Friday, March 2, 2012

CIMAP-CSIR Lucknow, Entrepreneurial Training on Essential Oil Procesing Technologies (EOPT-2012)

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR), Lucknow


Entrepreneurial Training on Essential Oil Procesing Technologies (EOPT-2012)


Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP-CSIR), Lucknow has invited applications for admission to Entrepreneurial Training on Essential Oil Procesing Technologies (EOPT-2012) to he held from 23rd to 28th April 2012.

Theoretical backup:
 Importance of good agricultural and harvesting practices for aromatic plants.
 Principles of distillation, purification and storage of essential oils.
 Important essential oils of India: Chemistry and uses.
 Fundamentals of quality analysis techniques and procedures for essential oils.
 Value addition of essential oils and aroma chemicals for industrial utilization.
 Production to marketing
 Constructional & design features of equipments for distillation and extraction of essential oils.
 Pilot and commercial scale production of essential oils using various different distillation techniques and methods suited to different classes of aromatic herbs (grasses, mints, vetiver, geranium, nagarmotha etc).
 Purification process and downstream rectification methods for crude and poor quality essential oils.
 Fractional distillation of essential oils for isolation of aroma chemicals.
 Techniques and processes for production of concretes and absolutes from flowers.
 Process technology of menthol flakes crystallization.
 Derivitisation of aroma chemicals for value addition.
 Quality analysis techniques & tools for essential oils & aroma chemicals.

Course Fees: Rs 12,000 Non Residential* (Inclusive of training fees, course literature, working lunch and registration kit)

Note: Draft to be made in favor of "Director, CIMAP, Lucknow", payable at Lucknow.
Admission will be based on first come first serve.

Application form can be downloaded from :

http://www.cimap.res.in/cimapdev/images/stories/trainings_seminar/EOPT/eopt_2012_brochure.pdf

Last date for submitting applications is 13th April 2012.

For further details, logon to t: http://www.cimap.res.in

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