GOPESHWAR, SHRI, B.A., [Congress (I)—Bihar, Jamshedpur, 1984]  s. of late Shri Sribhusan Das; b. at Rampur Village, Saharsa District, December 21, 1921; ed. at Patna University; m. Smt. Sushila Devi, May 31, 1940; 2 d.; Trade Unionist and Social Worker; took part in Student Movement in 1940, Freedom Movement in 1942 and joined Labour Movement in 1949; Principal, Model Institute, Bhagalpur, 1948-49; Director, (i) Indian Iron & Steel Company, 1972-84, (ii) Mazdoor Papers Ltd., 1975-84, (iii) Steel Authority of India Ltd., 1976-84, (iv) Punjab National Bank, 1981-84, (v) General Insurance Corporation, 1984; Member, (i) Bihar Central Labour Advisory Board, 1950-54 and 1974-76, (ii) Central Wage Board for Steel Industry, 1962-65, (iii) Central Board for Provident Fund Trustees, 1963-64, (iv) Central Board for Workers’ Education, 1974 -75, (v) Iron Ore Mines Labour Welfare Organisation, 1967-74; awarded Sir Jahangir Chandy Medal for Industrial Peace in 1985; was Editor, “Azad Hind”, Bihar and “Lok Sevak”, Karmi; Joint-Editor, “Mines and Metal Workers”, presently, Secretary (i) Indian National Trade Union Congress and (ii) Michael John Centre of Industrial Relations; General Secretary, (i) Indian National Metal Workers Federation, (ii) THLCO Workers’ Union, Jumshedpur, (iii) Asansol Iron & Steel Workers’ Union, Burnpur, (Bengal); President, (i) Tube Company Workers’ Union, (ii)  Tinplate Workers’ Union, Jameshedpur, (iii) Gua Mines Workers’ Union, (iv) Hindustan  Steel Workers’ Union Durgapur; Chairman, (i) Institute of  Labour  Studies, (ii) Bari Vidyalaya, (iii) Public Sector Committee INTUC; (iv) International Relations Committee, INTUC; Vice-President, (i) International Confederation of Free Trade Union (ICFTU), (iii) ICFTU Asian Pacific Regional Organisation (ICFTU-APRO), (iii) Bihar, INTUC, (iv) Metal Workers Trade Union College; Member, (i) National Joint Committee for Iron and Steel Industry since 1967, (ii) Joint Forum, HSCL Industrial Committee on Heavy Engineering Industry, (iii) Central Committee, International Metal Workers’ Federation (IMF), (iv) INTUC Trust, (v) Foundation for Organisational Research, Delhi (FOR), (vi) Central Institute of Workers’ Education, Delhi, (vii) Institute for Mines and Metal Workers’ Education, Calcutta; was workers’ representative at (i) ILO Steel Committee, 1954, 1964, 1969, (ii) Inter-national Labour Conference (ILO), 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, (iii) International Metal Workers’ Congress (IMF) 1972, 1978, 1981, (iv) Central Committee, IMF since 1968, (v) Indian Workers’ Delegation to U.S.S.R., China, U.S.A., Japan, Singapore, South Korea and several European countries.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading, music and travelling.

Special interest:  Rural development and labour welfare.

Travels abroad:  U.S.S.R., China, U.S.A., Japan, and all European countries.

Permanent address:  37-K Road, Jamshedpur-831 001.