Dr. Otojit Kshetrimayum
Fellow & Coordinator
Centre for North East India
V.V. Giri National Labour Institute
(Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India) Phone: 0120-2411533/34/35 Ext: 212 Mobile: +91 9818107829
Sector-24, Noida-201301, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: otojit[dot]vvgnli[at]gov[dot]in; otojit[at]gmail[dot]com
Dr. Otojit Kshetrimayum is a Labour Sociologist and Development Professional with more than 19 years of evidence based policy research, impact evaluation, project management and monitoring, policy and programme design, teaching, training and capacity development in sectors such as Industrial Sociology, Labour Codes, HR Compliance, Social Protection and Livelihood Security, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Informal Economy, Gender and Work, Child Labour, Labour Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility, & Research Methods in Labour Studies. He is a Ph. D. in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
He is currently working as Fellow (Faculty) in V.V. Giri National Labour Institute under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India. He is a Visiting Faculty and the Course Coordinator of three courses of Executive Post Graduate Diploma at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi: i) Legal Aspects of Business: Focus on HR; ii) Global Industrial Relations & Labour Laws: Role of ILO & iii) Legal Aspects of Labour.
He had worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Sikkim Central University, Gangtok and was the Founding Head of the Department. He had worked as Senior Fellow in Women’s Studies and Development Centre, University of Delhi and also worked in the projects conducted by National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He is the Coordinator of the Centre for North East India, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and the Associate Editor of the journal, Labour and Development.
He has extensive experience in designing, conducting and supervising major quantitative and analytical research studies, impact evaluation projects and capacity development training courses with organizations such as Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India; Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India; State Labour Departments of Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Bihar; State Labour Institutes of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Kerala; Universities in Delhi, Gujarat, Manipur, Sikkim, Assam, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan and Goa. He has been an examiner for evaluating M.Phil/Ph.D dissertations of various universities. He is a peer reviewer of various journals and also a book peer reviewer.
He has represented India in the “Forum on Women’s Labour Force Participation and Productivity Enhancement” at the Asian Productivity Organisation, Tokyo; “Forum on Innovations in Public Investment and Employment Programmes” at the International Training Centre-International Labour Organisation, Turin and “Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Area of Employment and Industrial Relations in India” at Korea Labour Institute, Seoul.
Members of the Committees constituted by the Ministry of Labour & Employment:
- Employment Working Group (EWG) of the G20 Indian Presidency 2023
- Review Committee of the Recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour.
- Committee for formulation of Schemes for Unorganised Workers and Gig & Platform Workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020
- Committee to examine the provisions relating to coverage, contribution and entitlement of wages under ESIC
- Drafting Committees of 44th and 45th Indian Labour Conference, and 44th, 45th, 46th, and 47th Standing Labour Conference of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India.
- Performance Assessment Board under National Career Service Project of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India.
Completed Projects/Research Studies:
- Review of Social Protection Financing System in India (Commissioned by ILO)
- Evaluation of Atal Beemit Vyakti Beema Yojana (ABVKY) ) and Its Impact on The Lives of Labour
- Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) ) and Its Impact on The Lives of Labour
- Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Beema Yojana (PMSBY) ) and Its Impact on The Lives of Labour
- Evaluation of Pradahn Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana (PMJJBY) and Its Impact on The Lives of Labour
- North East Migrants in Delhi: A Socio-Economic Study
- Social Security of Handloom Weavers in Manipur
- Livelihood Security and Social Protection of Tea Plantation Workers in Assam
- Social Protection Financing in G20 Countries
- Navigating Sustainable Social Security Financing for Gig and Platform Workers in India
- ILO Convention 102 & Social Security System in India
- Dynamics of Employment of Children and Socio-Economic Reality: A Study of Children in Hazardous Occupations in East and West Jaintia Hills Districts of Meghalaya
- Evaluation of Multi Skills Development Centres (MSDCs) at Bangalore and Gulbarga, Karnataka
- Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Area of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Assessment of Trainers’ Requirement for Skilling 500 Million Persons by 2022 with reference to National Skill Development Policy (Tourism Sector)
- Study to Evaluate Plan Schemes of the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)
Published Books/Monographs:
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit & Aheibam Rajmani Singha. 2022. Skilling of Youth for Zero Unemployment: Perspectives from North East India. New Delhi: Ruby Press & Co. ISBN: 9789386934024.
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit, H.R. Sekar & D. Nongkynrih. 2017. Dynamics of Employment of Children and Socio-Economic Reality: A Study of Children in Hazardous Occupations in East and West Jaintia Hills Districts of Meghalaya. Noida: VVGNLI. ISBN: 9789382902553.
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit. 2014. Ritual, Politics and Power in North East India: Contextualising the Lai Haraoba of Manipur. New Delhi: Ruby Press & Co. ISBN: 9789382395508.
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit. 2017. Industrial Relations in India: A Study of Central Industrial Relations Machinery. Noida: VVGNLI. ISBN: 978-93-82902-47-8.
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit. 2016. Skilling India: Evaluation of Multi Skills Development Centres. Noida: VVGNLI. ISBN: 978-93-82902-38-6
- Kshetrimayum, Otojit. 2016. Women and Entrepreneurship in North East India: Handloom as an Enterprise in Manipur. Noida: VVGNLI. ISBN 9789382902379
