<p> Ishita Roy, member secretary, Central Silk Board assumed charge as the Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC) on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The headquarters of the Commission, which is a prestigious inter-governmental organisation of silk producing countries, was shifted from Lyon to Bangalore. <br /><br />Roy was elected to the top post after a closely contested election during the ISC Conference held at Cluj Napoca in Romania, on September 14, 2012.<br /><br />ISC was instituted during 1960 based on an international treaty. The Louis Pasteur Award instituted by ISC is considered to the Nobel Prize of the silk industry. <br /><br />With the shifting of the ISC headquarters to India, many developing countries in Asian and African regions have shown keen interest to become members, a Central Silk Board release stated.<br /></p>
<p> Ishita Roy, member secretary, Central Silk Board assumed charge as the Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC) on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The headquarters of the Commission, which is a prestigious inter-governmental organisation of silk producing countries, was shifted from Lyon to Bangalore. <br /><br />Roy was elected to the top post after a closely contested election during the ISC Conference held at Cluj Napoca in Romania, on September 14, 2012.<br /><br />ISC was instituted during 1960 based on an international treaty. The Louis Pasteur Award instituted by ISC is considered to the Nobel Prize of the silk industry. <br /><br />With the shifting of the ISC headquarters to India, many developing countries in Asian and African regions have shown keen interest to become members, a Central Silk Board release stated.<br /></p>
