Sericulture

Established in 1980, the department was offering Post Graduate Diploma in Sericulture till
1990 to State Department of Sericulture functionaries as part of Human Resource Development.
From 1990, the Department started offering M.Sc. (Ag) in Sericulture. Ph.D. Programme in
Sericulture commenced in 2010.
TNAU is the third SAU to offer B.Sc.(Sericulture) degree from 2011. Main focus of the
Department of Sericulture is to reinforce the sericultural activities through cost effective
technologies for improving the social economic status of sericulture farmers in Tamil Nadu.
Department of Sericulture was shifted to Forest College and Research Institute,
Mettupalayam in July 2014 with triple mandate of teaching, research and extension.
Sericulture : Job Prospects & Career Options
Sericulture, in recent times, has begun to offer a wide variety of employment and
entrepreneurship options. Most importantly, every state in India has a sericulture department to
focus on rearing of silk worms, production of fibre and marketing.
There is demand for Indian silk items from America, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy and
Europe. Demand for Kashmiri silk carpets has been on the rise constantly. All this has created
additional avenues for Seri culturists.
Sericulture offers career opportunity in Govt. research centers, silk boards, academic
fields, sericulture units, agriculture sector banks etc. One can get jobs in Central Government
agencies like Central Silk Board/Silk Export Promotion Council/Fao/Nabard, Krishi Vigyan Kendra
etc. Candidates with M.Sc sericulture can apply for the post of lecturer, professor and lab
assistant. Seri culturists can find employment as officers, managers in the agricultural loan
sector of nationalised as well as private banks.
They can work as a manager in Sericulture Farm, Grainage, Silk Reeling (Filature), Silk
weaving mill, Dyeing, Printing and Spinning mill etc. as well as in various central government
sponsored schemes like SGSY, Welfare Dep't. Scheme Run By NGO's like Pradan, Vikash Bharati
etc. Seri culturists can also set up their own enterprise or start up as entrepreneurs in silk
retailing, weaving, exporting etc. Consultants with a thorough and updated knowledge of the
field are also in demand, especially to provide guidance for the setting up of sericulture farms.
List of Government organizations operating in the sericulture industry in India:
The Public sector organizations operating in the sericulture industry in India are:
Central Silk Board
Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
Handloom, Handicrafts, Textiles & Khadi Departments, Government of Tamil Nadu
Directorate Sericulture & Weaving, Government of Meghalaya
Department of Sericulture, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Recent government job notifications in the Sericulture industry:

Director Central Silk Board
Junior Research Fellow Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
What is the educational qualification required to find government jobs in Sericulture
industry?
Candidates with the following educational qualifications can find placement in the government
jobs in the sericulture industry:
Bachelor of Science in Sericulture
Bachelor of Science in Silk Technology
Certificate course in sericulture
Since these courses offer teaching to students in the areas like testing and seed technology, silk
grading and spinning, silk reeling, silkworm genetics and breeding and soil worm rearing, these
candidates are offered employment opportunities in the government organization engaged in the
sericulture industry.
What are the job openings in the sericulture industry?
Graduates/PG degree holders in the field of sericulture can find job opportunities in the
department of industry in the state governments.
In the case of candidates who have passed their 10th standard with one-year certificate course
in sericulture, they can find employment as rearer in the sericulture industry.
Experienced sericulture graduates can find placement as supervisors in government sericulture
units.
Candidates who have completed their one-year apprenticeship training/two-year intervocational course can find placement as grainage/farm technicians.
In the case of candidates who have completed their four-year Bachelor of Science degree in
sericulture/silk technology can apply for the position of research officer, assistant director and
project manager positions in the sericulture industry.
Hence, sericulture industry, which is a subsidiary of the largest agricultural industry in India,
offers a wide range of employment opportunities to eligible candidates. Even sericulture
graduates can find employment in the educational field as professors.