Eri Culture

Dr. Beena Saratchandra is a Director in Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, Bangalore, holding additional charge of Seri-Biotech Research Laboratory, Bangalore. He obtained M.Sc. Degree in Zoology in 1975 and Ph.D. in 1980 from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, where he continued Post Doctoral Research in various capacities. He is a member of various academic and scientific bodies and fellow of the Zoological Society of India. He joined Central Silk board in 1983 and worked as Joint Director and Director for over 20 year in various research establishment from the North-East to the South of India gaining rich knowledge and experience in t he field of wild and domestic silk production and made good contribution to the subject. He is the founder director of central sericultural gernplasm resources centre, hosur, Tamil Nadu and later served as director, central sericulture research and training institute,berhampore, west Bengal. He published over 100 research papers in various national and international journals. He served as consultant to various developing countries and participated in as number of national and international conferences and workshops.