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Integrated
Labour History Research Programme
The
Integrated Labour History Research Programme (ILHRP) was instituted at the
VVGNLI, on 24 July 1998. The
programme was set up in collaboration with the Association of Indian
Labour Historians (AILH) a body of professional historians and scholars
interested in history of Labour.
The
overall aim of the ILHRP is to initiate, integrate and revive historical
research on labour in India and is the first of its kind in the country.
The programme has three mutually reinforcing components:
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Digital
Archives of Indian Labour;
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Writing
Labour History of India
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Interdisciplinary
Research.
Digital
Archives of Indian Labour is the core component of the ILHRP. (Details
pertaining to the Digital Archives has been provided separately in this
site: Please See: Digital
Archives).
The
second key component of the Programme is Writing Labour History. This is
an effort to synthesise research and chart out new areas in labour history
through research contributions by leading scholars in the field. In its
first phase an “ Overview of Labour History in India “- reputed
specialists in the field with their contributions have produced a
collection of essays. In the following phases this component will be
enriched by the research projects conducted by the Archives and will
incorporate periodically all written output of the research programme.
The
research output emanating from the Research and Collection projects feed
into the Writing Labour History Programme. In the first phase essays on
ten key themes on labour have been completed and are being readied for
publication as working papers of the ILHRP. Apart from these regular
seminars and discussions are held every month and distinguished scholars
of national and international repute have regularly delivered seminars
under the programme. The dissemination research through specialised
workshops, international and national conferences have been held under the
aegis of the programme. In addition joint collaborative projects are
carried out with institutions and individuals on themes of mutual
interest.
This
third component of the ILHRP, interdisciplinary research aims to integrate
labour history concerns with that of research in the other social sciences
carried out in the VVGNLI and elsewhere. This component also allows for
integration of contemporary and historical concerns in the field of labour
studies and diffusion of the results through regular seminars and
conferences.
Thrust
Areas
:
Research
:
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Informal Sector
Labour History
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History of Industrial Relations in India
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History of Public Sector Labour
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Labour Movement History (Regional & National)
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Collection
:
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Labour Movement History (Regional & National)
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Institutional
Records (Central Trade Unions, Government & Business)
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Special
collections on major events & issues of Labour History
Completed
Projects (Archives)
:
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Digitisation of Documents of the Second National Commission on
Labour.
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CD based Archival Management System
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Prototype of Integrated Multi-media Archival Database
(Greenstone)
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Digitisation of AITUC Pamphlets (1928-1996) About 200 pamphlets
with 12,000 pages.
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Development of the Greenstone Archival Software for Web based
access and delivery.
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Digitisation of Documents of Oral History of Indian Labour
Movement (Phase I)
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Digitisation of Documentation of the Project on Sources of Labour
History in Tamil Nadu
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Digitisation of Documentation of Industrial and Dependent Labour
Lives in Delhi: An Oral History Approach
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Digitisation Process Integration System for Archives of Indian
Labour
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Struggle for Justice: Chattisgarh Mukti Morcha
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Documentation Project on SEWA
Ongoing
Projects (Archives):
Completed
Projects (Research & Collection)
:
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Documents on Labour Legislation & Labour policy: CSK
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Collection of Records on All India Railwaymens’ Federation
1955-85 (119 files)
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Indentured Labour in Plantations.
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Documentation of Industrial & Dependent Labour Lives in
Delhi. (14 Interviews)
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Trade Union Movement in Film Industry in South India
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Developing Audio Recording & Digital Audio Conversion
Facilities at the Archives of Indian Labour.
