MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC CROPS (2+1)

Overview of the course

Over all aim of the course

• To impart knowledge on the current status and export potential of medicinal and aromatic plants.
• To inculcate the importance of conserving rare medicinal species
• To discuss the problems in production and marketing of medicinal and aromatic crops.
• To describe the importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in medicine, neutraceuticals, cosmetics, perfumery industry and Indian system of medicine.

Intended learning and outcome of course
Knowledge skill:

• Extend a thorough knowledge on the Indian herbal industry and spearhead the activities for promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants in India.
• Develop an understanding on constraints and problems in production and marketing of medicinal and aromatic plants.

Intellectual skills

• Developing expertise among the graduates for organized market for medicinal and aromatic plants
• Creation of niche market covering phytochemicals, value addition and market enhancement.


Professional & practical skills


• Developing entrepreunership activities to establish value addition ventures, botanical extracts, isolation of bio-active compounds, aroma chemicals.
• Transforming the knowledge into skills for promotion of herbal industry.
• Teaching & Learning methods
• Lively presentations using video and on-line mode
• Demonstrations and interactive teaching
• Practical exercises and field visit