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.

Vision:

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:

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.

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 selection of candidates for different programmes happens in two stages and has three components of assessment. All candidates appear for the National entrance test (TISSNET). Based on the performance in the TISSNET examination, only shortlisted candidates are called for the Pre Interview Test and Personal Interview.(PIT/PI)

TISS Mumbai Admission Process

The institute offers admissions at diploma, postgraduate and doctoral levels. TISS Mumbai admissions are offered in the following branches: disaster management, law, hospital administration, development studies, library and information science, health care management, environmental studies, psychology, social work, human resource management, arts etc. Tata Institute of Social Science Mumbai courses offered for admissions are M.A., M.P.H., M.Lib.I.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D. etc. Admission to postgraduate and doctoral courses at TISS Mumbai is entirely entrance based while, for diploma courses, admissions are based on candidates performance in the interview. Last, candidates need to report to the respective campuses for document verification pay the course fees.

TISS Mumbai offers admission to its courses on the basis of entrance examination and merit basis. For TISS Mumbai admissions, candidates are required to appear for CUET UG for the UD courses while for the PG courses admission, students must appear for CUET PG. Students must take an RAT for PhD courses. Candidates are required to fulfil the admission criteria of the course. Candidates are required to meet the TISS Mumbai cutoff range to be eligible for further TISS Mumbai admission process. Candidates can apply for the TISS Mumbai course through the official website of the university. Candidates have to download and fill out the application form with the required information. Candidates have to submit the application form along with the application fees.

TISS Mumbai Application Process

Check TISS Mumbai eligibility criteria before applying for the course.
Apply from the official website of the institute.
Fill out the application form with the required information.
Select “TISS Mumbai” as their first preference for the college.
Attach the required documents and certificates with the application form.
Candidates have to submit the application form with the application fees.

Documents Required for TISS Mumbai Admission

Class 10th mark sheet and certificate
Class 12th mark sheet and certificate
Graduation mark sheet and certificate
Postgraduation mark sheet and certificate
Migration certificate
Transfer certificate
Character certificate
Caste certificate
Income certificate
Provisional Certificate
Entrance Examination Scorecard
Passport Size Photographs
Valid ID Proof
Students must ensure to keep all the mentioned documents ready before the commencement of the admission process to avoid any later rush.

TISS Mumbai Placements

TISS Mumbai has The Career Guidance and Placement Cell (CGPC) which conducts placement activities for the students on the campus. They invite different companies of various sectors to their campus to participate in the TISS Mumbai placement drive. The placement process of the company is conducted in online or offline mode depending on the preference of the recruiters. The career guidance and placement cell of the institute also provides internships to the students so that they get practical learning and get exposure to the corporate world. Candidates selected in the placement process will have to join the company on the date mentioned in the offer letter.

TISS Mumbai Placement Process
The Career Guidance and Placement Cell of the institute invites the companies for the pre-placement talk so that the students can clear their doubts regarding the company and the job profile.

The placement cell shares the resumes of the interested students with the company.

The placement cell then gives a time and date of the placement process to the company.

The company then conducts the placement process which includes preliminary test, group discussion, case study and interview.

The company shares the name of the students selected in the placement process with the TISS Mumbai placement cell.

Students selected are given an offer letter by the company including the joining details.

Students selected have to join the company on the date given in the offer letter.

Scholarships

The SC, ST, OBC (NC), PWD and Minority candidates intending to apply for admission in any campus of TISS are advised first to check with their respective state government authorities whether or not they are eligible for GoI-PMS, especially if their choice of TISS campus is located outside their state of domicile. In case a student is found ineligible for the scholarship, or his/her government does not give scholarship to those students admitted to university/institution located outside their domicile state, they have to make their own arrangements to meet not only their admission and other mandated fees, but also other fees such as hostel and dining hall charges.

Applying and securing GoI-PMS or any other government scholarship is primarily the responsibility of the concerned SC/ST/OBC/PWD category students.

The Secretariat of the SC/ST Cell and OPEM Cell facilitate all eligible SC/ST and OBC (NC) students in applying for various government scholarships and fellowships, particularly in matters related to verification and validation of the documents that they have to submit for the purpose, and submitting their application to the appropriate authority.

Student eligible for GoI-PMS is required to submit his/her duly filled in application form (either fresh or renewal) and forward it to the Scholarship Department of the concerned State government along with all necessary documents through the Secretariat of the Special Cell of the respective campuses of TISS, including Mumbai campus, on or before the specified date.
The filled in scholarship application along with necessary documents should reach the Secretariat of the Special Cell 15 days before the last date of submission of application.

In cases where a student fails to complete the GoI-PMS application process within the prescribed time limit OR his/her GoI-PMS application is rejected by the Central government or by the concerned state government for any reason, the said student will have to pay all the fees as applicable to any general category student. Under no circumstances will the Institute or any of its offices be responsible for missing deadlines, or not having correct information regarding procedures, etc., related to GoI-PMS. It is entirely the responsibility of the students to keep themselves updated about the information pertaining the PMS given out by the government concerned.

The students are expected to follow up either personally or through their parents/guardians with the concerned scholarship departments at the district/state level for the timely release of the scholarship grants to the Institute. In specific cases, the Cells will assist the follow up as and when required.

The GoI-PMS students are required to submit a copy of their updated bank passbook before the 2nd/4th/6th Semester Examination (in the month of March/April) to confirm whether or not the student has received the scholarship grant due for the year.

Matric scholarship:

Although there are specific criteria for each scholarship/fellowship available, there are also common criteria applicable to almost all scholarships. These include the following:

At the time of applying for the scholarship, the applicant must be a bonafied/registered student in any one of the TISS campuses.
The student must be belonging to either SC or ST or OBC (NC) category, with a valid certificate for the same.
At the time of applying for the GoI-PMS, the annual income of the SC/ST student (if employed) and his/her parents for the immediate previous financial year should be within the prescribed income limit (refer Table A).
The scholarship applicant, SC/ST/OBC(NC)/PWD, must submit a valid income certificate issued for the immediate previous Financial Year by the competent authority.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Infrastructure and Facilities

Auditorium.
Badminton Court.
Basketball Court.
Hospital / Medical Facilities.
Indoor Gymnasium.
Library.
Recreation Room.
Seminar Halls.