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Training on Post Cocoon Technology at CSTRI Bangalore during 8th January to 4th February 2025

Executive Committee meeting of ISC at University of Insubria, Verese, Italy on 14th May, 2025

Exposure visit of ISC Delegates to Italy and Lyon, France 11-20 May 2025

Training on Sericulture and Silk Industry at CSR&TI, Mysore during 3rd to 30th September 2025

27th Conference of ISC held during 10-12 October 2024 at Bucharest, Romania

Plenary Session of 26th ISC Congress, Cluj Napoca, Romania

26th ISC Congress held at Cluj-Napoca, Romania during 7-11 September 2022

Louis Pasteur and ESS Awardees 2022

Release of Book on Chronicles of Silk

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ISCC - 2026 during 23-27 November 2026 at Chennai

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The major publication of ISC is the scientific journal "Sericologia" and proceedings of the ISC Congresses

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Working Group Meeting on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on Silk

ISC and International Silk Union, China have constituted a Working Group for developing global sustainability standards for silk. As part of this, the LCA study on silk would be undertaken in the important silk producing and consuming countries which would be later aggregated appropriately to derive the global silk standard.

Shri P. Sivakumar, elected as Secretary General of ISC

Shri P. Sivakumar, the Member Secretary and CEO, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India has been elected as the Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC), Bangalore India during the 27th Conference of ISC held at Bucharest, Romania on 12th October 2024 (10-12 October, 2024) for the period of three years from January 2025.

Exposure visit of ISC delegates to Thai Silk Industry

The ISC delegates visited the sericulture activities of QSDS, Govt. of Thailand and the corporate sericulture model promoted by M/s Chul Thai Silk during 20-29 May 2023. The contract farming and organic silk production model of M/s Chul Thai Silk company was really impressive.

Meeting with Ms. Clara Hardy, Sericyne, France

Ms. Clara hardy, France visited the sericulture areas and facilities in Mysore and Bangalore during 11-14 August 2023. A meeting was conducted with the officers of CSB and ISC to discuss about possible collaborations.

ITEC Training on Sericulture and Silk Industry

A four weeks training on “Sericulture and Silk Industry” was held at Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore during 3-30 September, 2023. The training was fully sponsored under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme of Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. 28 officials from 13 countries participated in the training.

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Silk has been intermingled with the life and culture of many civilizations in the world. The silk garments are among the living examples of the excellent craftsmanship of the weavers.

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