Helping hands
Diversity, multiculturalism, pedagogical innovation, field work, gender sensitivity and, above all, encouraging debate and questioning among its students distinguishes TISS from other institutions
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) hasn't forgotten Rohith Vemula, the University of Hyderabad research scholar whose suicide in 2016 sparked nationwide protests. It also remembers the contributions of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, tribal activist Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda, Santhal rebellion fighters Santhal Phulo and Jhano Murmu, Naga leader Rani Gaidinliu, among others. Theirs are some of the photos that hang at the entrance gate of the campus along with posters carrying slogans such as "Struggle for social justice", "Educate, Agitate and Organise", "Bring Back Najeeb" and "Never Give Up".
These are signs that TISS has been witness to a
