Michael John Memorial Lecture
Michael John Memorial Lecture
The Tata Workers’ Union has been conducting the Michael John Memorial Lecture since 1985.
This lecture was started by Late V.G.Gopal, former President of the Tata Workers Union and till date we had 25 eminent personalities delivering the lecture on different topics.
To commemorate and showcase the hundred years journey of Tata Workers Union, a coffee table book “Century of Ideals- The Journey of Tata Workers Union”, was also released by the Chairman
The V G Gopal Heritage Gallery which was earlier inaugurated by then Chairman MR Ratan Tata on 3rd March 2012 was recently upgraded. The upgraded gallery was inaugurated by Mr N Chandrasekaran, Executive Chairman, Tata Sons.
MICHAEL JOHN MEMOMRIAL LECTURES 1985 ONWARDS
Sl No | Year | Lecture By | Subject |
1. | 1985 | J. R. D. TATA, Former Chairman, Tata Steel | Working & Growing Together |
2. | 1986 | G.Ramanujam Former President INTUC | Towards New Culture |
3. | 1987 | L. K. Jha, M.P, Former Minister of Finance | Strategy for full Employment |
4. | 1988 | Dr. P. P. Narayanan Former President-ICFTU | Trade Union in the 21st Century-The Challenging Ahead |
5. | 1989 | S. K. Jain Former Dy. Director General, ILO | Technology Employment and the Quality of Work |
6. | 1990 | C. S. Dharmadhikari Retd. Judge Bombay High Court | Dignity of Labour |
7. | 1991 | Dr. V. Krishnamurthy Former Chairman Maruti Udyog Ltd | Labour Management Partnership for Global competitiveness |
8. | 1992 | Russi Mody, Former Chairman & M.D. Tata Steel | Probing into the Future |
9. | 1993 | R. Venkatraman, Former President of India | Labour Relation for Productivity & Quality |
10. | 1994 | V. G. Gopal (posthumous) Former President of Tata Workers Union | Trade Union-A positive factor of Nation Building |
11. | 1995 | Ratan Tata Chairman, Emirates Tata Steel | On Human Bonds & Value |
12. | 1996 | Gopeshwar Former Gl. Sec. INTUC | Industrial Growth Scenario Today |
13. | 1997 | P. A. Sangma Former Speaker of Lok Sobha | Trade Union Solidarity , Dignity of Labour |
14. | 1998 | Dr. J. J. Irani Former M.D. Tata Steel | The Role of Industria Relation in the Changing Industrial Scenario |
15. | 1999 | R. P. Billimoria Chairman & M.D. Billimoria Consultant Pvt. Ltd | Building & Sustaining Together Michael John Foot Step |
16. | 2000 | Fr. E. H. Mc Grath, Director Human Life Centre Balasore (Orissa) | Significant features of the world of work today |
17. | 2001 | Dr. Karan Singh Former, M. P. | Labour Management Relationship |
18. | 2002 | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Former President of India | Quality of Man |
19. | 2003 | B. Muthurman Former M.D. Tata Steel Value And Industrial relation | Tata Steel on Economic Value And Industrial relation |
20. | 2007 | Oscar Fernendes, Ministry of Employment Education Govt. of India | Importance of Tech. |
21. | 2009 | 2009 S. K. Benjamin Former President, Tata Workers’ Union | Industrial Peace and Harmony |
22. | 2010 | H. M. Nerurkar Former MD, Tata Steel | On Innovation Education & Training |
23. | 2011 | Sri Prakash Jaiswal Former Minister of Coal Govt. of India | On co-ordinal relationship , between TWU and Tata Steel, based on principle of trusteeship (8) |
24. | 2018 | Dr G Sanjeeva Reddy, President- INTUC | The future of Work |
25. | 2019 | Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Executive Chairman, Tata Sons | On the fundamental imperatives of a successful business |
