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{{Short description|Educational institution in India}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Packaging
| other_names = IIP
| image_name = Indian Institute of Packaging Logo.svg
| image_size = 
| image_alt = Logo of IIP
| motto = ''Packaging for better living''
| established = {{Start date and age|1966}}
| type = [[Public]]
| director = Tanweer Alam
| academic_staff = 100+
| students = Approx 500
| free_label2 = Branches
| free2 = 
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| location = [[Mumbai]](HQ), [[New Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Ahmedabad]],
| parent = [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]
| chairman = Subodh Gupta
| website = {{url|iip-in.com}}
}}
'''Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP)''' an autonomous body which was set up by the packaging and allied industries and the [[Ministry of Commerce (India)|Ministry of Commerce]], [[Government of India]] in 1966 under Societies Registration Act,1860 with the specific objective of improving the packaging standards in the country. There are permanent campuses of the institute in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and [[Kakinada SEZ]] in [[East Godavari district]] with {{convert|25|acre}} of land.<ref>{{citation |title=IIP, IIFT campuses get land in Kakinada SEZ |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/visakhapatnam/iip-iift-campuses-get-land-in-kakinada-sez/articleshow/58185266.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=15 April 2017 }}</ref>

It offers a two-year postgraduate diploma in packaging at Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata. It also offers packaging testing facilities and consultation for packaging development.

==Admission==
Indian Institute of Packaging conducts all India common entrance test (iip-cet) and personal interview every year for the admission process.

==Campus==
* New Delhi 
* Mumbai
* Kolkata 
* Chennai
* Hyderabad
* Ahmedabad

==Courses==
* two-year full time post graduate diploma course in packaging (pgdp)
* three-month full time certificate course in packaging (itc)
* 18-month correspondence course in packaging (dpc) and many short term certificate courses.

==References==
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[[Category:Packaging]]
[[Category:Higher education in India]]


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