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Abstract
Title
International Congress on Tropical Sericulture Practices
Identifier
MS-007-3-21-63-28
Digital Object URI
Description
Material on the International Congress on Tropical Sericulture Practices organised by The Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles of the Government of India and the Swiss Development Co-operation, New Delhi, at Bangalore from 18-23 February 1988. Includes: Invitation for the Inaugural Function presided over by Swaminathan; Programme for the event; paper titled 'Role of Sericulture in Employment Generation' presented by Leena Mehendale, Managing Director of WMDC Ltd.; data on silk production; letter from K. Prabhakara Rao on 18 February 1988 seeking funding for a film on silk growers being made through National Film Development Corporation; Swaminathan's Keynote Address; Presidential Address by Ram Nivas Mirdha, Minister of Textiles; Welcome Speech by S. Muniraju, Chairman of the Central Silk Board; Report by Member-Secretary of the Central Silk Board; and handwritten notes by Swaminathan for his address on the future of sericulture in India at the event.
Date(s)
February 1988
Collection
M S Swaminathan Papers
Series
Series 3: Administration
Sub-Series
SS21: Miscellaneous symposia