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 declared 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.
School of Habitat Studies - Master's level courses in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, Urban Policy, Regulatory Governance, and Water Policy and Governance
School of Health Systems Studies - Master's level courses in Health Administration, Hospital Administration, Social Epidemiology and Health Policy
School of Human Ecology - Master's level courses in Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Counselling Psychology.
School of Social Work - Master's level courses in Social Work with Children & Families, Criminology & Justice, Community Organisation & Development Practice, Dalit & Tribal Studies and Action, Disability Studies & Action, Livelihoods and Social Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Public Health, Women-Centred Practice
Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies
Centre for Library and Information Management & SDTM Library
Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management
Resource Centres
Computer Centre
Publications Unit
Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library
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..
Major Ongoing Field Action Projects
M-Ward transformation programme
I-Access
Koshish
Prayaas
Towards Advocacy Networking and Developmental Action
