The Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) has been renamed as the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), a national institution under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, the government of India.
The changed name has been registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 ( Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1975)
CIPET will now focus on growth of the entire petrochemical sector.