AIPMA
All India Pottery Manufacturers
Association
Profile
The All India
Pottery Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA) was established in the year 1948
under the Presidentship of Late M. G. Bhagat.
AIPMA is the forum
for the purpose of promoting and exchanging knowledge in Ceramic/Pottery
industry in India and to encourage its Members to be a partner in the
development of this industry.
AIPMA is registered under the Companies’ Act and the
registration was granted in 1952 by the Govt. of West Bengal under section
26 of the Indian Companies’ Act, 1913.
The concept of forming this
Association was intiated by Late Sir Sri Ram, a renowned and successful
industrialist of yester year. He was helped by Late M. G. Bhagat, a noted
personality in the field of Ceramic/Pottery industry in India.
The main aims and objectives of AIPMA are as
follow:
- To encourage and establish fellow feelings, better understanding,
mutual co-operation, unanimity of purposes among the Members from all
sections of Ceramic and allied industries.
- To promote and protect the interest and interdependency of
Ceramic and allied industries.
- To respect the industries and their interest in deputations,
petitions and other such representation as may be required, to the
Govt. Departments, Railways, Communications and the likes.
- To approach Public Sector Undertakings for help and assistance,
to the needs of the industry e.g. Coal, Oil, LPG, Minerals, Metals,
Chemicals etc.
- To carry out necessary publicity campaign and to do such acts
as may be necessary from time to time conductive to the welfare,
furtherance growth and protection of such industries represented by
AIPMA.
- To secure for the industries concessions, benefits etc. from
the Government and other public bodies and to extend all help to its
members.
- To represent to all official and non-official bodies and
persons corporate or otherwise e.g. Chamber Commerce, Municipal
Corporation and such other bodies as may be required to extend all
assistance to the Members of AIPMA.
- To protest legislation and other measures and obtain changes of
Law and practice affecting Trade, Commerce and industries related to
the Ceramic industry.
- To encourage, assist and extend knowledge and information
connected with the industry by sponsoring seminars, discussions,
endowments of scholarships in India.
- To promote and help commercial and technical education and such
study of different branches for the progress and benefit of the
industry.
- To encourage development of the Ceramic industry and assist
Members to interact with Research and Development (R&D)
organizations in India.
- To lay down standards and specifications of all manufactured
products of the industry and assist members to follow the standards of
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
- To encourage young entrepreneur Members for the development of
the industry and assist for Technical education through professional
of Govt. recognized Institutions in India.
The Association publish a quarterly journal by
the name ‘INDOCERAM’ (formerly known as THE INDIAN POTTER) and it is
distributed not only to the members of AIPMA but to the various
Central/State Govt. offices, Regional/National Laboratories, various
Ceramic Institutions, Eminent Scientists, Industrialists etc.
The Association had also published the
following books;
- Status Report of Ceramic industry in India.
- Study on New Generation Shuttle Kilns for small scale sector.
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