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Former name | Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work (until 1944) |
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Type | University campus |
Established | 1936 |
Parent institution | Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
Location | , , 400088 , India 19°02′39″N 72°54′45″E / 19.044257°N 72.912494°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | tiss |
TISS was established in 1936 as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work in Mumbai.[1] 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 (UGC), 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.
TISS Mumbai hosts the following Schools[2]
Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management
TISS Library was established along with the institute 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 about 123,000 books and 10,298 journals in principle domains of social sciences. The library also operates centre with assistive technologies "M K Tata Centre for the Visually Challenged and a cyber library which provides computers and internet to the students from economically weaker sections. The library has established national and international collaborations including London School Of Economics Library, Mahasarakham University, International Federation of Library Association."[citation needed].