Tezpur University inks MoU with CSIR-CIMAP for Aroma Mission

• Tezpur University (TU) signed an MoU with the Lucknow-based CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatics Plants (CIMAP) to implement CSIR-Aroma Mission and rural technologies in the northeastern region during a recent one-day seminar at Tezpur University on ‘CSIR-Aroma Mission: Aroma Crops for Boosting Rural Economy of North East India’.
• Formation of a Farmers’ Advisory Centre (nodal centre) at Tezpur University to facilitate addressing problems faced by the farmers of the north eastern region in promoting medicinal and aromatic cultivation under CSIR-Aroma Mission.

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)

• Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) is a research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) with its headquarter in Lucknow.
• It is engaged in the field of science and business of medicinal and aromatic plants.
• CIMAP has four research centers situated in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pantnagar and Purara (near Bageshwar, Uttarakhand).

Tezpur University

• Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North Eastern state of Assam, India by an act in Parliament of India in 1994.
• The establishment of Tezpur University is considered to be one of the outcomes of the Assam Accord, along with the establishment of Assam University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
• The university campus is at Napaam about 15 km east of Tezpur, the headquarters of the Sonitpur district of Assam.

By: Ziyaur Rahman