Students’ Union
Every student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences is a member of the Students’ Union. The Union organises a varied programme of activities including lectures, debates, sports and social events. Members of the Union are represented on the Students’ Aid Committee and the Dining Hall Committee, along with the faculty of TISS.
In the aftermath of the tsunami, the Students’ Union actively participated in facilitating student coordination for tsunami-related efforts.
Students’ Union Executive Committee, 2007-2008
| VICTOR NARZARY | President |
| PINDIGA AMBEDKAR | Vice-President |
| AL FURQAN SHAH KHAN | General Secretary |
| YACOUB Z KURUVILLA | Treasurer |
| S. LARRY KUPAR RYMBAI | Sports Secretary |
| SUBHAHISH CHAKRABARTY | Literary Secretary |
| YAGNA NAG CHOWDHURI | Cultural Secretary |
Social Work Students’ Forum
The Social Work Students body on campus strives to provide an enhanced learning experience to all by transcending academic knowledge into field realities...(read more)
PM&IR Students’ Forum
The PM&IR Students’ Forum is the students’ body of the Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. The Forum is committed to the cause of knowledge dissemination of students through industry interfacing and students’ activities.
Seminars Organised by Students
Sameeksha
Sameeksha is the annual seminar organised by the Master’s students of Social Work. The seminar is organised around a theme and students from other universities and academic institutions around the country participate in it. Some of the recent themes for Sameeksha have been:
Manthan
Manthan is the annual seminar of the Master’s programme of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. The seminar provides a meaningful and constructive interaction between the academia and the industry. HR managers from the industry, academicians and students from all over the country participate in Manthan. Also organised around a theme, some recent themes for Manthan have been:
Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance is the annual seminar of the Master’s students of the Health Administration and Hospital Administration programmes. Experts in the areas of health administration and hospital administration are invited to address the various issues related to the theme of the Seminar. The job placement brochure of the MHA (Health and Hospital) is released at the Seminar. Some of the recent themes of ‘Clairvoyance’ have been:
Job Placements
Every Master’s Degree programme has its own job placement cell. These placement cells organise invite interested organisations to conduct campus recruitment.
Some prominent recruiters of the M.A. Social Work students batch of 2003-2005 were:
The prominent recruiters for the 2003-2005 batch of M.A. PM&IR students were:
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Cell
The Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Cell was set up in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences to promote the special interests of students in the reserved category with financial assistance from the University Grants Commission. Since its inception, the Cell has been providing special inputs in areas where the students experience difficulties.
The Cell conducts regular remedial coaching classes on life skills, personality development, writing assignments and making presentations, as well as Hindi and Marathi language classes. The Cel also organizes interactive sessions and informal meetings with students to attend to their personal, social and academic problems.
A Manual has been prepared in order to guide the students to optimally utilise the benefits of the schemes offered by the Government of India and the University Grants Commission.
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