Announcement for Admission to the direct Ph.D.Programme

Courtsey: Samson Kamei

Schools and Independent Centres for UGC JRF qualified candidates and individuals with industrial, academic and field base experience:
1. Habitat Studies 2. Health Systems Studies 3. Management and Labour Studies 4. Rural Development 5. Social Sciences 6. Social Work

♦ Prospectus and Application Form of all the programmes can be obtained from the Institute’s cash counter on payment of Rs.800/-
♦ Application Form and Prospectus can also be downloaded from the link below and submitted, along with a Demand Draft for Rs.800, drawn in favour of ‘Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai’
♦ Request for Application Form and Prospectus by POST may be addressed to Dean, Research and Development along with a Demand Draft for 850/-, drawn in favour of ‘Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai’
♦ SC/ST candidates are required to submit a copy of their Caste Certificate for exemption of application fee of Rs.800/-
♦ Eligible candidates will be called for a Research Aptitude Test (RAT), followed by personal interview to be held during the last week of November 2010. Selection will be completed by third week of December 2010
♦ Candidates who have cleared JRF in the past two years are exempted from doing the written test, but will have to attend the personal interview
♦ Candidates who have GATE and any other relevant scores are also expected to take the RAT
♦ Experienced candidates who are selected for direct Ph.D. and do not have an M.Phil degree, are expected to fulfill course work requirement by attending regular courses held at the Mumbai campus or by attending the Modular Course work offered as workshops every semester
♦ Reservation for SC, ST, OBC, Kashmiri Migrants and PWD as per the Government of India norms
♦ Travelling Allowance (TA) is paid to all the eligible SC/ST candidates for attending Written Test and Personal Interview to be held in Mumbai. For claiming TA, candidates are required to submit original travel tickets along with filled-in TA form
♦ Last date of submission of Application Form: October 30, 2010
♦ All details about the programme are detailed in the prospectus. For any further clarification e-mail may be written to the Office of the Admission and Monitoring Committee oamc@tiss.edu or call on 25525260 or 25525253.
September 2010 Registrar
website: http://www.tiss.edu
TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
(Deemed University U/s – 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
DEONAR, MUMBAI ‐ 400 088