Central Board for Workers’ Education renamed as Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development
The government has renamed Central Board for Workers’ Education as
“Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and
Development”.
About Dattopant Thengadi:
Born on 10th November, 1920 Shri Dattopant Thengadi devoted entire
his life for the upliftment of the poor people and promotion of social harmony
in the country.
- He was a great thinker, intellectual and efficient organizer, a towering personality in the Labour Movement in India and founder of many national level social organizations.
- Dattopant Thengadi contributed very immensely for the economic growth of the county and was a well-known trade unionist of national repute.
About the board:
The Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and
Development having national network is a Central Autonomous
Body, under Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
- It is engaged in generating awareness about various subjects relating to labour, industry, nation and other socio-economic issues, besides Government’s schemes amongst both organized and unorganized/ rural sector workers for the last 59 years in the country.
- It has been working since 1958 with its network of 50 Regional Directorates, 9 Sub Regional Directorates, 6 Zonal Directorates.
- The Headquarter is situated at Nagpur. It also has an Apex National Training Institute i.e. Indian Institute of Workers’ education at Mumbai.
