TRAINING PROGRAMMES

A glance at the range of training initiatives undertaken during 2004–2005 reveals the ability of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to straddle a vast canvas of social issues. The TISS believes in following a participative methodology, which is non-directive, dialogical and experiential in nature. While it is receptive to requests from the government and from national and international bodies, the claims of organisations at the community and grassroots levels, are considered equally significant.

The training programmes are constructed to impart knowledge and skills rooted in ground realities. Participants are encouraged to identify issues that confront them, and seek solutions which are most applicable to their own realities, which they can utilise once they return to their organisations or communities.

The TISS faculty have conducted training on Qualitative Research Methodology, Gender and Development, Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education, Hospital Management and Strategic Planning Exercises. The organisations that have benefited include educational bodies, NGOs and health institutions in the public and private sector. Some areas of key competence of the faculty include counselling, participatory training methodology, disability, organisational behaviour, voluntarism, human rights, communal harmony and peace building.

During 2004–2005, 118 programmes were organised by faculty at the Main Campus in Mumbai, while the Rural Campus organised 6 such programmes. The Institute has increased its international presence through the organisation of Summer and Winter Institutes on Care Support in HIV/AIDS, Rights of Children in Situations of Disaster, as well as hosted workshops on Child Participation. Research Methodology, as a theme for training, has been exemplified through international workshops on ‘Social and Behavioural Sciences Research in Reproductive Health’ and ‘Ethics of Social Science Research in Health.’ At the national level, themes such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development, Sensitivity Training for Personnel involved with Relief and Rehabilitation, Promotion of Human Rights and Protection of Dalit rights have reached out to personnel in the corporate as well as government sectors.

 

 

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