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Silk Mark Organisation of India

Silk Mark Organisation Of India (SMOI) is a registered Society under Karnataka Society Act 1960 with Registration No.1054 / 2003-2004 dated 19/01/2004. Silk Mark is an initiative by Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

SMOI has competent Textile Technologists, who are well experienced in Silk Industry and Trade. SMOI is headquartered in Bangalore and has thirteen Silk Mark Chapters located strategically in and around silk clusters of the country.

Membership of the Society:

Permanent official Members

The following shall be the permanent Members of the Society:

Chairperson – Appointed by the Govt. of India
Vice Chairperson – Ex officio Member Secretary, CSB
JS (Silk)/Director (Silk) or any other representative of Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
CEO/Secretary of SMOI to be appointed by CoA under intimation to MoT
Nominee of CSB, not below the rank of Director
Ex-officio Chairperson / Executive Director of ISEPC

Special Members

The State Apex Co- operatives, State Corporations, Govt. Departments, Govt. sponsored Societies, and Corporate bodies dealing with silk/textiles industry are eligible to become special members of the Society on payment of special membership fee. The Special Membership fee shall be fixed by the CoA. The Special Members shall have voting rights.

Corporate Members

The Corporate Membership shall be open to all Institutions, Firms, Sole Proprietary concerns, Weavers, Master Weavers and Individuals involved in the business of silk and silk industry on payment of fee to be fixed by the CoA. The Corporate Members shall have voting rights.

Handloom and Powerloom Silk Weaver Members

The Handloom and Powerloom Weaver Membership is open to small Handloom and Powerloom weavers of silk having five looms or less, on payment of fee to be fixed by the CoA. The Handloom and Powerloom Weaver Members shall have voting rights.

The Committee of Administration(COA)

The CoA consists of sixteen members - six permanent members, five nominated members and five elected members.

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