TRAINING  
           For the  purpose of giving training to the staff and Seri culturists, the Government Sericulture Training School  was established at Hosur during 1973.  
            During the year 2005-2006, Sericulture Training School  was registered under TamilNadu Societies Registration Act 1975 with a change in  the names, “TamilNadu Sericulture Training Institute”.  
          Both on-campus and Off-campus training courses are conducted by the Institute based on the requirement of trainees. 
          Courses  offered  
          
            
              - Productivity Improvement Training (Bivoltine crops) – for  Dept staff.   
 
              - Mulberry Cultivation Techniques & Integrated Pest Management    for      Mulberry Diseases & Pests
 
              - Young age Silkworm Rearing Techniques
 
              - Late age Silkworm Rearing Techniques
 
              - Silkworm Diseases & Management
 
              - Training to Bivoltine Sericulturists – under Part –II scheme 
 
              - Training to New Sericulturists – under CDP scheme 
 
             
           
          COURSES  OFFERED AT CENTRAL SILK BOARD, BANGALORE 
          
            
              - Post Graduate Diploma in Sericulture (PGDS) and Intensive Training in Sericulture (ITS)
 
              - Entrepreneurship Development Programmes 
 
              - Other short-term (1-2 weeks) skill & competence  
 
             
           
          TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN  SERICULTURISTS   
           The Central Sericultural Research and Training  Institute, Mysore  is organizing various Human Resource Development Programme for the women  Sericulturists – under SERI TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX FOR WOMEN – in collaboration  with Department of Science & Technology and Department of Bio-technology,  Govt. of India. The following Training Programmes are fully sponsored and the  participants are provided To & Fro charges with free boarding and lodging. 
          
            
              
                Sl.No.  | 
                Name of the Training Course  | 
               
              
                1  | 
                Integrated Nutrient and Disease Management in Mulberry – by eco-    friendly approach  | 
               
              
                2  | 
                Young age Silkworm Rearing  | 
               
              
                3  | 
                Composite Silkworm Rearing  | 
               
              
                4  | 
                Integrated Pest and Disease    Management – an eco-friendly approach with Bio-pesticides, Bio-fungicides and    Botanicals  | 
               
              
                5  | 
                Silkworm Seed Production | 
               
              
                6  | 
                Value Addition by Bye-products of Sericulture Industry | 
               
              
                | 7 | 
                Drudgery reduction through Ergonomically Sound Appliances / hand tools  | 
               
             
              
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