Dr. Otojit Kshetrimayum, is an Indian labour sociologist, researcher, academic, and development professional with over 20 years of experience in labour studies, labour codes, social protection, livelihood security, employment policy, skill development, leadership, and evidence-based policymaking. He currently serves as Fellow (Faculty) and Coordinator of the Centre for North East India at the V. V. Giri National Labour Institute under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Dr Manoj Jatav is working as a Fellow at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida. He is the coordinator of the National Resource Centre on Child Labour and associate coordinator of ‘the Centre for Employment Relations and Regulations’ at the institute. He is also the editor of the institute’s quarterly newsletter ‘Child Hope’ and associate editor of the bi-monthly newsletter ‘Indradhanush’. He has more than ten years of working experience in research and training. He received his MPhil. and PhD.

Priyadarsan Amitav Khuntia is working as Associate Fellow(Faculty) at the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute. He is a first class post graduate in Economics and Public Administration with M.Phil degree in Public Administration. He was selected and participated in the “Young Researcher Fellowship, 2005-06, Progremme” of V.V. Giri National Labour Institute. He was a participant in the “Course on Research Methods in Labour Economics” of VVGNLI in 2004.

Dr. Ellina Samantroy Jena,  

Fellow, M.A, M. Phil. and Ph.D., (Sociology) JNU, New Delhi

Dr. Dhanya MB is an economist working as Fellow (Faculty) at VV Giri National Labour Institute. She has more than two decades of research experience in the domain of labour market studies and has done her PhD in Economics on the topic of Self-Employment through microfinance and Rural Women Empowerment (2004-2008). She is the Coordinator of the Centre for Labour Market Studies and Integrated Labour History Research Programme, two of the major research centres of the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI).