Annual Report 2019-2020 Tata Institute of Social Sciences ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 Tata Institute of Social Sciences © Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2020 2019–2020 ANNUAL REPORT PRODUCTION TEAM Publications Unit: Sudha Ganapathi, Vijender Singh and Gauri Galande TISS acknowledges, with thanks, the photographers of all images included in this Annual Report ii Annual Report 2019–2020 Contents DIRECTOR’S REPORT 2019-2020 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Armaity S. Desai .......................................................................................................................................................................................1 Institutional Rankings ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 TISS Response to COVID-19 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 New Academic Programmes .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 New Collaborations and Partnerships .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Internationalisation and Customised Short Term Study in India .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Engagement with State, Society and the Industry ...............................................................................................................................................................................................7 Awards, Fellowships and Recognition .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Faculty and Academics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Students ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Organisation Development & Management ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Convocation 2020 .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 To Conclude… ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 TISS MUMBAI ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Director and Deputy Director .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 School of Development Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Annual Report 2019–2020 iii Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 School of Education ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 School of Habitat Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 66 School of Health Systems Studies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 76 School of Human Ecology ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance .................................................................................................................................................................................... 93 School of Management and Labour Studies ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 97 School of Media and Cultural Studies ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................108 Research and Development .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................115 School of Research Methodology ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................125 School of Social Work ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126 INDEPENDENT CENTRES .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158 Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research ..................................................................................................................................................................................159 Centre for Lifelong Learning ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................169 Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education .....................................................................................................................................................................................................170 Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy ..............................................................................................................................................................................172 Centre for Development Practice and Research, Patna ..................................................................................................................................................................................175 Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................181 TISS TULJAPUR OFF CAMPUS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................185 iv Annual Report 2019–2020 TISS GUWAHATI OFF CAMPUS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................195