Name & Designation:

  Dr. S.K. Sasikumar

  Fellow, V. V Giri National Labour Institute

 Ph.D. in Economics

 Qualified the UGC/JRF National Level Test (Economics)

 20 years of research and training experience in labour related issues

  Major Professional Interests

 Research: Labour Migration; Globalization and Its Labour Market Implications; Industrial

                     Relations

Training:  Industrial Relations and Trade Unionism; Research Methods 

  Major Professional Activities (Research) (since 2000)

 Completed 10 major research projects on themes like Labour Mobility, Globalization,    

    Labour Market and Employment Assessment, Impact of Anti Tobacco Legislation, Decent  

    Work, Migration and HIV/AIDS, and Remittances. Some of these projects were supported by

    ILO, IILS, WHO and JIL.

 Currently involved with 2 research studies relating to Globalization and Trade Unions and  

    Inter-State Variations in Remittance Utilization

 18 major research publications (one edited book, four journal articles, two articles in   

     edited books, eight research monographs and three reviews)

 10 research papers presented in National and International Conferences

Course Director/Coordinator of nearly 30 training programmes organized by the Institute   

    on themes like Research Methods, Industrial Relations, Trade Unionism and Labour 

    Administration in a Globalizing Economy 

Course Director of five International Training Programmes/Workshops

Member, Study Group on Globalization, Second National Commission on Labour, 2002

Member, Emigration Committee, Govt. of India, 2003

Member, Committee on International Migration, Govt. of Kerala, 2004

Editor, Labour and Development (Journal of VVGNLI)

Associate Editor, Indian Economic Journal (Journal of Indian Economic Association)

Coordinator, Centre for Labour Market Studies

Faculty Incharge, N.R. De Resource Centre on Labour Information

Tel(O): 9818893748

Fax: 91-120-2411536

Email: sasikumarsk2@rediffmail.com