Surendra Pratap

Translator, Researcher and Auditor

New Delhi, India

Education

Masters Degree in Economics, 2000; BR Ambedkar University, Agra, India

Masters Degree in Environmental Sciences, 1987; GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India

LLB (Bachelor of Laws), 1995; Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh, India

Bachelor of Science, Zoology, Forestry, 1984: Kumaon University, Nainital, India

Experience    

1. Translation, Transcription, Editing and Copywriting 

I am engaged in translation and transcription work for more than a year (freelance)

I worked as Sub Editor in a Hindi daily-Dainik Jagaran for about 4 years (2002-2006).

I have been engaged in writing pamphlets and slogans for NGOs and people’s movements (freelance)

I wrote as well as edited many research papers for books mainly published by AMRC

I am engaged as reviewer  in Journal of Labor and Society and Journal of Contemporary Asia, and reviewed some papers from time to time for both journals

2. Research

I have been working as researcher for more than 10 years

My research is focused on political economy of labour, Industrial relations and social exclusion

I have researched both formal and informal sectors

I have written 2 books

I have published more than 25 research papers in national and international journals

3. Training and Capacity Building

I have been engaged in training and capacity building for almost 10 years

More focused on Training and capacity building programs for labour NGOs and people’s movement groups

Focus areas:  Organizing the unorganized, social security, Business and Human Rights and various ILO standards

4. Social Audits

I have been working as member of Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) Audit team for about 10 years

I have also been working as FWF complaint handler, receiving the complaint from workers and facilitating remediation

I have audited more than 50 factories

5. Some of my Publications

1. Emerging Trends in Factory Asia; https://www.amrc.org.hk/content/emerging-trends-factory-asia-international-capital-mobility-global-value-chains-and-labour

2. Worker Cooperative in India;  https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811303838

3. Liberalisation in India: Does it Resolve or Aggravate Employment Problems?; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472336.2018.1545916?forwardService=showFullText&tokenAccess=xw58D4fpEG4FyKg9zPun&tokenDomain=eprints&doi=10.1080%2F00472336.2018.1545916&doi=10.1080%2F00472336.2018.1545916&journalCode=rjoc20

4. India’s Informal Sector: Demystifying a Problematic Concept, https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12232