TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES MUMBAI M.A IN GLOBALISATION AND LABOUR 2017-19 Tata Institute of Social Sciences V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088 6 6 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 6 6 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 From The Director’s Desk 02 From The Dean’s Desk 03 From The Program Coordinator’s Desk 04 From The Faculty 05 About The Institute 06 INDEX Faculty of M.A. in GL 07 International Collaborations 09 National CSR Hub | LMRF 10 About the Course 11 Course Curriculum 13 Vaishvik & Vaishvik Lecture Series 15 Core Competencies 16 Class Profile 2017-19 18 Placement Committee 24 6 16 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, now in its 83rd year, continues to impact social policies, programmes and ground level action for the betterment of society. As a community-engaged University with campuses in Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad, the Institute's vision is to create socially relevant knowledge and transfer that knowledge through its various teaching programmes and field action projects. With over eight decades of experience, the Institute creates highly knowledgeable and skilled human service professionals FROM THE and empowers them to find sustainable solutions to DIRECTOR’S people's problems, social issues and social DESK transformation. The M.A in Globalisation and Labour programme, offered by the School of Management and Labour Studies, is a unique program developed by the International Labour Organisation, as a part of its Global labour University initiative. This programme trains students to develop specialised skill sets pertaining to the fields of Research, Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management, Skill Development, Capacity Building, and Corporate Social Responsibility along with an expertise in Capital and Labour Allocation and Optimisation. M.A. in Globalisation and Labour ensures a potent blend of academia and enriching fieldwork for its students, enabling them to handle every facet of the capital and labour markets, irrespective of its sectorial dominion. It gives me immense pleasure and pride to present the 2017−2019 batch of M.A. Globalisation and Labour students of TISS Mumbai through this Placement Brochure. I invite you to visit our campus, interact with our committed and sensitive students and discover their innovative ideas, commitment and enthusiasm in contributing and responding to the need of the hour. I am certain that our students will contribute immensely to your esteemed organisation, and become assets to you. Dr. Shalini Bharat Director 6 26 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 I am pleased to convey that a batch of talented young men and women are ready to take up the challenging responsibilities of the professional world. In 2017, the MA in Globalisation and Labour course completed a decade of dispensing high quality Policy and Labour Relations professionals to the industry. The course provides a framework to understand the diversity of experiences of globalisation and its impact on global social economy. The students of this course hail from diverse backgrounds such as technology, arts, science, business and law. This program has been meticulously designed to ensure that our students have an understanding of global economic and societal realities with theoretical context as well as analytical acumen. FROM THE DEAN’S DESK The unique competency of this learning stream is that it inculcates professionals who are versatile and sensitive to human diversity. While they have been well equipped to handle the analytics and content creation, they have been dealing with plural context of understanding human collectives, organisational lives and dynamics of livelihoods. As budding professionals they are an ensemble of creative initiation, collaboration and participatory design making. Prof. Sasmita Palo Dean, School of Management and Labour Studies 6 36 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 It is with pleasure that I present the profile of students of MA in Globalisation and Labour to the professional world. The faculty and staff of the School of Management and Labour Studies have worked relentlessly to transform these minds into well-rounded, thinking individuals; and skilled future leaders. We have ignited their minds towards critical thinking and reflections and prepared them to, achieve success and excel in their chosen domains. These students were exposed to highest academic rigor, critical pedagogies, academic integrity, and practical applications of theoretical knowledge through classroom discussions, seminars, conferences, block internships, field exposure and by working on case studies. We have taken them beyond the frontiers of the prescribed syllabi and FROM THE equipped them to face the toughest challenges in real CHAIRPERSON’S time professional worlds. They have also been DESK exposed to specially designed training programs to imbibe the integral values of respectfulness, dignity, integrity, honesty and hard work. I have no doubt that these well-groomed students will make a mark in the organisations that they choose to be a part of. I am positive that in the years to come, they will bring laurels to the companies they work for and to their alma mater. Dr. Varsha Ayyar Chairperson Centre for Labour Studies 6 46 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 M.A in Globalisation & Labour is an integral part of the visionary initiative of Global Labour University (GLU) promoted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and supported an academically administered by TISS. In the process of globalisation, the economy in particular and society in general, are transforming at an FROM THE incremental speed. The M.A. in G&L is aimed at providing new generation management competency to FACULTY address the forthcoming challenges in research, training and optimising the contribution of human resources in the development process at micro as well as macro level. The beneficiaries or the students of this program in TISS have developed the competency to justify the aim of the GLU. Prof. Sarat T. Sawant TISCO Chair Professor 6 56 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 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. The Institute has a NAAC accreditation rating of 3.89, the highest for any University in the Country. ABOUT THE Since its inception, the Vision of the TISS has been to be INSTITUTE 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 & 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. 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. 6 6 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 Dr. S Parasuraman Ex-Director & Professor, TISS Qualification - M.Sc. (Pune), C.P.S. (IIPS), D.P.D. (ISS,The Hague), Ph.D. (Mumbai) Prof Bino Paul G. D. Professor , Mumbai campus Dean - School of Management and Labour Studies Associate Dean - School of Research Methodology Qualification: M.A. (Calicut), M.Phil., Ph.D. (IIT, Mumbai) FACULTY OF M.A. IN GL Dr. Sharad T. Sawant TISCO Chair Professor M.A., Ph.D. (Mumbai) Dr Nandita Mondal Assistant Professor , Mumbai Campus Centre for Labour Studies , School of Management and Labour Studies Qualification: M.S.W. (Visva Bharati), Ph.D. (University of Mumbai) Dr Johnson A Minz Assistant Professor , Mumbai Campus Centre for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations , School of Management and Labour Studies Qualification: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (TISS) Dr Varsha Ayyar Assistant Professor , Mumbai Campus Centre for Labour Studies , School of Management and Labour Studies Qualification: M.A. (Shivaji), Ph.D. (Mumbai) 6 76 PlacementPlacement Brochure Brochure 2017-19 2017-19 Prof Samapti Guha Professor , Mumbai Campus Centre for Social Entrepreneurship , School of Management and Labour Studies Qualification: M.A. in Economics (University of Kalyani), U.G.C NET JRF., Ph.D. in Economics (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), Sir Ratan Tata Post Doctoral Fellow (London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K). FACULTY OF Dr. Unmesh Patnaik M.A. IN GL Associate Professor, Mumbai Campus Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies, Qualification: M.A. (Pune), M.Phil., Ph.D. (IIT, Mumbai) Dr Zubin R. Mulla Professor