-TISS continues to produce committed high quality human service professionals in a range of
social and human development sectors.
-curriculum strives to enable our students to understand the pulse of society and chart change
processes that create appropriate solutions to some of the most pressing issues of our times;
and become skilled social sector professionals capable of working with the Government,
Corporates, and Civil Society.
-Our aim has been to provide socially relevant education that feeds into government policies in
various public service sectors.
-A consistent effort is to develop the skills relevant in the new economy that can strengthen
government initiatives in the social sector.
-an intellectually vibrant, diverse, socially conscientious university.
-Our graduates work with industries, government ministries / departments, civil society bodies,
research settings, NGOs, and bilateral and multilateral organisations. Increasing number of our
graduates also join All India Civil Services.
-A key focus of our curriculum is the emphasis on fieldwork for students to gain experience in
the working world. Our post graduate teaching programs involve a strong field work component
that interfaces with classroom teaching; where students spend two days a week in concurrent
field work.
-And at the end of every semester, they do internships in industries, government department,
hospitals, schools, custodial and protection homes; in rural, tribal and urban contexts working
with people, institutions and processes.
-Through this combination of classroom teaching and fieldwork, students share and analyse
knowledge in discussions in the class rooms, meetings and conferences; and develop empathy
for the people they work with.
-TISS believes in and strives for a strong Nation State capable of ensuring dignified existence of
all people, particularly the poor, vulnerable, and marginalised sections of the population.
-TISS has consistently built important bridges between vulnerable communities and all branches
of the government to generate alignment on national development goals that secures the
welfare of all people.
-As an academic institution of high caliber, it is not aligned to any ideology; but in true academic
tradition, introduces all grand theories and perspectives to students.
-Students of the Institute come from diverse social, economic, geographical and cultural
backgrounds across the campuses.
-The Institute is a national asset
- its unique contribution to the nation through its teaching, research, field-action and outreach
services; to celebrate the humanism and respect that members of this multi-cultural university
community share with each other and those in the wider community.
-The Master of Arts (Human Resource Management & Labour Relations) (HRM & LR)
programme (formerly known as M.A. in Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations) is designed to develop students into professionally competent and socially
sensitive management graduates, fully equipped to take on the challenges.
-The programme explores the critical areas of contemporary human resources
management, in conjunction with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the
key functions of management
and business.
-The broad objectives of this M.A. programme:
-To sensitise students to the social, political, economic, and ecological
environments of the society;
-To enable students to become effective business leaders and decision-makers
to contribute to organisational effectiveness;
-To facilitate the use of systems thinking among the students to evolve
possibilities while addressing various personal and organisational challenges;
-to develop a global perspective among students to respond to global
challenges;
-to impart values of intellectual honesty, justice and fairness.
-The programme places importance on both theoretical and hands-on learning.
-classroom learning through participation in the forms of discussions and case studies,
presentations, simulation games, assignments, etc., emphasises conceptual clarity,
practical inputs are provided through the rigorous fieldwork system, which complements
the classroom inputs by throwing light on the practical dimension of the profession.
-The insights that emerge out of such an experience make students conceptually strong
and successful in practice of the profession.
-Students are also required to complete a dissertation on any topic of their choice.
- The small size of the batch, makes personal learning highly effective.
- Fieldwork is a continuous process, facilitate student’s exposure to varied industry
sectors
- students undertake internships with organisations for a period ranging from 6–8
weeks, which is seen as an opportunity for the student to learn significantly from, and
contribute meaningfully to organisations.
-The TISS HRM & LR post-graduates occupy positions of leadership across a wide
spectrum of industries and sectors including, IT/ITeS, banking and finance, telecom,
manufacturing, public sector, pharmaceutical, retail and management consultancy.
