Shyam Sundar

*Experience Detail *

• Working as Professor, HRM Area, XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, since December 6, 2013
• Worked as Associate Professor in Economics and Head, Department of Economics, in Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce, University of Mumbai from 19 June, 1991 to 3 October 2013

Journal Articles-Refereed

• "Sub-national governance of labour Market and IRS: Is this a panacea or a problematic?" Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Publisher-Springer India , Print ISSN-09717927 1-19,Dec.2015
• Gaping Gaps in Labour Statistics in India, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, March 2015
• Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-reform Period: Who Said All is Quite on the Industrial Front, Economic and Political Weekly, 17 January 2015
• Institutional Framework of Industrial Relations in India: Still & Muddy Waters, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2014
• Labour Rights and Globalisation in India: Challenges for the Trade Union Movement in India, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2014
• The Myth of Inspector-Raj, Economic and Political Weekly, August 18, 2014 (Web Exclusive),
• The Missing Link in Labour Reforms, Economic and Political Weekly, August 09, 2014 (Web Exclusive),
• Counter-tendencies to Labour Flexibility Regime in India: Achieving Decent Work for Non-Regular Workers, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 55, No.4, 2012
• Industrial Violence and Labour Reforms, Economic and Political Weekly, October 13, 2012
• Essential Service Maintenance Act: Globalization Logic at Work, Economic and Political Weekly, May 26, 2012
• Employment Relations in India in the Post-Reform Period: Positives, Challenges, and Opportunities, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.54, No.1, 2011
• Emerging Trends in Employment Relations in India, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 45, No.4, April, 2010
• Evaluation of Labour Inspection Reforms in India, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.53, No.3, 2010
• What Should Indian Trade Unions Do? An Agenda for Trade Unions at the Risk of Sermonising!, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.51, No.4, 2008
• Measuring an International Core Labour Convention: A Study of Freedom of Association, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.51, No.3, 2008
• Contract Workers: the Need for Community of Interests Perspective, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.50, No.4, 2007
• Trade Unions and Civil Society: Issues and Strategies, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.42, No.4, 2007.
• Trade Union and the New Challenges: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.49, No.4, 2006
• Second National Commission on Labour (SNCL) and Reform of Industrial Relations System: Some Comments, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.42, No.2, 2006
• Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Limited: Case Analysis, Vision, Vol.9, No.4, 2006
• State in Industrial Relations System in India: from Corporatist to Neo Liberal, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.48, No.4, 2005
• Multinationals in Indian Retail Sector, Wal- Mart and Industrial Relations Issues, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.48, No.3, 2005
• Labour Flexibility Debate in India: A Comprehensive Review and Some Suggestions, Economic and Political Weekly, May 28 June 4-10, 2005
• Bargaining Structure, Industrial Relations systems and Labour Reforms: A Survey, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.47, No.4, 2004
• Lockouts in India 1961-2001, Economic and Political Weekly, September 25, 2004.
• Industrial Relations in China, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.40, No.1, July, 2004
• Flexibility and Rigidity in Labour Market: Towards Balanced Prospective, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol. XV, 3, 2003
• Industry Conflict in the Reform Decade, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.46, 4, 2003
• Trade Unions and the New Strategies for Organising Labour; New Wine in Oldndian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 46, No.2, April - June 2003
• Organizing the Unorganized, Seminar, Issue No. 531, November, 2003
• Some Suggestions for the Improvement of IR Statistics in India, Labour and Development, Vol.6, Nos. 1 & 2, December, 2000.
• Regional Patterns of Industrial Conflict in India, 1967-95, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 43, No.4, December, 2000
• Second National Commission in Labour: not up to the task, Economic and Political Weekly, June, 22, 2000
• Industrial Conflict and the Institutional Framework... in India, Management and Change, Vol.3, No.1, 1999
• Official Data on Trade Unions: Some Comments, Economic and Political Weekly, October, 2 1999
• Teachers Strike: the Larger Agenda , Economic and Political Weekly, August 15-21 and 22-28, 1998
• Review Article: Economic Reforms, and Industrial Relations System in India: Some Issues for Discussion, Economic and Political Weekly, June 12, 1998
• Structure Adjustment and Industrial Relations in India, Management and Change, Vol.1, No.2, 1997
• Internal Emergency and Industrial Relations, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.39, No.4, 1996
• Issues Leading to Strikes: A Comment on Reclassification, Economic and Political Weekly, February, 24, 1996
• Strike Statistics: Conceptual Issues, Economic and Political Weekly, January 29, 1994
• Suggestions for Improvement of Labour Statistics, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.36, No.2, 1993
• Towards a Theory of Industrial Relations in Small Firms, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. XXVIII, No.4, 1986