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Motto in English | Re-Imagining Futures |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1936; 89 years ago (1936) |
| Founder | J. R. D. Tata |
| Chancellor | Dhirendra Pal Singh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Badri Narayan Tiwari |
Academic staff | 289[1] |
| Students | 4,115[1] |
| Undergraduates | 516[1] |
| Postgraduates | 2,371[1] |
| 1,228[1] | |
| Location | ,, 19°02′39″N72°54′45″E / 19.044257°N 72.912494°E /19.044257; 72.912494 |
| Campus | Urban, 21 acres (0.085 km2) (Main Campus and Naoroji Campus) |
| Acronym | TISS |
| Affiliations | UGC Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy[2] BRICS Universities League |
| Website | www www |
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Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campuspublic university inMumbai,India. Founded in 1936, it is Asia's oldest institute forprofessionalsocial work education.[3]
TISS's academic programs focus on the social sciences and offer post-graduate and doctoral degrees in Habitat Studies, Management and Labour Studies, Disaster Studies, Development Studies, Education, Gender Studies, Health Studies, Law, Media and Cultural Studies, Public Policy, Rural Development, and Social Work.
Since its inception TISS has had a focus on field action including responding to disasters such as thePartition of India,[4] theBhopal disaster[5], andUttarakhand floods.[6] Several TISS initiatives have shaped public policy in India, such as India'slabour welfare laws.[7] Notable organizations and personalities have been appreciative of TISS's social service work includingEleanor Roosevelt,[8]Jawaharlal Nehru,[8]Niels Bohr[9] and theUnited Nations,[4] among others.
TISS was founded by theSir Dorabji Tata Trust in 1936 in the thenBombay Presidency ofBritish India as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, the institute was officially renamed the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and, in 1964, theGovernment of India declared TISS adeemed university under Section 3 of theUniversity Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.[10]
In 1954, TISS moved to a permanent campus atDeonar, Mumbai (now known as the Main Campus), from the earlier campuses atNagpada and thenAndheri.[8] In 2001, the Deonar campus was expanded to include the Malti Jal and Jal A. D. Naoroji Campus Annexe, which are now commonly known as the New Campus. In 1986, TISS established a rural campus inTuljapur, Maharashtra, and two off-campuses inGuwahati andHyderabad in 2011. In addition to these campuses, TISS offers teaching, training, research, and development support from centres established across India including inLeh (Ladakh) andPort Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands).[11]
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences has a history of collaboration with institutions in India. The institute also has academic and research collaborations with other institutes and universities including theUniversity of Chicago,[12] theLondon School of Economics,[13]Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[14]Sciences Po,[15] and 12 universities under theErasmus Mundus program.[16]
London School of Economics and Political Science research collaboration, was launched at LSE in June 2007.[17] The programme is undertaken in two streams, namely, Social Sciences and Health.[18]
TISS was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work in Mumbai.[19] In 2014, TISS introduced the Secular Ethics for Higher Education credit course in Mumbai. The inauguration was attended by theDalai Lama, who was reported to have stated that, "Since women have been shown to be more sensitive to others’ suffering, their leadership may be more effective. His Holiness suggested it's time for men to withdraw and for women to step forward."[20]
TISS Hyderabad came into being with the approval of the Academic Council and Governing Board of TISS. The Registrations under the Societies Registrations Act and Public Trust Act of TISS Mumbai are valid for TISS Hyderabad as well. TISS Mumbai provides oversight in matters of admission, instruction, evaluation of TISS Hyderabad and confers TISS degrees. Currently, it operates from two campuses: one in Alimineti Madhava Reddy Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development (AMR-APARD) in Rajendranagar, and the other inRoda Mistry School of Social Work in Gachibowli.[21] At the invitation of theGovernment of Telangana, TISS is in the process of setting up a 100 acres campus in Kothur Mandal, Mahabubnagar district.[22][23]
TISS has four campuses in all, with Mumbai and Tuljapur in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Guwahati in Assam being the fourth.[24]
The institute has a governing board nominated by theGovernment of India,Government of Maharashta, theUniversity of Mumbai and theUniversity Grants Commission along with representatives from the institute faculty. The chairperson of the governing board has functions similar to that of the chancellor of a conventional university. The academic council decides matters of academic nature and comprises faculty drawn from the institute's 4 campuses and as well as 6 external experts.[25]
The Vice Chancellor of the institute acts as both the academic and administrative head. The current VC is Prof. Badri Narayan Tiwari.
The deputy director (equivalent to post of pro-vice-chancellor) is the academic head of the institute.[26]
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| NIRF (Overall) (2024)[27] | 98 |
| NIRF (Universities) (2024)[28] | 58 |
TheNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Tata Institute of Social Sciences 98th overall in India in 2024[27] and 58th among universities.[28]
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