The Chemistry Division of the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun and Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre, Kannauj will be jointly organising a five-day training cum workshop on essential oils, perfumery and aromatherapy from June 12 at the institute here. According to the institute officials, a total of 32 participants from different parts of India will be attending the programme.
This structured training programme consists of both theoretical lectures and practical demonstrations and will cover important aspects related to production and marketing of fragrance and flavour like extraction, purification, quality assessment of essential oil, value addition, blending and perfumery development, agri-production and post–harvest treatments and processing of aromatic plants, therapeutic and health care application of aroma products, scope, sources, importance and national as well as international market potential of essential oil, perfumery and aromatherapy industry.
In addition to this, there will also be live demonstrations of essential oil extraction at bench as well as pilot plant scale, purification and quality assessment of essential oil and use of aroma products in aromatherapy.
The event organisers state that the training cum workshop is aimed at upgrading the knowledge of professionals working in the area of fragrance and flavour and to impart knowledge and skill to those interested in building career or establish business in aroma sector.