Join as a Member

The following are the procedures for becoming the Members of ISC:

I. Member Country

A country is considered to be a Member Country of ISC after signing the “Instrument of Accession” and notifying the same among the Member Countries after depositing the original signed documents in the Depository.

Click here to download specimen copy of the “Instrument of Accession”

The procedural sequences to be performed for enrolling as Member Country are given below: 

1. The Instrument of Accession Form obtained from ISC HQs must be printed in the Official letterhead of the concerned signatory and signed, in accordance with the constitutional rules in force in each country, by the Head of State or the Head of Government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Minister concerned with the Silk Industry.  The Instrument of Accession must be attached with the text of convention endorsed by the authority concerned. 
2. The original signed Instrument of Accession with the attached text of convention need to be submitted to the ISC Head Quarters at  the following address:
   

   The Secretary General International Sericultural Commission Ground Floor, Central Silk Board Complex BTM Layout, Madiwala Bangalore 560 068 INDIA

3. The Secretary General, ISC would take necesarry action to deposit the Instrument of Accession in the Depository of ISC and then notifies to other Governments bound by the convention of the date of membership, which is that of the date of deposit.
4. The Member Countries pay an Annual Membership Fee to the ISC.  This fee is calculated based on a scientific formula, wherein raw silk production, population, GNP, and inflation are taken as the major factors.  Since these factors varies among the countries, the Membership Fee is calculated and provided based on the requests received from the Government of the respective countries.
5. For making the payment, the ISC bank details are given below:-
   

   Beneficiary Name : International Sericultural Commission Account No : 3188283389 Bank : Central Bank of India Branch : Central Silk Board Branch, Bangalore, India IFSC Bank Code : CBIN0283975 For overseas transfer THROUGH SCBL US 33, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, NEW YORK, USA TO A/C NO.3582-050570-001 OF CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA, OVERSEAS BRANCH, MUMBAI, SWIFT: CBININBBOSB

6. Once the notification has come into force, the new country would become the Member Country of ISC.  As a mark of the country’s entry to ISC, the National Flag of the newly joined country would be placed in the ISC Office along with other country flags and also the Flag would be respectfully used in all functions of ISC. 

7. The Government of the new country may nominate 5 Government representatives as delegates of the ISC which shall be headed by a senior person.  The leader of the group shall be designated as “National Delegate”, with whom all future correspondences between ISC and the Member Country would take place.  While the National Delegate would be a Member of the Executive Committee, all the five delegates (including National delegate) would be members of the Chief Governing Council of ISC known as “the Conference”.

II. Collective Associate Member

Institutions, Universities, Libraries, Associations, Provincial Governments, International and Regional Organizations, and other agencies related to sericulture and silk Industry can enrol as Collective Associate Members by submitting the duly filled Application Form signed by Head of the Organization along with a Demand Draft for US$ 150 per year for organizations from countries outside India and equivalent to Indian rupees for  Organisations/Institutions from India or the online transfer receipt to the Office of the International Sericultural Commission, Bangalore, India.  The Membership should be renewed before March of every year by remitting the prescribed Membership Fee.

The ISC Bank details are given below:

Click here to download Application Form.

III. Individual Associate Member

Individuals can enrol as Individual Associate Members by submitting the duly filled-in Application Form signed by them along with a Demand Draft for US$ 50 per year for individuals from countries outside India and equivalent to Indian rupees for individuals from India or the online transfer receipt to the Office of the International Sericultural Commission, Bangalore, India.  The Membership should be renewed before March of every year by remitting the prescribed Membership Fee.

The ISC Bank details are given below:

Click here to download Application Form.