The International Sericulture Commission (ISC) has shifted its secretariat to Bangalore.
The ISC is an inter-governmental organisation of silk producing countries and established in the year 1960 at Lyon, France.
India is one of the founder members of International Sericulture Commission. There are 13 countries, including Brazil, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Romania, Thailand and Tunisia as members.
Ms Ishita Roy, Member-Secretary, Central Silk Board, who has been elected as Secretary-General of ISC recently, said the secretariat would be shifted to Central Silk Board, Bangalore, in January 2013.
Ms Roy said that the shifting would help Indian silk industry to take advantages of global silk platform. Especially some of the research and development institutes in India could be elevated to global standards by forging fruitful collaboration with other reputed institutes.