• The Wildlife institute of india (WII) on Thursday, 5th of January 2023 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) in Dehradun, for setting up a ‘Pashmina Certification Centre’ in WII Campus
• The facility is based on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for assisting Pashmina traders in obtaining authenticity certificates for selling certified and genuine products.
• All the tested Pashmina products are now labeled with a traceable unique id tag with individual certificates, enabling a seamless trade of such products in national and international markets

This facility has been developed to identify the pure Pashmina products and to preserve the culture and heritage of Pashmina

Testing Facilites

• To analyze guard hair by Light Microscope (Current)
• By Scanning Electron Microscopy

Light Microscopy of Guard Hair

• Physical measurement of the products
• Digital photography
• Sampling of guard hairs from each product
• Preparation of Slides for cuticle pattern
• Examination using Light Microscopy
• Compare with dataset