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Annual Report 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT A Deemed University, established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ANNUAL REPORT TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Cover Design and Layout by MUKUND SAWANT ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 Tata Institute of Social Sciences Photographs Page 1: Jitender Gangan Page 2: Bharat Ahire Page 5: Jasmine D. Driver, Parsiana Page 6: National CSR Hub Team Page 9: Muthu Kumaran T. Page 10: Saksham Team Page 17: TISS Tuljapur Page 18: International Relations Office Page 20: TISS Guwahati Page 22: Top Row – TISS Guwahati; Middle Row – Sunny Lung Khan (L) and TISS Guwahati (R); Bottom Row – Saurav Mondal (L) and TISS Guwahati (R) Page 26: International Relations Office Page 29: Sunny Lung Khan Page 32; Sudha Ganapathi © Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2017 2016–2017 ANNUAL REPORT PRODUCTION TEAM Sudha Ganapathi, Vijender Singh and Gauri Galande Printed at India Printing Works, 42, G.D. Ambekar Marg, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031 Contents DIRECTOR’S REPORT: MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE NATION ............................................................................1 Knowledge and Skill Development ...............................................................................................................................................................2 Engagement with the State and Society .....................................................................................................................................................6 Reaching Out: Mental Health Interventions ............................................................................................................................................11 Building Capacity for Social Security of People in Our Neighbouring Nations .......................................................................... 13 Outreach through TISS Regional Centres ................................................................................................................................................14 Faculty and Academics ....................................................................................................................................................................................16 International Relations Office ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Students and Alumni ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Organisation Development and Management ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Financial Statement ..........................................................................................................................................................................................28 Convocation 2017 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Building on the Past and Looking Ahead ................................................................................................................................................. 30 TISS MUMBAI ............................................................................................................................................................33 Director, Director’s Office and Deputy Director ..................................................................................................................................... 34 School of Development Studies .................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies ................................................................................................................................................... 51 School of Education ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 School of Habitat Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................... 60 School of Health Systems Studies ............................................................................................................................................................... 65 School of Human Ecology ..............................................................................................................................................................................73 School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance ....................................................................................................................... 78 School of Management and Labour Studies ...........................................................................................................................................81 School of Media and Cultural Studies ........................................................................................................................................................86 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 TISS MUMBAI Contd. School of Research Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................... 92 Research and Development .......................................................................................................................................................................... 93 School of Social Work .......................................................................................................................................................................................97 School of Vocational Education .................................................................................................................................................................122 INDEPENDENT CENTRES ........................................................................................................................................125 Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research .....................................................................................................................126 Centre for Lifelong Learning .......................................................................................................................................................................130 Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education ........................................................................................................................................133 Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies ..............................................................................................................134 Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library ..............................................................................................................................................................137 TISS TULJAPUR OFF CAMPUS ..............................................................................................................................141 TISS GUWAHATI OFF CAMPUS .............................................................................................................................151 TISS HYDERABAD OFF CAMPUS ..........................................................................................................................157 CONVOCATION 2017 .............................................................................................................................................167 CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES ....................................................................................................................................191 MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE NATION How TISS Works to Build a Humane Society The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a unique public institution, an amalgam of entrepreneurial zeal, multi-stakeholder partnerships and social Prof. S. Parasuraman responsibility. The Institute was all this long before Director, TISS such terms became buzzwords. Like other universities, the Institute creates knowledge and develops skills of students to enable them to become successful professionals. Embedded in its curriculum is a special lesson, one that teaches compassion for the disadvantaged in a fast moving world in the pursuit of wealth creation and consumption. Therefore, the contribution of TISS goes far beyond the mandate of a conventional educational institution: from providing dedicated and trained professionals to innovative and policy-oriented research, from offering models of successful field interventions to contributing to the formulation of national policies and programmes, and much more. Over the years, the quiet perseverance of TISS graduates working on social issues have helped to strengthen the nation. TISS continued with its tradition of contributing towards making a difference to the nation in the 2016–2017 academic year. 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT The School of Management and Labour Studies (ii) The unique M.A. programme
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