The Central Silk Board (CSB) has appointed noted sericulturist and weaver K M Hanumantharayappa as its new chairman for a period of three years. As the 25th chairman of the Board, Hanumantharayappa succeeds N S Bissegowda. Incidentally, Hanumantharayappa is a senior political leader from BJP and hails from Doddaballapura, a traditional silk weaving cluster in Karnataka.
Having served as the member to the Central Silk Board from 2000-2002, Hanumantharayappa is also the President of Karnataka State Nekarara Horata Samithi (weaver's association) and has also served as Chairman of Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB) of Karnataka government between 2010 and 2013. Hanumantharayappa was also awarded the Best Agriculturist Award by the Government of Karnataka earlier.
