Indian Paint Association and Bank of Baroda have jointly launched a training program on Paint & Paint Application for Painting Supervisors, Applicators and Painters.

The most recent training programs under this initiative was organized at Lucknow from March 7-12 2005 & at Gandhinagar from June 6-11, 2005 by Baroda Swarojgar Vikas Sansthan (BSVS), a Bank of Baroda institution. This 6 day residential program was attended by over 15 participants. The course was well appreciated by the participants, for being well structured and conducted. The course included important aspects of methods and techniques of paint application.

In this series, next training program is scheduled to be held at Kolkata from July 25-30, 2005. For more details, please contact IPA office or email to us at info@ipaindia.org.

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A 5-day Appreciation Course on Paint Technology

Training course on Paint and Paint application for Painting Supervisors, Applicators, Painters jointly conducted by Indian Paint Association and Baroda Swarojgar Vikas Sansthan.

The Bank of Baroda under the Baroda Swarojgar Vikas Sansthan scheme is running 5 training centers at Lucknow, Jaipur, Gandhinagar, Pune and Surat. The Objective of the programme is to channalize youth power in wealth creation through entrepreneurial development and train youth for taking up self employment ventures. Indian Paint Association in collaboration with the Bank of Baroda has initiated a certification course on painting for painters and painting supervisors. 

The 1st six days residential course for the painters was organised at the Baroda Swarojgar Vikas Sansthan training centre, Lucknow from 7th to 12th March 2005. The programme was packed with practicals and lectures on paint basics to give an understanding of the nature behavior, application requirements and dos and don'ts of different types of Architectural Coatings experts from GNPL, APIL, Shalimar Paints, Surcoat Paints, Tata Motors, HBTI and Punjab Paint cover different topics over 5 days. 

The participants grasp of the knowledge imparted during the course was tested on the last day when all the participants secured 'A' grade and were awarded their proficiency certificate accordingly by IPA-BOB. The feedback BOB officers was also very positive and they expressed keenness for similar courses in other BOB training Centers at Gandhi Nagar, Surat, Pune and Jaipur.

The second training course in the series was conducted at Gandhinagar for the western region painters on 6-11 June, 2005. In the light of our experience in the first course, the presentations were improved and a presentation on wood finishes, which is developing as an important area as a result of up gradation of technology in this sector, was also included in the course.

Slated next in line is the course for the Eastern  Region painters at Lucknow starting on 25th July, 2005.