offset Packaging” on 24th March, 2018. The main speaker in the seminar was Mr. Manoj Kumar Kochar, GM – Sales & Marketing, Suba Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Present in the seminar were the students, faculty members and the respected Principal of RIPT along with a few alumni members. RIPTAA President, Mr. Suren Dhote, introduced the speaker to the audience. The information rich presentation by Mr. Kochar was well received by the students and went a long way in expanding their knowledge in this flourishing technology. Areas covered in the presentation, with visual support, were machines on Cutting & Printing, Surface Finishing, Lamination, Foil Stamping, UV Coating, Screen Printing, Inline Cold Foiling, Single Facer 2ply, Flute Lamination, Die Cutting, Stripping & Blanking, Quality Inspection, Window Patching, Folder Gluer, Pouching, Dispatching etc. Special gratitude was expressed to the Speaker, the Principal of RIPT Mr. Diptendu Chowdhury and all faculty members of RIPT for sparing their valuable time, for giving logistical support and helping RIPTAA in all possible ways for organizing the programme. 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