DailyIndia.com reports that Assam Agricultural University is offering a course in tea husbandry.

The only university in the world, which provides a bachelors degree in tea husbandry and technology, includes in the course, as well as classroom studies and exposure of the field during the rural work experience program.

Could be a great opportunity for those interested in tea industry jobs!

In another news, tea warehouses in Siliguri, India suddenly went on strike on Oct 26, after one of the members of the warehouse association was suspended for some irregularities. For the gentle readers who aren’t aware, Siliguri is one of the Auction centers in India where Darjeeling, Assam, Dooars tea gets auctioned. Just to give you a sense of the importance of this town to tea trade, here is a tid bit from the same article…

It may be recalled that there are over 30 tea warehouses in Siliguri, which, on an average, allow an inflow of about 3,84,000 kgs of tea per day. However, the ongoing strike has stopped both inflow and outflow of tea from the warehouses, which, if continued for a long period, would affect the tea trading.