The Institute organises courses and workshops on composites technology, advanced manufacturing techniques, quality control training programmes for composites industry. In-house training programmes can be organised on specific request. 

Basic Study materials   

These are technical materials useful for beginners and user industries to have a basic understanding of Composites and their cost effective uses. The following articles can be send on request

     a. "How to specify FIBREGLASS REINFORCED PLASTICS CORROSION RESISTANT EQUIPMENT" - by Mr. S. M. Dastur

     b. "How to specify Fiber Glass Reinforced Plastic Equipment" - by Mr. Gary N.Kirby

Advanced Study materials   

  For FRP fabricators, consultants, students specializing in composites and for teaching and research institutions. The following are the study materials currently available some of these modules ware prepared by Composites Technology Centre, IIT Madras and others by experts in the field. The following study modules are available at present.

1. CSM 001 - Composite Materials : Introduction and Applications

2. CSM 002 - PMC - Polymer Matrix Composites

3. CSM 003 - Metal Matrix Composites

4. CSM 004 - Ceramic Matrix Composites

5. CSM 005 - Cement Matrix Composites

6. CSM 007 - Nanocomposites

7. CSM 010 - Reinforcement Fibres

8. CSM 018 - Coated Fabrics

9. CSM 020 - Glass Fibres - An Introduction

10. CSM 023 - Aramid Fires

11. CSM 028 - Carbon Fibres

12. CSM 053 - Silicon Carbide Whiskers

13. CSM 055 - Fillers used for Composites

14.CSM 068B - GRP - Applications & Industrial Prospects

15.CSM 100 - Polymer Matrix Materials

16. CSM 061 - Fibre Reinforced Plastics

17. CSM 067 - Polymer Concrete

18. CSM 068 - GRP - Properties and Design Considerations

19. CSM 90 - Polyester Moulding Compounds

20. CSM 110 - Epoxy Resins

21. CSM 125 - Unsaturated polyesters

22. CSM 246 - Starch based biodegradable plastics

23. CSM 312 - Hand lay up for FRP fabrication

24. CSM 315 - Prepregs and Autoclave moulding

25. CSM 318 - Resin Transfer Moulding

26. CSM 319 - Vacuum Impregnation Methods

27. CSM 321 - Compression Moulding of FRP

28. CSM 323 - Filament winding of FRP

29. CSM 326 - Pultrusion

30. CSM 343 - Moulding of short fibre reinforced thermoplastics

31. CSM 344 - Moulding of Long Fibre Thermoplastics.

32. CSM 386 - Machining of Composites.

33. CSM 432 - Filament Winding Process Desing.

34. CSM 500 - Composite Materials Science introduction & Basic Concepts.

35. CSM 501 - Fibre Science.

36. CSM 503 - Interface Scince Properties and Load Transfer behaviour.

37. CSM 507 - Mechanical behaviour of sandwich Composites.

38. CSM 544 - Optical behaviour of Composites.

39. CSM 545 - Acoustic behaviour of Composites

40. CSM 701 - Introduction of Composite Product design.

41. CSM 702 - Product information synthesis and design planning.

42. CSM 710 - Computer Aided Composites Product design.

43. CSM 711 - Expert system for computer product design.

44. CSM 760 - Composiites for Marine Applications.

45. CSM 800 - Chemical Equipment & Corrosion resistant applications.

46. CSM 803 - Design of FRP pressure Vessels.

47. CSM 815 - Miscellaneous FRP Chemical Resistant Product.

48. CSM 818 - Lining of Chemical Equipment.

49. CSM 900 - Quality Assurance in the manfacturing of FRP Product.

50. CSM 901 - Quality Assurance Procedure for Products made by Hand Lay Up.

51. CSM 902 - Quality Assurance Control Procedure for Filament Winding process.

52. CSM 970 - Non-Destructive testing of Composites.

Composites technology had a rapid growth and a wealth of knowledge, data and information are available in the literature, industrial world and in websites. There is a need to quickly access such information for improving the efficiency of the manufacture, R & D, design, other technical activities and marketing. 

This training programme of FRP Institute is to familiarise its members on how to access such data using a software CD BANK (Composites Data Bank). CD BANK was devised by Dr. N. G. Nair and prepared by COMPTEC, IIT Madras with financial assistance from TIFAC, DST, New Delhi. FRP Institute is authorised to train the users of this CD BANK  

CD BANK can store and retrieve eight categories of data as given below. The required data can be accessed by a search procedure. 

1. Composites Literature Data. Contains information on books, conference proceedings, Thesis, R&D reports, papers published in journals, patents, standards.

 2. Composites sourcing data provides address of personalities (experts in polymers and composites, administrators, industrialists) organisations (Govt. agencies, R&D institutions, Testing Laboratories, consultants, Trade agencies) and Industries (Rawmaterial suppliers, Composite fabricators and user industries).

3. Composite Materials Data include details of materials systems used for making composites as well as the details of composites and their constituents.

4. Composite Product Data provide brief information on composite product developed and marketed all over the world.

5. Composites Equipment/ Tools/ Machinery Data. The machinery and tools used for the fabrication of the composites and their testing and charectarisation are presented in this Data Bank with commercial information.

6. Composites Fabrication Data. More than 50 manufacturing processes and the post processing methods are presented as a ready reference for fabricators.

7. Composites Testing, Characterisation and Quality assurance data  It contains the test procedure, standards and equipment needed for testing of composites, their raw materials and products.

8. Commercial and General Data This  section of data storage facility is provided for storing the information and data specific to the user and his organisation.

  The FRP industry needs skilled labourers trained not only in hand-lay up, but also in processes like RTM, Compression moulding, Filament winding and pultrusion. FRP Institute intends to periodically organise short certificate course programmes for training workers and distant education programmes for training supervisors.