Sunday, November 17, 2024
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 are many laboratories that conduct experimentation on this natural fibre and these serve as excellent avenues for those inclined towards technology and scientific experimentation. 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 is quite popular in Southern India and is now available as a career option in Northern India too. With research institutions devising new technological processes, Sericulture is now being recognised as a mainstream profession. 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. Â ÂRemuneration
Professionals who undergo proper training can earn starting salaries as high as Rs 15000/- per month in public sector and even higher in private sector and NGOs. This grows in accordance with the experience gained. Entrepreneurs, especially those who set up business as exporters of silk products, can look forward to excellent gains.
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