The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), an autonomous body, is a National Institute set up in the year 1966 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, with the active support of the Indian industries. Its headquarters and principal laboratories are located on a sprawling campus in Mumbai and its four regional centres are located at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Activities of IIP, today, are in line with those of premier packaging institutes the world over. These are Training & Education, Consultancy & Projects, R&D, Package Testing & Quality Evaluation among others.
IIP works in close association with International organisations. IIP is a founder member of Asian Packaging Federation (APF) and World Packaging Organisation (WPO).