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Institute of Printing Technology

Coordinates: 29.9382° N, 77.5627° E
Address: Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai - 600113, Tamilnadu, India
Architectural Style: Art Deco

Institute of Printing Technology, a pioneer Printing Institution in India, located at Tharamani, Chennai, is providing Diploma level quality Education in Printing Technology. The Institution is a co-educational Institution and the candidates are selected according to the admission norms framed by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu. A Printing Technology Section was started in the Madras Trades School in 1926 a Government Institution conducting certificate courses in a few industrial trades. In the year 1955, the Printing Section of the Central Polytechnic was separated and an independent Regional School of Printing for the Southern Region was started in 1958. During 1960-61, the full-time Diploma course in Printing Technology was restructured as Letterpress and Lithography, with new syllabi and curriculum In June 1968, the Institution was shifted from Broadway to its present famous premises in the Central Institute of Technology Campus at Adyar. In January 1975, the name of the Institution was changed to Institute of Printing Technology.