CIRLL was founded with the intention of promoting legal awareness of workers’ rights and working to uphold those rights in both the organised and unorganized sectors. Its goal is to protect workers’ rights in industries ranging from agriculture to construction, paying particular attention to issues involving women and child labour. The Centre aims to carry out extensive research and fieldwork for this purpose, as well as collaborate on projects with other businesses operating in the same field. This would help us support organizations to the best of our ability while also making an academic contribution. The focus of CIRLL’s energy and efforts is on the idea that people should come before money.
VISION AND MISSION
Mission
To focus on protecting the rights of the workers in fields ranging from construction to agriculture with special attention to women and child labour related issues.
Conduct extensive field work and research thereby, creating a reliable database.
Our energy and efforts are dedicated to a management philosophy that holds people above profits.
To contribute to the economic strength of the society by reinforcing its social base.
Objectives
To Conduct Extensive Field Work.
To Create Awareness Through Education.
To Create Better Working Environment for Women.
To Combat the Malice of Child Labour.
To Improve the Conditions of Agrarian Workers.
To Provide Legal Aid at Their Doorstep.
Activities
2022: Successfully Implemented ‘Project Arogyada’ . On the eve of Labour Day, the NSS units of National Law University Odisha along with CIRLL and Health and Wellness Committee organized a health check-up camp for the construction workers, housekeeping staff, gardening staff and security personnel.
2020: Organized ‘Regional Consultation on Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW) and V. V. Giri Institute of Labour, NOIDA’. The event focused on the insight on reviewing laws related to Inter-State Women Migrant Workers. The centre also organized Virtual Regional Consultation on the same topic in collaboration with NCW.
2015: Undertook ‘Management Development Program on Contractual Labour: Realities and Challenges’. The event focused on the insight on the vending guidelines for contract engagement. Day two of the function saw discussion and debates between the resource persons and participants on the challenges of contract labour engagement and the legal aspects of employment of the same.
2014: Conducted field visit to Cuttack- Bhubaneswar By-Pass Cuttack- Bhubaneswar Highway Expansion and Flyover; Royal Lagoon Housing, Bhubaneswar; Mani Tirumala, Bhubaneswar. Undertook Data collection on the safety and security of labour in construction sites. Report presented on how the safety of workers is neglected on these sites and there is no compliance with laws like Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996; Minimum Wages Act, 1948; The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 etc. Conducted Project Arogyada (15th March, 2014). Arranged an Eye Check Up camp for on-campus labourers and their families. Doctors with their teams from J.P.M Rotary Eye Hospital were invited to set up the camp. Undertook Management Development Program on Industrial Relations Law and Practice (12th to 14th April, 2014). Participation of personnel from Mahanadi Coal Limited, IFFCO, Tata Steel, NALCO and TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited etc. The event focused on the important topic of industrial relations along with contractual rights, obligations and drafting. Topics such as relevance of Trade Unions, the problems faced by trade unions and the details of drafting a good contract was touched upon on the second day of the programme.
Our Team
Dr. Itishree Mishra, Associate Professor of Law
Director
Dr. Arjyalopa Mishra, Assistant Professor of Management
Co-Director
Ms. Madhubrata Rayasingh, Assistant Professor of Economics
Co-Director
ADVISORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Ellina Samantroy
Fellow at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, [Ministry of Labour and Employment] [Specialization: Gender and Labour Issues].
Student Members
Digvijay Khatai
Adrija Mishra
Tarakant Sahoo
Anubhav Mukherjee
Siddharth Shankar
Shriyansh Singhal
Eshal Zahur
Ankita Priyadarshani
Somya
Anshika Kumari
Memorandum Of Understanding
Accessible here .
The V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI), Noida signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Law University, Odisha (NLUO) in 17 October 2022 in order to facilitate academic exchange and student mobility, to develop academic relationships and in support of collaborative research related to Labour and Employment issues. Under the MoU, both the institutions have agreed to extend co-operation in undertaking collaborative research projects, seminars and workshops, co-supervising research scholars, internships, exchange of faculty, undertaking collaborative education programmes and sharing of library resources. The MoU was signed by Shri Amit Nirmal Director General, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute and Dr. Rangin Pallav Tripathy, Registrar, National Law University Odisha. Dr. Ellina Samantroy, Fellow, VVGNLI and Dr. Arjyalopa Mishra, Assistant Professor, NLUO coordinated the signing of MoU.