Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate today the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur.

Together with the Government of Rajasthan, the Government of India has established CIPET Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur. The institute is self-sustainable and dedicatedly serves the needs of the petrochemical and allied industries.

The institute will provide education to youth to become skilled technical professionals. Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot will also be present on the occasion.

Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) (formerly known as Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET)) was established in 1968 by the Government of India with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at Chennai.

The main objective of setting up of this specialized institute was to develop manpower in different disciplines of Plastics Engineering & Technology as no similar institute was in existence in the country.

Today CIPET is a premier Academic institution for higher & technical education under the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India fully devoted in all the domains of plastics viz:- Design, CAD/CAM/CAE, Tooling & Mould Manufacturing, Production Engineering, Testing and Quality Assurance.