$$$$ History : The Government orders were issued on 6th September, 1979 for setting up the Institute at Ahmedabad and naming it as "Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Labour Studies." $$$$
The
first Labour Laws Review Committee headed
by Justice D.A. Desai had in 1974, recommended
to have a full-fledged Institute for studies
in the field of Labour & Employment to
be set up at Ahmedabad. Apart from the recommendation
of the Labour Laws Review Committee, Government
had also felt the need for well organized
programmes - for research, training and development
to meet effectively the challenges in the
field of Industrial relation and employment.
A Scheme for the establishment of an Institute
of Labour Studies at Ahmedabad was accordingly,
submitted by the Commissioner of Labour in
June 1978. The Government had included it
in Sixth Five Year Plan of the Gujarat State.
The
Government orders were issued on 6th September,
1979 for setting up the Institute at Ahmedabad
and naming it as “Mahatma Gandhi Institute
of Labour Studies." Accordingly the Institute
was registered as a Society, under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 on 15th September,
1979 bearing registration No: GUJ/681/Ahmedabad
with the twin objective of promotion of harmonious
relations and providing social justice to
labour.
The Govt. of Gujarat had allotted land admeasuring
11,500 sq. mtrs. for the Institute on survey
No: 196 of Village Vastrapur, on the Drive-in-road,
Ahmedabad. Shri B.V. Doshi, a World famous
Architect of M/s. Stein Doshi & Bhalla,
Ahmedabad was appointed as the Architect for
the Building of the Institute. The foundation
stone laying ceremony of the Institute was
performed by Shri Babubhai J. Patel the then
Chief Minister of Gujarat State on 20th September,
1979. Initially, the Institute was housed
in a building in the Raj Bhavan Complex. After
the construction of the Institute’s
new building it was inaugurated by Shri Virendra
Patil, Union Minister for Labour & Rehabilitation
on 1st May, 1984. He complimented the Govt.
of Gujarat for having named this Institute
after Mahatma Gandhi. He also paid compliments
to the Engineer and Architect for having constructed
such a beautiful building.
