What: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) invites applications for admission to the following Post-Graduate Degree Programmes 2009-2011 session:

• Social Work
• Human Resources Management & Labour Relations
• Health Administration
• Hospital Administration
• Education (Elementary) 
• Development Studies 
• Disaster Management
• Globalisation and Labour
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Disability Studies and Action
• Media and Cultural Studies
• Public Health
• Counseling
• Women's Studies

Eligibility
A Bachelor's Degree of a minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognized university in any discipline with minimum aggregate marks of 50% (40% for SCs and STs).

Candidates pursuing and completing their final year degree exams by June 20, 2009 (except M.A. in Education (Elementary)) are also eligible to apply, provided they have no backlog in the previous years exams at the time of submission of application.

For M.A. in Education (Elementary) the date for completion of requirements is May 16, 2009. However, for programmes Health Administration, Hospital Administration, Public Health only candidates having completed graduation can apply. Medical students doing their internship should complete it by June 20, 2009.

How to apply?
Candidates can apply for not more than three programmes. The Application Form and Information Brochure can be obtained:

~ Online

~ By downloading it from our website www.tiss.edu  

~ By sending a request letter with DD for Rs 1,000/- if applied for a single programme and for multiple programmes, Rs 750/- per additional programme. The DD should be drawn in favour of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, payable at Mumbai, and also

~ By collecting it from Cash Counter (Accounts Section) of TISS between 10 am and 3 pm on Cash payment.

Unemployed SC/ST candidates whose parents' income not exceeding Rs 1 lakh during 2007-08 can get the application free of cost through any one of the above four means by submitting copies of Caste & Income Certificates.

Deputed Candidates: Officers deputed by the Central and State Governments and autonomous organizations for studying any of the above programmes will have to submit their applications through proper channel and they will have to appear for test and interview along with other candidates. Officials / teachers and Resource Persons applying for the MA in Education (Elementary) Programme will be selected through a suitable screening process comprising documentary evidence of interest and motivation for the programme or an interview.

Test centres
Ahmedabad [Images], Bengaluru [Images], Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi [Images], Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur [Images], Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Ranchi and Srinagar [Images].

Institute reserves the right to change the Centres.

Important dates
Last date of submission of Forms: October 24, 2008
Date of Entrance Test : December 14, 2008

Contact
TISS
VN Purav Marg,
Deonar,
Mumbai-400088
Phone: (022) 25525264 / 65 / 62, 9223388898 / 9223214955.
Email: pgadmissions@tiss.edu  
Website: www.tiss.edu