Mandate
- Conduct scientific, technical and economic research to enhance production, productivity and quality of Indian silk.
- Development of package of practices for Host Plant, Silkworm rearing, Post Cocoon Technology and its dissemination.
- Commercialization of products & Technologies and industry interface.
- Efforts to reduce input cost & drudgery and by-product utilization to increase net income and productivity.
- Enhance production of international grade silk for import substitution and earning foreign exchange.
- Human Resource Development.
- Maintenance of Breeders Stock.
- Disease & Pest Monitoring and Forecasting and Forewarning.
- Dissemination of knowledge, R&D innovations and package of practices through ICT tools.
- Undertake collaborative Research Programmes/Projects with reputed National and International R&D institutions.
- Strengthening institutional framework to support ongoing research, allied activities, scientific and technical services.
- Inter institutional collaboration for better synergy.
- Studies on techno-economic feasibility of sericulture technologies.
- Providing technical and consultancy services.