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Dr. Ruma Ghosh has
completed Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D in Sociology from
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has been working on
labour issues for more than 12 years. She is the Coordinator
of the Research Center on Labour and Health and Associate
Editor of the Institute’s academic journal ‘Labour and
Development’.
Her research
interest lies in issues such as Industrial Sociology, Informal
Sector Labour, Labour Market Transformations and Health
Insecurity of Workers in Informal Employment. She has
undertaken several research projects on important labour
issues, some of which have been conducted in collaboration
with international organizations such as ILO and UNICEF. Some
of the recent studies include: Insecurities of Informal Sector
Workers with Special Focus on Health Insecurities of Street
Vendors; Health Insecurities of Workers in Informal
Employment: A Study of Existing and Possible Interventions;
Study of Migration, Labour Process and Employment in the
Informal Sector of Brick Making; Labour Process and Employment
Relations in Zardosi & Hathari Units of Varanasi; Evaluation
of the National Child Labour Projects in 50 districts for
Ministry of Labour; Minimum Wage and Mode of Payment of the
Agricultural Workers in Punjab; Study of Home-Based Industry
and Child Labour: A Case of Gem Polishing Industry of Jaipur;
Study of Home-Based Industry and Child Labour: A case of Glass
Bangle Industry of Firozabad; Study on Child labour in the
Sports Goods Industry of Jalandhar. She has also coordinated
several major research projects including the ILO sponsored
multi-centric study on Home Based Workers in Nine Hazardous
Industries of India and the ILO project on prevention of
HIV/AIDS in the world of work: A Tripartite Reponse.
She coordinates
training programmes on Qualitative Research Methods for young
teachers and researchers from Universities/Colleges/Research
Institutions; International Training Programme on Prevention
of HIV/AIDS in the World of Work; training programme on Health
Issues of informal sector workers and conducts
Seminars/Workshops on issues such as Informal Sector Labour
and Health Insecurities of Informal Sector Labour.
Dr. Ruma Ghosh has
presented several papers in National/International Seminars
organized by JNU, ILO, UNICEF, FES and IPSA on themes like
informal sector labour, seasonal migration of labour, child
labour and health insecurities of workers in informal
employment. She has a number of research publications in the
form of articles, research monographs and edited book. | 
