The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS): History
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission act (UGC), 1956. Since its inception, the Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS): Vision & Mission
In pursuance of its vision
and guiding principles, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences organises
teaching programmes to facilitate the development of competent and committed
professionals for practice, research and teaching; undertakes research;
develops and disseminates knowledge; and reaches out to the larger community
through extension, at the local, national, regional and international levels.
Vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in higher
education that continually responds to changing social realities through the
development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred,
ecologically sustainable and just society that promotes and protects dignity,
equality, social justice and human rights for all. The TISS works towards its
vision through:
·
Creation and provision of
socially relevant and high quality professional education in a wide range of
inter-disciplinary areas of Social Sciences to a larger number of students from
all sections of the society in the country.
·
Facilitation of autonomous
research and dissemination of knowledge.
·
Support knowledge creation
through strong M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes and Post-Doctoral scholars.
·
Strategic extension, field
action and advocacy through training and capacity building of State and
non-State institutions and personnel.
·
Initiate field action and
advocacy to demonstrate and facilitate creation of policies and programmes.
· Professional response to natural and human-made disasters, through participation in relief and rehabilitation activities.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS): Achievements
The synergy between
teaching, research, field action and extension has enabled the TISS to continue
to shape planning, policy and programme formulation, foster critical
rethinking, and development of people-centred interventions.
·
The Special Cell for Women
and Children, a Field Action Project of TISS, completed 25 years of work in
2009 on ‘Violence Against Women’ as a programme/service located in the police
system. At present, 7 States have established Special Cells and efforts are on
to establish the Special Cells in the remaining States and Union Territories of
the country.
·
TISS is the Principal
Recipient of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in a
countrywide project for capacity-building of higher institutions of learning in
HIV/AIDS Counselling. Named Saksham, the project will conduct master training
programmes and help to build infrastructure to develop the capacities of 40
academic institutions all over the country, which, in turn, will provide
supportive supervision and training to 12,000 counsellors working in the
national HIV/AIDS counselling programme. The Global Fund has awarded Saksham an
A-1 rating.
·
As a part of post-tsunami
reconstruction in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the TISS has embarked on a
programme of capacity-building of local communities in sustainable development.
In collaboration with ANI Administration, TISS is in the process of setting up
Disaster Early Warning System and structures for Rural Knowledge Centres.
·
The TISS is recognised by
the World Health Organisation as a collaborating Centre for Health, Policy
Research and Training. The UNAIDS Centre for Behavioural Research on HIV/AIDS
is also located at TISS.
·
The TISS has been in
working with the GoM to design an Outcome Budget covering 12 key government
departments. This initiative is an attempt to link public expenditure to
definitive positive outcomes rather than mere outputs so as to establish the
relationship between financial allocation, actual expenditures, and eventual
outcomes of that expenditure.
·
The TISS won the inaugural
round of the Obama-Singh 21st Century award for research on leadership
development in higher education.
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Alongwith the International
Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, the TISS
established the Himalayan Universities Consortium of 25 universities from the
sub-continent, Afghanistan and China for teaching and research on mountain
development and climate change.
·
The TISS has established
collaborative research and student exchange programmes with over 25 universities
and consortiums in Africa, Asia, the United States and Europe.
·
The TISS has become a
partner in a Consortium of 12 European Universities and 8 Indian Universities.
This Consortium is led by Lund University, Sweden, and has received a grant of
9.6 million Euros for academic exchange under the Erasmus Mundus External
Cooperation Window India Lot 15. Under the Grant, TISS faculty members and
students will receive fellowships for teaching and research work in various
universities across Europe, and TISS will receive scholars and students from
European Universities.
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At the request of the
Mumbai High Court, in 2005, the TISS Tuljapur Campus undertook a study of
suicides in Maharashtra. The Report has been appreciated by the Court, both for
providing valuable insights into the rural livelihood crises and its policy
recommendations. A long-term action research project on agrarian crisis has
been initiated farmers
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The TISS continues to be
involved in critical research in diverse areas such as education and literacy,
family and children, s issues, HIV/AIDS, rural and urban development issues,
displacement, youth and human development, and the rights of Dalits, indigenous
peoples, minorities and other marginalised groups women
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS): Milestones
1936: The beginning of social work education in India. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust establishes the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work with 20 students. Dr. Clifford Manshardt is its first Director.The beginning of social work education in India. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust establishes the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work with 20 students.
