Milestones
Building on excellance: Some TISS milestones
- 1936: The beginning of social work education in India. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust establishes the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work with 20 students. Dr. Clifford Manshardt is its first Director.;
- 1937: The Child Guidance Clinic, the Institute's first Field Action Project, is launched. It continues even today under the name of Muskaan: Centre for Child and Adolescent Guidance.
- 1940: The first issue of The Indian Journal of Social Work is published. It is the first journal of social work in South Asia.;
- 1944: The Institute's name changes to the "Tata Institute of Social Sciences". The late forties also mark a shift from a generic social work programme to specialised courses of study, equipping students to work with specific groups, sectors and settings.;
- 1948: In the aftermath of the Partition, the Institute sends a relief team of students and faculty to work in refugee camps. The tradition of responding to human needs and natural disasters by sending relief teams continues even today.;
- 1954: The Institute shifts to its new campus at Deonar, Mumbai. With its distinctive architecture, the campus is in consonance with the landscape, gradually transformed by intensive greening efforts.;
- 1964: The Institute is recognised as a Deemed University, primarily funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC). This new status facilitates infrastructure expansion necessary for promoting inter-disciplinary and applied research.
- 1967: In response to the increasingly complex and specialised needs of the industry, the social work specialisation in "Labour Welfare and Industrial Relations" develops into an independent Master's Degree programme in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.
- 1969: The first research unit of the Institute, the Unit for Child and Youth Research, is set up with support from the UNICEF. Subsequently, several other research units are set up in relevant areas, between 1970 and 1984.
- 1980: For the first time, evening programmes are initiated with two certificate programmes: in Hospital Administration and in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. These programmes later develop into Diploma Programmes.
- 1986: As part of the Golden Jubilee initiatives towards holistic and sustainable development, the idea of a Rural Campus is conceived. The Government of Maharashtra (GoM) donates 100 acres of barren land in Sindphal village (Tuljapur Taluka, Osmanabad District), for this purpose.
- 1988: Community action projects are initiated and linkages built with rural organisations. - The Institute is designated as a Curriculum Development Centre for Social Work Education by the UGC and submits a curriculum for under-graduate and post-graduate social work education in the country.
- 1993: Master's degree programmes in Health Administration and in Hospital Administration are initiated.
- 1999: The Mumbai campus expands with the inauguration of the Malti and Jal A.D. Naoroji Campus Annexe in the 11 acres of land gifted by Malti Naoroji.
- 2002: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council awards the Institute a 5-Star rating.
- 2004: The Bachelor's Degree programme in Social Work commences at the Institute's Rural Campus in Tuljapur.;
- 2005: Diplo2006:ma programmes in Sustainable Development commence in Ladakh and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- 2006: A landmark year for TISS - Academic restructuring of existing Departments and Units into 5 Schools and 4 Independent Centres is operationalised. Two new M.A. programmes are introduced: Development Studies and Education (Elementary). The M.A. in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations is renamed as M.A. in Human Resources Management and Labour Relations, with significant changes in its curriculum. The M.A. in Social Work and both the M.H.A. programmes also revamp their curriculum. A revamped integrated M.Phil-Ph.D programme is introduced. The Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management is inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India.;
- 2007: Three new Master's Degree programmes are initiated: Disaster Management, Globalisation and Labour, and Social Entrepreneurship. Two new Diploma programmes are initiated: Media and Cultural Studies, and Psychosocial Care and Support in Disaster Management. Centre for Studies in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy is inaugurated.;
- 2008: Three Master' Degree programmes " Disability Studies and Action, Media and Cultural Studies, and Public Health " and one Diploma programme in Gerontology are initiated.;
- 2009: Three Master's Degree Programmes- Habitat Policy and Practice, Women's Studies and Counselling- and two short term programmes in Community Organisation and Development Practice and in Rehabilitation Counselling are initiated.
