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Dr. Helen R. Sekar
is a senior Faculty Member of the V.V. Giri National Labour
Institute. Public Administration as her main academic area,
she was trained at Presidency College, Madras (M.A.), and
Madras Christian College, Madras (M. Phil and Ph.D.) Dr.
Helen R. Sekar is presently the Coordinator of the National
Resource Centre on Child Labour (NRCCL). This work entails a
mix of primary and secondary research, advocacy, training,
planning, monitoring and evaluation. Her initial interest was
Labour Administration and Labour Welfare. Later on, drawing on
field work in several parts of India, she has conducted
research on child labour in hazardous industries such as lock
industry, knife industry, brassware industry and match and
fireworks. Her other areas of research include employment of
children home-based work, slaughter houses, children at the
traffic lights, ragpicking children, insecurities and
vulnerabilities of children vending on the streets,
implications of HIV/AIDs on child labour and related issues.
The focus of her research was the development of theory and
empirical evidence on risk, resilience and coping in childhood
and children’s economic and social roles and responsibilities.
She has also focused on child labour and education, child
labour legislation and enforcement, Impact of technological
change on the demand of child labour, health and child labour,
Panchayati Raj Institutions and child labour.
As an experienced
trainer comfortable with simulation work, she has contributed
to the development of teaching skills which has meant an
extensive interface with managers, trade union leaders /
office bearers, labour administrators, NGOs, elected
representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Youth Groups,
members of Teachers’ Association, Government Officials,
Project Directors and Field Officials of NCLP. She has been
guest faculty on courses organized by various academic and
training institutions. Her major books in the recent period
entitled “Hard Labour at Tender Age”, “Girl Child Labour in
the Match Industry of Sivakasi: No Light in Their Lives”,
Child Labour Legislation in India: A Study in Retrospect and
Prospect and many booklets, Training Packages, Reports,
Compendium, Monographs on the issue of Child Labour. She has
also published several articles in journals of National and
International Repute. Dr. Helen R. Sekar is on the editorial
board of Awards Digest, the journal of Labour Legislation.
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