Prof. (Dr.) Tanweer Alam

(Addl. Director & RO-IIP Delhi)

Packaging Standards Developed

As Chairman at BIS

✓ CHD-16:13

✓ TXD-23:19

As Committee Member: CHD-15:08


Represented IIP at International Forums:

✓ Invited Speaker – 2nd International Packaging Industry Congress, (ASD), Istanbul (2024)

✓ Invited Keynote Speaker by Centre for Management Technology, Bangkok for the Functional Paper Packaging-ASIA (2023)

WPO & APF Board meetings

✓ Jury Member for

  • World Star Award-WPO: 2019-21
  • Asia Star Award-APF: 2019-21
  • Sri Lankan Packaging Star: 2019-21
  • Interpack, Germany (2011)

Guest Faculty- University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2010).

Delivered talk on Packaging of traditional Dairy Foods of India at University of Denmark.

Visited PBI Densensor, Denmark- Leaders in Modified atmosphere packaging gas Analyzer, Tetra Pak Centre and Lund University Switzerland.

International Exposure on Quality Assurance at Danisco.

Academic Credentials & International Exposure of

Prof. (Dr.) Tanweer Alam

  • UG & PG from University of Allahabad.
  • Ph.D. from ICAR-NDRI Karnal
  • National Fellow-NADSI
  • Career Profile: BHU to IIP
  • Joined as JD-Prof-Dir/Ic-RO IIP Delhi
  • Technical Articles: 77
  • Research/Review Papers: 83
  • Books Published: 05 & Book Chapters: 15
  • Newspaper Column / Online Articles: 15
  • Ph.D. Guide (Co-supervisor: Awarded) : 04 & M. Tech/M.Sc. guided : 05
  • Radio/TC Talk shows: 10
  • Externally Funded Research projects: 12
  • Infrastructure projects: 06
  • Consultancy/Industry sponsored projects: 46
  • As Invited Speaker: 89
  •  As Keynote Speaker: 15
  • Patents Received: 01; Patents Filed: 03
  • Conferences/workshops organized: 77


Industry – Academia Connection & Contribution

Court Member & BOS of GGSIP University

✓ Member, RAC, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal

✓ Board Member for GS1, APEDA, FFDC, CPPRI & MOCI meetings

✓ Chairman BIS Scientific Committee: TXD-23 Textile Packaging Materials, CHD-16 (BIS), Packaging of Paper & its Products

✓ Chairman, Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee (DPRSC) on “Augmenting Infrastructure Facilities to boost exports” (Logistics Packaging) (2021-2022)

✓ Member, RC Committee on Pesticides, Dept. of Agri & Cooperation

✓ Member & Rapporteur of Scientific Panel on Scientific Panel on Food Packaging and Food Contact Materials (SP-20) (SP-20) of FSSAI