TISS Mumbai


TISS was established in 1936 as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work in Mumbai. It was renamed to its current name Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 1944. TISS Mumbai is the main campus of the TISS. In the year 1964, it was deemed to be a university under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. TISS Mumbai provides various M.A., M.Phil & Ph.D programs. Over the years, TISS Mumbai is well known for its contribution through research in social work, social sciences, human resources management & health systems.

Schools

TISS Mumbai hosts the following Schools

Independent Centres

  • Centre for Education Innovation and Action Research
  • Centre for Excellence on Adolescents and Youth
  • Centre for Lifelong Learning
  • Centre for Studies in Sociology of Education
  • Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies
  • Centre for Library and Information Management Science & SDTM Library
  • Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management

Resource Centres

  • Computer Centre
  • Publications Unit

Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library

The library established in 1936, is one of the leading social science libraries in the country. The library was named as "Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library" on 3 May 2002 in the memory of late Sir Dorabjii Tata. Indian Library Association conferred the library with L. M. Padhya Best University Library Award in 2008.
Currently, the library houses about 123,000 books and 10,298 journals in principle domains of social sciences. The library also operates a centre with assistive technologies "M K Tata Centre for the Visually Challenged".

Major Ongoing Field Action Projects

  • M-Ward transformation programme
  • I-Access
  • Koshish
  • Prayaas
  • Towards Advocacy Networking and Developmental Action
  • RCI-VAW: The Resource Centre for Interventions on Violence against Women
  • Tarasha: A community-based project for rehabilitation of women recovering from mental illness
  • iCALL: Initiating Concern for All
  • Urban India Research Facility'
  • Resource Cell for Juvenile Justice