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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.

ISC delegation attended 9th BACSA Conference

Based on the invitation of Black Caspian Sea and Central Asia Sericulture Association (BACSA), an ISC delegation comprising Mr. R.R. Okhandiar, Secretary General and Mr. Dileep Kumar R, Programme Coordinator attended the 9th International Congress of Black Caspian Sea and Central Asia Sericulture Association (BACSA) held at Batumi, Georgia during 8th and 9th April 2019.

26th ISC Conference

The Conference is the chief governing council of the ISC held once in three years wherein important and critical issues concerning the organization and the silk industry are reviewed and appropriate actions are initiated. Accordingly, the 26th Conference of ISC was held on 14 December 2021 on a virtual mode. The Conference witnessed the participation of delegates from ten member countries.

Natural Fibre Coalition - Campaign on Make the Label Count

ISC is a founder member of the global imitative namely “Natural Fibre Coalition”, initiated by International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO) and partnered by organizations of natural fibre industry. The main purpose of the coalition is to campaign with the European Union for including special qualities of natural fibres in the Product Environment Footprint (PEF) methodologies of EU.

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.

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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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