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Bombay Textile Strike of 1982 (Hemant Babu, Mumbai)
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The Unorganised Workers of Delhi and the Seven-Day Strike of 1988
(Indrani Mazumdar, Delhi)(30 Interviews)
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Directory of Sources on Labour History: Delhi Region (ILHRP)
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Collection & Inventory of Records on All India Railwaymens’
Federation 1955-85 (ILHRP)
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Organisation, Collection & Documentation of AITUC Records
(1937-1985) ((NMJCLRE, Delhi & ILHRP) (1700 files)
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Oral History Documentation of Indian Labour Movement Phase-I
(NMJCLRE, Delhi) (55 interviews)
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Documentation of Industrial and Dependent Labour Lives in Delhi:
An Oral History Approach (Students, Dept. Of History Ramjas College,
Delhi University)
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Documenting the Source Material on Labour History of Tamil Nadu
from the holdings at Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai (RMRL,
Chennai)
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Collection and Documentation of Sources of Labour History in
Tamil Nadu Phase-I (WET, Chennai) (Inventory & Profiling)
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Trade union Movement in Film Industry of South India (RMRL,
Chennai)
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Collection and Documentation of Sources of Labour History in
Tamil Nadu Phase-II (WET, Chennai)
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Oral History Documentation of Indian Labour Movement Phase-II (NMJCLRE,
Delhi)
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Struggle for Justice: Chattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Vrinda Grover,
Delhi)
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The Informalisation process: Casualisation & Paupersation of
the Weavers of Banaras (Archana Aggarawal, Delhi)
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Oral History Documentation on Railway Workers (Students of Delhi
University, Delhi)
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History of Industrial Relations in Textile Sector in India (ILHRP)
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Organisation of Source Material and Construction of Digital
Collection on SEWA (SEWA, Ahmedabad)
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Collection of Documentary sources of Labour History in Tamilnadu
Phase –III (WET, Chennai)
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Oral History Documentation of Indian Labour Movement Phase –
III (NMJCLRE, Delhi)
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Documentation of the History of Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (Siyaram
Sharma, Patna)
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Research and Collection of Documents on Interaction of Caste
Movement and Working Class during 1920 to 1945 in Maharashtra (Alok
Kumar Khandelwal, Delhi)
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Present and past of the community- based garment industry in 24
Paraganas (south) of West Bengal (Manthan Samayiki, Kolkata)
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Study and Collection of Documents of the National Campaign of
Construction Workers for a Central Legislation form 1985 (NIRMANA,
Delhi)
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From Leather Artisans to Brick-Kiln Workers: Narratives of Weary
Travellers (Subodh Varma, Ghaziabad))
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Collection of History of Coal Workers with special emphasis on
Impact of Outsourcing (Sudipta Paul, Asansole)
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Documentation and Collection of Records/ Materials of Bharatiya
Khet Mazdoor Union-Federation (BKMU-F, states/local khet mazdoor
organisations and agricultural labour movement in general (CRWE,
Delhi)
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Organisation of Source Material and Construction of Digital
Collection of BIDI Workers of Ahmedabad City (SEWA, Ahmedabad)
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Making of labour law and collective bargaining traditions: Kamani
Employees Union and the independent trade union movement in Mumbai (CWM,
Delhi)
Ongoing
Projects (Research & Collection)
:
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Collection of Documents relating to Centre of Indian Trade
Unions (M. K. Pandhe, BTRMT, Delhi)
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Accidents
and Work: The Everyday Lives at Jharia Coalfield and Oral History
Documents (Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Nite)
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Contested
Streets-Mapping Street Vending in Delhi (Mr. Lalit Kumar Batra)
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Documents
of the Records and Materials of Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor
Union-Federation (BKMU-F), State and Local Khet Mazdoor Organizations,
and of the Agricultural Labourers’ Movement-Phase II (Pre- and
Post-Independence Period) (Mr. V.S. Nirmal)
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Labour
in the Indian Textile & Apparel Industry: Understanding the Impact
of Government Policies (Ms. Rakhi Sehgal)
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Textile
Labour History of Indore Town (Ms. Jaya Mehta)
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Bhojpuri
Pravasi Shramikon ki Sansakrati Aur Bhikhari Thakur ka Sahitya (Mr.
Dhananjay Singh)
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