Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Motto in English
Re-Imagining Futures
TypePublic university
Established1936; 88 years ago (1936)
FounderJ. R. D. Tata
ChancellorDhirendra Pal Singh
Vice-ChancellorManoj Kumar Tiwari
Academic staff
289[1]
Students4,115[1]
Undergraduates516[1]
Postgraduates2,371[1]
1,228[1]
Location
Mumbai
,
Maharashtra
,
India

19°02′39″N 72°54′45″E / 19.044257°N 72.912494°E / 19.044257; 72.912494
CampusUrban, 21 acres (0.085 km2) (Main Campus and Naoroji Campus)
AcronymTISS
AffiliationsUGC
Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy[2]
BRICS Universities League
Websitewww.tiss.edu
www.campus.tiss.edu

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campus public university in Mumbai, India. It is Asia's oldest institute for professional social work education and was founded in 1936 in the then Bombay Presidency of British India as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.[3] In 1944, the institute was officially renamed the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and in 1964, the Government of India declared TISS a deemed university under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.[4]

In 1954, TISS moved to a permanent campus at Deonar, Mumbai (now known as the Main Campus), from the earlier campuses at Nagpada and then Andheri.[5] 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. TISS, in 1986, established a rural campus in Tuljapur, Maharashtra and two off-campuses in Guwahati and Hyderabad in 2011. In addition to these campuses, TISS offers teaching, training, research, and development support from centres established across India including in Leh, Ladakh and Port Blair, the Andaman and Nicobar.[6]

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 the Partition of India,[7] the Bhopal disaster[8] and Uttarakhand floods.[9] Several TISS initiatives have shaped public policy in India, such as India's labour welfare laws.[10] Notable organizations and personalities have been appreciative of TISS's social service work including Eleanor Roosevelt,[5] Jawaharlal Nehru,[5] Niels Bohr[11] and the United Nations,[7] among others.

  1. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2020" (PDF). Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Home". McDonnell International Scholars Academy. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "International Social Work: Education". Encyclopedia of Social Work. NASW Press and Oxford University Press. 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ Directorate of Printing, Government of India (8 September 1967). "Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1967, No. 916" – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b c "A Period Of Consolidation - TISStory". Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ download.tiss.edu/Left_bottom/NAAC/TISS_SSR_Volume_I_August2015.pdf
  7. ^ a b "75 Years Of Response to Disasters - TISStory". Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ^ Singh, Mahim Pratap (16 June 2010). "Mystery surrounds TISS survey findings on Bhopal gas tragedy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ Sethi, Neha (24 August 2013). "TISS comes up with a rehab plan for Uttarakhand". livemint.com/. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  10. ^ Tata.com. "Tata Institute of Social Sciences via @tatacompanies". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Bohr: When physicist Bohr put a burning pipe in pocket | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.