Dr. Sanjay Upadhyaya, Senior Fellow

LL.M., Ph. D. (Law)

Dr. Sanjay Upadhyaya has been working as Faculty at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute for over 33 years and coordinates the Research Centre for Employment Relations and Regulations. His key research areas include- Regulation of Contract Labour, Social Security Law, Employment Relations Law, Regulation of Fixed Term Employment and Minimum Wage Regulation etc.. He has coordinated over 200 training programmes on labour-related themes, attended by more than 4000 participants from diverse sectors including NGOs, Trade Unions, Employers Associations, Labour Enforcement Officials, Labour Administrators from Central and State Labour Department, Faculty Members from National Law Universities and Law Departments and Labour Judiciary etc..

He has delivered large number of lectures at National and International Training Programmes on topics such as Labour Law, Wage Regulation, Industrial Relations Law, Legal provisions for Migrant and Women Workers, and Human Rights etc. within the Institute and various other Institutions of national repute (such as National Law Universities, State Labour Institutes, Indian Law Institute, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, Indian Institute for Foreign Trade and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy etc.). His major research contributions cover a wide range of Labour Issues, including Labour Employment and Social Security Issues in Private Educational Institutions, Labour Inspection Systems, Social Security for Security Guards, Delays in Industrial Adjudication, Regulation of Minimum Wage, Regulation of Fixed Term Employment, Comparative Analysis of Central and State Rules under various Labour Codes, Select Policies and Practices in the area of Industrial Relations etc. Most of his studies have been published as NLI Research Studies Series.

Dr. Upadhyaya has authored several books including Policy and Law on Contract Labour in India (Thomson Reuters), Evolution of Trade Unions in India (V.V. Giri National Labour Institute) and edited a Hindi volume on Indian trade union leaders, titled ‘Bharat ke Shramik Neta - Vyaktitva and Krititva’ (V.V. Giri National Labour Institute). He has also contributed Articles for various Books and Edited Volumes. He has served as editor of key publications like Shram Samachar, Awards Digest: Journal of Labour Legislation, and Shram Vidhan. He has contributed in drafting of important Labour Legislations, including the Labour Code on Wages and Labour Code on Industrial Relations. He is a prolific writer and actively participates in various academic and policy discussions on labour issues within and outside the Institute.

The major research studies carried out by Dr. Sanjay Upadhyaya include: Conditions of Employment, Work and Service of Faculty in Private Engineering Colleges in India; Evolution of Minimum Wage Policy and Regulatory Framework: An Inter Country Perspective; Adaptation of ITC-ILO Curriculum on Building Modern and Effective Labour Inspection Systems; Labour, Employment and Social Security Issues of Security Guards Engaged by Private Security Agencies; Contract Labour and Judicial Interventions; Strengthening Labour Laws in order to Prevent Violations; Assessing the Social Security Measures and Promoting Effective Participation of Beneficiaries (An action research); Labour, Employment and Social Security Issues in Education Industry: A Case Study of Private Schools; Organizing Rural Labour: A Case of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan (An action research); Status of Labour Welfare Measures in he Factories of NOIDA: A Case Study of Garment & Hosiery Industry and Delay in Industrial Adjudication: A case study of C.G.I.T-cum-Labour Court, Delhi. Most of these studies have been published in the form of NLI Research Studies Series. He has recently initiated a new V.V.Giri NLI publication in the form of ‘Workers Education and Empowerment Series’ (in Hindi language) for wider dissemination of key research findings of research studies carried out by V.V. Giri National Labour Institute from time to time.

Dr. Sanjay Upadhyaya has recently brought out a book on contract labour titled, ‘Policy and Law on Contract Labour in India’ published by Thomson Reuters and also edited a book ‘Bharat ke Shramik Neta:Vyaktitva evam Krititva’ (in Hindi) containing the short biographies of eminent trade union leaders of India. In the past he has been the editor of ‘Shram Samachar’, inhouse Hindi news magazine of Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India. He is the editor of inhouse regular publications of the V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, ‘Awards Digest: Journal of Labour Legislation’ and ‘Shram Vidhan’ .He is also one of the active members of core team constituted by Ministry of Labour and Employment for drafting of the Small Factories (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, the Labour Code on Wages and Labour Code on Industrial Relations.

He has made presentations in various National / International seminars and participated in a number of discussions and workshops. He has to his credit a large number of publications in the form of articles in various academic journals / edited volumes, magazines and newspapers etc. in English and Hindi on various themes of labour in general and labour law in particular.