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.

The first lecture was delivered by Sri. J.R.D. Tata, the Chairman of Tata Steel, followed by Sri G.Ramanujam, former President of INTUC, Sri L.K.Jha, noted Economist, Dr.P.P.Narayan, former President-ICFTU, Sri S.K.Jain, former Director-ILO, Justice C.S.Dharmadhikari, Retd. Judge, Bombay High Court, Dr.V.Krishna Murthy, Chairman-Maruti Udyog Ltd, Sri Russi Mody former Chairman & Managing Director, Tata Steel, Sri R.Venkatraman, former President of India, Sri Ratan Tata, Chairman – Emeritus, Tata Steel, Sri Gopeshwar, former General Secretary-INTUC, Sri P.A.Sangma, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, Dr.J.J.Irani, former M.D. Tata Steel, Mr. R.P.Billimoria, Charman & MD, Billimoria Consusltant Pvt. Ltd., Fr. E.H. Mc Grath, Director, Human Life Centre, Balasore, Orissa, Dr.Karan Singh, Member of Rajya Sabha ,Prof.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former President of India, Mr B Muthuraman, Former M.D, Tata Steel, Mr Oscar Fernandes, Former Minister, Govt. of India, Mr S K Benjamin, Former President of TWU, Mr H M Nerurkar, Former M.D Tata Steel, Mr Sri Prakash Jaiswal, Former Minister, Govt of India and lastly Dr G Sanjeeva Reddy, President, INTUC.

The Twenty Fifth Michael John Memorial Lecture was delivered by Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Executive Chairman, Tata Sons on 31st October,2019 at 11 AM in the Michael John Auditorium of Tata Workers Union and he received the Michael John Memorial Gold Medal.

On the occasion a documentary film titled “ Union of Ideals – Tata Workers Union” on the hundred years journey of Tata Workers Union was premiered.

Mr T V Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel and Mr Rajendra Prasad Singh, General Secretary, INTUC were present during the function. Dr Jamshed J Irani, Former MD, Tata Steel, Dr T Mukherjee, Former Dy MD, Tata Steel, Mr Anand Sen, Former President, Tata Steel and other Retired Executives were also present. All Senior Executives of Tata Steel, Sister Concerns and other Companies were present.

Office Bearers of Tata Workers Union, all Union members and members of other Unions also attended the programme.

On the occasion a documentary film titled “ Union of Ideals – Tata Workers Union” on the hundred years journey of Tata Workers Union was premiered.

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.

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