1937:The Child Guidance Clinic, the s first Field Action Project, is
launched. Today, it is known as Muskaan: Centre for Child and Adolescent
Guidance.Institute
1940:Publication of The Indian Journal of Social Work, the first journal of social work in South Asia, begins. The journal is currently in its 72nd year of uninterrupted publication.
1944: The Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work is renamed as
the 'Tata Institute of Social Sciences'.
1948: In the aftermath of the Partition, the Institute sends a relief team of students and faculty to work in refugee camps. This tradition of responding to human needs and natural disasters by sending relief teams continues even today.
1954: The Institute shifts to a new campus at Deonar, Mumbai. Today,
this is the Main Campus of the Institute.
1964: The Institute is recognised as a Deemed University by the Government of India (GoI), and is primarily funded by the UGC.
1967: The social work specialisation in 'Labour Welfare and Industrial
Relations' develops into an independent Master's Degree programme in Personnel
Management and Industrial Relations.
1969: The Unit for Child and Research Youth - the first research unit of Institute theis set up with support from the UNICEF. Other research units are also set up in relevant areas, between 1970 and 1984.
1980: Evening certificate programmes are initiated in (i) Hospital
Administration, and (ii) Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. These
programmes later develop into Diploma Programmes.
1986: The idea of a Rural Campus is conceived. The Government of Maharashtra (GoM) donates 100 acres of land in Sindphal village (Tuljapur Taluka, Osmanabad District), for this purpose.
1988: The Institute is designated as a Curriculum Development Centre for
Social Work Education by the UGC.
1993: Master's degree programmes in Health Administration and in Hospital Administration are initiated.
1999: The Mumbai campus expands with the inauguration of the 11-acre
Malti and Jal A.D. Naoroji Campus Annexe.
2002: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awards a 5-Star rating to the Institute.
2004: A Bachelor's programme in Social Work commences at the TISS
Tuljapur Campus.
2005: Diploma programmes in Sustainable Development commence in Ladakh and in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
2006: A landmark year for TISS. (i) Academic restructuring of existing
Departments and Units into 5 Schools and 4 Independent Centres is
operationalised. (ii) Two new M.A. programmes are introduced: Development
Studies and Education (Elementary). (iii) The M.A. in Personnel Management and
Industrial Relations Programme is renamed as M.A. in Human Resources Management
and Labour Relations, with significant changes in its curriculum. (iv) The M.A.
in Social Work and both the M.H.A. programmes also revamp their curriculum. (v)
A revamped integrated M.Phil.-Ph.D. programme is introduced. (vi) The Jamsetji
Tata Centre for Disaster Management is inaugurated by the Prime Minister of
India.
2007: Three new Master's Degree programmes Disaster Management, Globalisation and Labour, and Social Entrepreneurship-and two new Diploma programmes Media and Cultural Studies, and Psychosocial Care and Support in Management Disasterare initiated. Centre for Studies in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy inaugurated.
2008: Three Master's programmes Degree-Disability Studies and Action,
Media and Cultural Studies, and Health Public-and one Diploma programme in
Gerontology are initiated. School of Habitat Studies established. Foundation
stone for establishment of TISS Hyderabad Campus laid.
2009: Three new Master's programmes Degree-Habitat Policy and Practice, Counselling, and Women's studies - and one Diploma programme in Counselling initiated. TISS Hyderabad Campus offers its first academic programme: Certificate in Decentralised Planning and Rural Development from February 2009. TISS Guwahati initiates a Diploma programme in Community Organisation and Development Practice from June 2009.
2010: Two new Master's programmes - Public Health in Health Policy,
Economics and Finance, and Social Work in Rural Development- initiated. NAAC
re-accredits the Institute with an 'A' Grade and a cumulative grade point of
3.88 out of 4.00, one of the highest scores awarded to universities accredited
this far.
2011: The Institute celebrates its Platinum Jubilee. The ambitious and path-breaking Transformation of M-Ward Project is initiated.
2012: The M.A. Social Work programme is restructured to be offered in 9 thematic areas. Five new Master's Programmes are initiated: Climate Change and Sustainability, and Library and Information Science (from TISS Mumbai); and Ecology, Environment Sustainable Development, Rural Development and Governance, and Social Work (from TISS Guwahati). 5-year Integrated B.A. Social Sciences and M.A. is introduced from the Guwahati, Hyderabad and Tuljapur Campuses.
2006-2014: The number of Master's programmes offered by TISS increased from 4 to the current 38; a revamped M.Phil.-Ph.D. programme was introduced, and several new Diploma and Certificate programmes as well. New TISS campuses in Guwahati and Hyderabad are established.
References:-
https://www.tiss.edu/
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