Functions

• Late Narayan Meghaji Lokhande Maharashtra Institute of Labour Studies is an independent department under Labour Department. It has its regional office at Nagpur.
• Master’s Degree in Labour Studies (MLS) At Mumbai and Nagpur Institute conducts Master of Labour Studies, two year post graduate programme of Mumbai and Nagpur University respectively.
• Diploma for Trade Union Activists (Dip.T.U.& I.R.) Trade Unionism and Industrial Relations 9-months full time course. The Institute conducts a 9 months full –time Diploma in Trade Unionism and Industrial Relations for the Trade Union Activists. This is a multi-disciplinary course covering different areas of economics, industrial relations, laws, organizational behaviour, industrial sociology, trade unionism etc. It provides necessary inputs for developing trade union functionaries at the Middle level.
• Permanent Centre for Ph.D. in Labour Studies of University of Mumbai The Universiry of Mumbai has sanctioned permanent Centre for Ph.D. In Labour Studies. The Centre will take up the relevant issues for research so that they will be helpful for future Labour Policy making. In the past also, the Institute had taken up the issues pertaining to labour problems in Maharashtra.
• The Centre for Rural Labour Studies : It provides Leadership Training for Social Activists and Sensitive Rural Leadership about issues of common concerned more specifically in relations to the local resources awareness and utilization. The focus of the economic leadership training programme is on self-help groups so as to encourage formation of such groups specifically in relation to utilization of locally available resources.
• Training of Commissioner of Labour Machinery Institute conducts training for Commissioner of Labour Machinery, Officers and Employees from time to time.
• V. V. Giri National Labour Institute of Government of India has tie-up with the Institute and various training programmes are organized from time to time in collaboration with the V. V. Giri National Labour Institute for various stakeholders.
• Institute has Regional branch at Nagpur where Master’s Degree in Labour Studies (MLS) two years, full time post graduate course is affiliated to Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj University at Nagpur.