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BALASUBRAMANIAM FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING Realizing the value of education and training in making CBOO more effective, the Executive Committee set up a formal Education & Training Wing in January 1984. It was inaugurated in Mangalore by L.V. Subramaniam, Secretary- General of the then AICOBOO. ETW was continuously engaged in organizing training programmes for the functionaries and activists in trade union management, communication and defence in disciplinary proceedings. It regularly brought out guides and manuals for the benefit of promotion aspirants and provided coaching classes for promotion.
BFET activities are today in the following areas: 1. Training in trade union management to new functionaries and activists 2. Study classes, mock interviews and study materials for promotion aspirants 3. Bringing out books on service conditions. The Secretary, who is nominated by the Executive Committee, looks after BFET’s work. Currently Mr. Sabu G Chelapaden is the Secretary. Balasubramaniam Memorial Lecture As part of its non-bargaining activities CBOO organizes Balasubramaniam Memorial Lectures every year around June/July. It is to commemorate N.Balasubramaniam, a former President of CBOO. More importantly through the Lectures, CBOO attempts to focus the attention on matters of relevance to trade unions like H.R.Management, I R and Bank’s working. Started in 1996, the Lecture is a regular feature of CBOO’s activities. Between 1996 till 2004 the following eminent persons gave lectures on relevant issues. Often the speeches or gist thereof are published in Officers’ Voice.
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