Importance of Industrial Relations

Updated on: Tuesday, January 03, 2012

XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur is organising the National Industrial Relations Conference on January 14 and 15, 2012 at the XLRI campus.

The conference is centered on the theme ‘Revival of Industrial Relations in India – Myth and Realities’ to discuss and draw up a possible roadmap for resolving some of the burning issues facing the manufacturing and industrial relations ecosystem in India.

The forum is organising this seminal conference for Industrial Relations at XLRI (FIRE@X) which is partnered by the Indian Industrial Relations Association (IIRA) and FES India.

The conference comprises panel discussions, speaker sessions and paper presentations by students from the top B-Schools of the country. The panel discussion by industry stalwarts, acclaimed judges, renowned academicians and eminent trade union leaders aims to explore the political, legal, social and economic dimensions to the issue.

The speaker sessions would be addressed by illustrious personalities of the likes of NS Iyer, GM- HR at Asian Paints Ltd, Ranendra Goswami, head HR & administration at Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd, GD Nadaf, general secretary, SBI officer's federation, JSR Prasad, director, UNIDOC, P Somaraju, deputy labour commissioner among others. Paper presentations would see students from top B-Schools of the country present their perspectives on the issue.

The theme of the conference underlines the growing importance of industrial relations consequent to government legislations, growing union collectivism amidst growth of manufacturing sector in India. The mounting unrest at various industrial pockets that the country is witnessing in recent years portends ominous trends in industrial relations.

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