Aroma Mission III

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has contributed significantly in the development, nurturing and positioning of essential oil based aroma industry in the country. This has led to creation of an ecosystem benefitting the industry, farmers and next generation entrepreneurs. The segment is maturing and there is global connect in a significant manner, providing newer opportunities which are associated, however, with several challenges. CSIR once again proposes to contribute for the purpose in a mission mode. CSIR Aroma Mission has been conceptualized and is being made operational.

The nodal laboratory for this Mission is CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow. Eleven Labs including CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur; CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu; CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow; and CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat; CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR); CSIR-Unit for Research and Development of Information Products (CSIR-URDIP); CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP); CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT); CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI) and CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) are participating in this mission.

In order to bring a decisive and transformative change in the rural economy, market dynamics and growth opportunity, a mission has been conceptualized which aims to provide end to end technology and value addition solutions across the country at a sizable scale. This mission will bring transformative change in the aroma sector through scientific interventions in the areas of agriculture, processing and product development for fuelling the growth of aroma industry and rural development.