Current Position

Consequent upon the decision taken in the XXI Conference of ISC held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 16th December 2011, the Office of the ISC was shifted from Lyon, France to Bangalore, India. The brand new Office of ISC with all modern facilities started functioning from 1^st January 2013 from the Office premises of the Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, CSB Complex, Madiwala, Bangalore. The office is ideally located near to the major silk producing areas of India, at the same time well connected with important places of the world. Bangalore [1] is also known as the Silk City of India [2].

MEMBER COUNTRIES

There are 21 member countries in ISC. They are:

Country	Date of joining	Instrument of Accession
Afghanistan	01/01/2015	Afghanistan Convention [3]
Bangladesh	23/06/2014	Bangladesh Convention [4]
Brazil [5]	10/10/1977	Brazil Convention [6]
DPR Korea	19/02/2014	DPR Korea Convention [7]
Egypt [8]	21/02/1980	Egypt Convention
France [9]	01/01/1957	France Convention [10]
Ghana [11]	01/08/2016	Ghana Convention [12]
Greece [11]	10/07/2004	Greece Convention
India [13]	19/01/1959	India Convention [14]
Indonesia [15]	25/05/1992	Indonesia Convention [16]
Iran [17]	28/05/1975	Iran Convention [18]
Japan [19]	23/03/1961	Japan Convention [20]
Kenya	29/01/2016	Kenya Convention [21]
Madagascar [22]	29/09/1961	Madagascar Convention [23]
Nepal	08/06/2017	Democratic Republic of Nepal Convention [24]
Romania [25]	12/02/1959	Romania Convention [26]
Syria [27]	20/08/2007	Syria Convention [28]
Thailand [29]	12/02/1981	Thailand Convention [30]
Tunisia [31]	12/11/1967	Tunisia Convention [32]
Uganda	20/09/2019	Republic of Uganda
Uzbekistan	22/09/2017	Republic of Uzbekistan [33]

Each of these countries are represented by the National Delegates appointed by the respective Governments.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

	Associate Members for the year 2020
A	Collective Associate Members
1	Directorate of Sericulture, Assam
2	Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore
3	Directorate of Sericulture, Madhya Pradesh
4	National Silkworm Seed Organization, Bangalore
5	Central Silk Technological Research Institute, Bangalore
6	Muga Silkworm Seed Organization, Guwahati
7	Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Berhampore
8	Department of Sericulture, Bodoland Teritorial Council, Kokrajhar
9	Andhra Pradesh State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (APSSRDI) , Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh
10	Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Bilaspur
11	Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, J&K
12	Sabahar PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
13	Silk Mark Organization of India, CSB, Bangalore
14	Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre, Hosur, Tamilnadu
15	Central Tasar Research and Training Institute, Ranchi
16	Silkworm Seed Technology Labaratory, Kodathi, Bangalore
17	University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka
18	Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (KSSRDI), Thalghatpura, Bangalore
19	University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore
20	Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam
21	Department of Sericulture, Karnataka
22	Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Ladoigarh, Jorhat, Assam
23	Seri Biotech Research Laboratory, Kodathi, Bangalore
24	DOS, Tamil Nadu
25	Directorate of Industries ( Sericulture Wing), Himachal Pradesh
26	Dainippon Silk Foundation, Japan
27	Instituto nacional de ciencias agricolares, Embassy of Cuba
B	Individual Associate Members
1	Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
2	Mr. Pierric CHALVIN, Intersoie, U.N.I.T.E.X Union Interenterprises Textiles Lyon & Region, Villa Creatis, 2 rue des ruviers 69009, LYON, France
3	Mr. Andreas Christodoulou, 13 Aylas Irinis 2102, AGLANTZIA, CYPRUS
4	Mr. Andrea Nembri, Via Principale 37, CH-6914, CARONA-LUGANO, SWITZERLAND