DR. R.C. DATTA
Professor and Dean

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR STUDIES

E-mail: rcd@tiss.edu

Qualifications

• M.A. (Economics), University of Jodhpur
• Ph.D. (Economics), University of Mumbai

Areas of Interest

• Human Capital Theory and its applications: Micro and Macro Issues
• New Technology, Management and Labour
• Public Action, Social Protection, Privatisation, Social Security and Labour in the Organised and Unorganised Sectors
• The Corporations and their Social Responsibilities
• Restructuring and its Interface in Human Resource Management Issues
• Globalisation and Labour Markets
• Globalisation and Out-sourcing with specific reference to the BPO Sector
• Reward Management and Internal Labour Market
• Work Practices at the Firm Level
• Port State Control, IMO and ILO Conventions

Teaching

• Labour Economics
• Managerial Economics
• General Management
• General and Industrial Economics
• Human Capital Theory [Dept of Economics, University of Mumbai]
• Reward Management

Research

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Seafarers Labour Market
• Globalisation and Work Practices
• Skills, Performance and Pay
• Life after Voluntary Retirement in the Era of Reforms
• Evaluation of National Renewal Fund
• Evaluation of Khadi Industry
• Labour Market Flexibilities
• Voluntary Retirement Schemes, Redeployment and Rehabilitation
• Social Security and Reforms

Recent /Significant Publications

• Labour Market: Social Institutions, Economic Reforms and Social Cost. In S. Uchikawa (Ed.), Labour Market and Institution in India: 1990s and Beyond, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2003.
• Port State Control and ILO Coventions, Seaways, March, 2004. (co-author)
• Indian Seafarers in the Global Labour Market, Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, November, 2004.

Additional Relevant Information

• Post-Doctoral Researcher as Fulbright Scholar (1989-90), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California and Economic Growth Centre, Yale University, New Haven , USA
• Visiting Fellow (Commonwealth Fellowship) (1993-1994), Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, and Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, UK.
• Professorial Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK (2003-2004).