Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - [CIMAP]
Overview Information
About College
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow, is a frontier plant research laboratory of Council of Scientific and industrial Research (CSIR). CIMAP is steering multidisciplinary high quality research in biological and chemical sciences and extending technologies and services to the farmers and entrepreneurof Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP’s). The objectives behind the establishment of this institute was to co-ordinate and channelize along fruitful directions the present activities in the field of medicinal plants carried out by the various agencies , state governments etc and to encourage cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants in suitable regions of the country and most of all to carry out surveys of resources of medicinal and aromatic plants and to maintain economic statistics of the raw materials as well as finished products.
Facts and Figures of CIMAP
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Establishment Year |
1959 |
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Institute type |
Research Institution |
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Recognized by |
National Biodiversity Authority of India as a Designated National Repository (DNR) |
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Director of the institute |
Prof. Anil Kumar Tripathi |
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Staff Members |
116 |
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Research Headquarter |
Lucknow |
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Research Centres |
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pantnagar, Purara. |
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How to reach |
Near all Railway station, Airport and Bust station |
Why to join Central Institute of medicinal and aromatic plants ?
- Training programs to students- We provide various training programs like “Improved Production Technologies of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants” and “Entrepreneurial Training on Aloe Vera processing”.
- Collaborations with other organisations- CIMAP has scientific collaborations with Bulgarian Academy of science for Rose oil Technology, Special Innovation Unit (UNIK) corporation (Malayasia) at international level and at national level CIMAP has established alliances with Indian Institute of Agriculture Research (IIAR) Gujarat , North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) Assam.
- Best Faculty Members- Many Awards have been won by our eminent staff members like “Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award”.