K M Hanumantharayappa has assumed charge as the new Chairman of Central Silk Board (CSB)

K M Hanumantharayappa has assumed charge as the new Chairman of Central Silk Board (CSB), for a period of three years. 
•    He is the 25th Chairman of the Central Silk Board and succeeds N S Bissegowda. 
•    KM Hanumantharayappa by profession is sericulture’s and a weaver. 
•    He hails from Doddaballapura, a traditional silk weaving cluster in Karnataka. 
•    He is a senior political leader from BJP. He is the President of Karnataka State Nekarara Horata Samithi. 
•    Earlier from 2000 to 2002, he had served as a Member to the Central Silk Board. He also had served as Chairman, Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB) during 2010 to 2013.
•    Government of Karnataka has bestowed upon him Best Agriculturist Award. 
•    CSB is a statutory body established under the Central Silk Board Act, 1948. 
•    It functions under the aegis of Union Ministry of Textile. 
•    It is a national organization for overall development of silk sector in India.