Name & Designation:

  Ruma Ghosh

  Associate Fellow, V. V Giri National Labour Institute

M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Sociology), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New  Delhi. 

 Area of Current Professional Interest:

Industrial Sociology, Informal Sector Labour, Research Methods, Labour Market

   Transformations and the challenge of Health Insecurity

Study of Migration, Labour Process and Employment in the Informal Sector of Brick MakingLabour Process and Employment Relations in Zardosi & Hathari Units, supported by UNICEFEvaluation of the national Child Labour Projects in 50 districts for Ministry of LabourMinimum Wage and Mode of Payment of the Agricultural Workers of Punjab

Study of Home-Based Industry and Child Labour: A Case of Gem Polishing Industry of

   Jaipur, supported by ILO 

Study of Home-Based Industry and Child Labour: A Case of Glass Bangle Industry of

   Firozabad, supported by ILO 

Study on Child Labour in the Sports Goods Industry of Jalandhar, supported by ILO 

Eight major publications including a book 'Hard Labour at a Tender Age'

Health Insecurities of Workers in Informal Employment: A Study of Existing and Possible

   Interventions

Gender Specific Insecurities and Vulnerabilities of Informal Sector Workers: A Study of

   Street Vendors of Delhi and Noida, supported by ILO

 Other Professional Activities:

1. Paper Presentations:

Presented several papers in National/International Seminars organised by JNU, ILO,

   UNICEF, FES and International Political Science Association (IPSA) on themes like informal

   sector labour, seasonal migration of labour, child labour and emerging health concerns

2. Publication of Academic Journal:

Associate Editor of the VVGNLI academic Journal `Labour and Development'

3. Coordination: 

Coordinator of the 'Center for Labour and health' and 'North East Research Projects'

Coordinator of the ILO collaborative project on 'Prevention of HIV/AIDS in the world of

    work'

Coordinated several research projects on informal sector, child labour, including a

     multi-centric study sponsored by ILO on 'child labour in nine hazardous industries in the

     wake of legislation'

Tel(O): 91 011 9810649269

Email: rumanli@gmail.com