Field action projects and research initiatives that connect TISS's academic work to communities across India.
54 projects
An absence of support beyond emergency health care and one time ex-gratia, in the context of mass emergency events, led to this field action project. The project emerged from the TISS - TPSWT response to 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack 2008 …
Inclusive Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction Programme in Bhiwandi
Terror attacks and bomb blasts have increased over the last few decades. Mumbai has been wounded, scared and singed frequently since the 1990s. Coordinated support services beyond emergency care is absent. And for those affected, the incident is just a …
Sponser: NITI Aayog, Govt of India and DC’s Office, Chatra, Jharkhand.
As part of the project, TISS will be working in collaboration with CG-SCERT and Samagra Shiksha to strengthen teacher professional institutions as well as teachers. Acknowledging the present strengths of the state of Chhattisgarh and its strive towards developing a …
In this project we are leveraging existing partnerships and past work in Mizoram as a launch pad for Connected Learning Initiative 3.0: Mizoram - Support Unit for Integration of Technology in Education (MZ-SUITE). We were and are the only technology …
The Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx), is a collaborative project working to strengthen the ecosystem for quality in education in India. CLIx is a multi-state, multi-partner initiative seeded by the Tata Trusts , and led in phase 1(2015-2020) by the Tata …
As an Institute that holds the legacy of many firsts and a strong belief in working with the marginalized and vulnerable sections, it is only fitting that we encourage our students to work on issues that involve taking the road …
Sponser: Department of School Education, Government of Karnataka
The partnership aims to provide support to Government of Telangana and other development partners in planning, implementation and monitoring of Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Social and Behaviors Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for COVID-19 specific and other sensit
Research, Documentation, Advocacy, Grievance Redressal Mechanisms, Organising Public Meetings/Consultations/Meetings
The project was established in 2016 with the objectives to be a hub for sharing existing knowledge on poverty and poverty action, and generate new knowledge by conducting primary research as well as experience of the change makers, Create a …
The 'I-Access rights mission' is a Field Action Project initiative that enables accessibility & inclusion of students with disability in higher education. Initiated by the Center for Disability Studies & Action (CDSA) at TISS in 2013, the project seeks to …
iCALL – Initiating Concern for All – is a mental health project started in 2012 by the School of Human Ecology, TISS Mumbai. It provides professional and free counselling by telephone, email and chat to anyone in need of emotional …
Previous: Karjat taluka, Raigad District; Current: Vashi Naka, M-Ward Mumbai Explore
Sponser: Tata Trusts & Rukmani Gopalan Gitanjali Krishnan Trust
to do village level rapid initial assessment, planning for longterm intervention & participate in response work
Sponser: Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, Tata Education Trust, Individual Supporters.
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Sponser: Rajya Shiksha Kendra (RSK), Madhya Pradesh and Central Square Foundation (CSF)
To create a forum of voluntary organisations, academicians, media and government for effective DRR in the state ACADEMICS Schools & Centres Teaching Programmes Students Faculty & Staff CDOE Library Office for International affairs NAD link NAD registration INFORMATION NIRF RTI …
The project was established in 2016 with the objective of Support underprivileged children and youth in education and employment through creating support network, training and capacity building. The main programmes are done under this project are: Creating local networks of …
The Child Guidance Clinic of TISS, (now known as Muskaan) was established in 1937 to offer clinical services to children with emotional and behavioural problems.
Mpower centre at Govandi (W), M ward, is provided with fifteen laptops and a server connected over LAN to run CLIx learning lab with an objective to offer modern day digital skills as a life skills enabler to lead a …
Promotion of national and emotional integration through voluntary service on Gandhian lines and to conduct activities and programmes for the welfare and all round development of the people of Nagaland and the North East India.
TISS has taken up the challenge to demonstrate models on skilling people with varying educational qualifications (including illiterates whose skills have been rendered redundant in the new economic context). The Institute believes that the current framework that differentiates education (offered …
Sponser: Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), MHRD, Govt of India The support extended to TISS under the School of Education component of the PMMMNMTT is expected to enable the Institute contribute to strengthening teacher …
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Integrated Rural health and development project (IRHDP) has been functional since 1986 in the village of Aghai , situated in Shahapur Taluk. Till date this project has taken various steps at various levels for the development of the ‘Adhivasis’ or …
Sponser: The Tata Trusts, The Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, Tata Motors, HT Parekh Foundation, Shri Balaji Foundation, Individuals and Corporates
On August 24th 2010, Mumbai Mirror reported cases of deaths, severe malnutrition, unhygienic living conditions and physical and sexual abuse of mentally challenged orphaned children at an orphanage in Thane. This news report was taken as a suo moto PIL …
Rahbar (guide or companion in Urdu) was established in 2019 under the aegis of the School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences as a platform for promoting training and supervision for mental health practice in India.
The Resource Centre for Interventions on Violence Against Women (RCI-VAW) was established in 2008 under the Centre for Equity for Women, Children, and Families at the School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. The Centre emerged …
Maharashtra ( Pune, Thane, Yavatmal, Latur and Nagpur) Explore
Sponser: Foundation for Ecological Security, OXFAM India, FLEX India, Forest Department, Maharashtra , National Human Rights Commission, Rights & Resources Initiative, TISS Research Council
Sponser: Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of Telangana
"Saksham" which means augmenting capabilities, is a flagship initiative of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) since 2008 to support the Ministry of Health and …
The School Initiatives for Mental Health Advocacy (SIMHA) was launched on April 07th, 2017 to promote the well-being of young people in educational systems.
To experiment and demonstrate the impact of social determinants of health on the health status of the urban poor
Sponser: Department. of Women and Child Development, Govt of Maharashtra
Sponser: Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of Telangana
Bandra Family Court, Thane Family Court, District and Sessions Court, Kalyan, District Legal Services Authority, Bandra, and Mumbai High Court Explore
Sponser: Tata Motors, Bombay Community Public Trust, Tata Trust, Sarvajanic Seva Trust Towards Advocacy Networking and Developmetal Action (TANDA) started as a field action project (FAP) in year 2011. This FAP is based on nearly two years of student fieldwork …
“Recovery is a process, a way of life, an attitude, and a way of approaching the day’s challenges. It is not a perfectly linear process. At times our course is erratic and we falter, slide back, regroup and start again …
Technology Based School Interventions (TBSI) in Assam seeks to provide opportunity to middle and secondary school students in government schools to deepen and authenticate their learning at school by creating projects using technology, apart from improving their communicative English and …
The Telangana IFP OER Curation project aims to leverage pedagogical affordances of Interactive Flat Panel(IFP) devices in the classrooms to enhance the quality of interactions, inclusivity and overall pedagogy in the schools. To achieve this, digital Open Educational Resources (OER) …
The Criminal Justice Fellowship program was set up in April 2015 for four years, i.e. 2015-2019. ( https://tiss.edu/view/11/projects/all-projects/criminal-justice-fellowship-program/ ) whereby 35 graduates from Social Work and Law Programs were supported through a two-year period in 3 cohorts, to in
TISS Naoroji Campus, Mumbai; Community Legal Clinic at Sai Shakti Chawl, Mankhurd(west) Explore
The project was established in 2015 to facilitate field interventions in challenging contexts by mentoring and supporting young social work professionals. The project is implemented in Dantewada, Kushinagar, Sanand, and Mumbai.
The M-East ward, one of the twenty four administrative divisions of Mumbai and home to over 8,07,720 (Census 2011) residents, is also one of the poorest areas in the city. Its human development index is the lowest in the city …
