tata institute of social sciences mumbai

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TATA INSTITUTE OF

SOCIAL SCIENCES

MUMBAI

Placement Brochure 2014-16

M.A. Globalisation and Labour

School of Management and Labour Studies
PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2014-16

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CONTENTS

Message from the Director .................................................. 4
Message from the Dean ...................................................... 5
Message from the Placement Coordinator ...................... 6
Message from the Faculty ................................................... 7
Why Recruit at TISS? .............................................................. 8
School of Management and Labour Studies .................... 9
Prime Pillars of the Course ................................................. 10
List of Courses ...................................................................... 11
The Student Exchange Program.................................... 12
The Faculty ........................................................................... 13
Profile – Class of 2016 ......................................................... 14
Student Profiles .................................................................... 15
Alumni Speaks ..................................................................... 22

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Message from the Director

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India, is a professionals, and habitat and climate change
premiere social science institution. Established in experts. These students are committed to break the
1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of top-down structure and encourage participatory
Social Work, it is first school of social work in India. It planning practices and contribute to building a
imparts high-quality professional and application- sustainable and secured society. The students are
based education in a wide range of inter- capable of serving a wide range of positions — as
disciplinary areas of social sciences. The Institute administrators, fieldwork supervisors or researchers,
draws students from across the nation and beyond, legal advisors, research assistants, policy action
serving as a melting pot of varied cultures. The specialists, natural resource management
diversity of our research, from community professionals, counsellors and criminologists. I invite
organisation and development practice to climate recruiters to come and interact with our dynamic,
change and biodiversity testifies our commitment to academically grounded and practically attuned
integrate theory and praxis. Over the years, the students who hail from three TISS campuses of
institute has made consistent contributions to civil Mumbai, Tuljapur and Guwahati. Graduates of past
society and the development sector through its batches from various programmes in TISS have
education, research, field action and advocacy. excelled in their careers, as academicians, activists
Prof. S. Parasuraman TISS is internationally renowned for its inputs in policy, and professionals. We have a stellar alumni network,
Director, TISS planning, action strategies and human resource strewn across the world. I believe that in this batch
development. I am pleased to introduce you to the of students, you will fnd highly motivated
graduates of 2015. The pool of talent at TISS is professionals with skills, temperament, and
unparalleled in the country and we present to you experience that will add tremendous value to your
a diverse cohort of students from social workers, organisation. Join us in this venture of making this
education specialists, development professionals, world a better place. Recruit from TISS! I am sure you
clinical and counselling psychologists, health will benefit immensely from our students as shall from
practitioners to health professionals, media your presence in the campus.
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Message from the Dean

We are glad to present the team of organizational systems such as
creative and enthusiastic young academia, corporate sector,
budding Master of Arts graduates in advocacy and research groups,
globalization and labour who have labour research organizations, Trade
impeccable credentials and Unions and federations and civil
capabilities in labour and industry society organizations.
related domains such as Industrial

Relations, informal employment, basics
of skilling, wages and social protection,
management of formal and informal
organizations, Collective Bargaining
and negotiation and Trade Unions.
While these talented youth are
Prof. Bino Paul equipped with substantive knowledge
about theory and practice of
Dean,
Globalization and Labour. They
School of Management
possess exemplary skills in analytics,
and Labour Studies
data interpretation, community and
content organization. I am sure these
versatile persons could be an asset to
your organization. It’s noteworthy that
the alumni joined diverse
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Message from the Placement
Coordinator

It is with immense pleasure that I take traversed their path by touching the
in offering a bunch of young Turks to a milestones of critical theoretical
challenging turf in this placement understanding as well as practical
season. The chirpy ducklings that they experiences. The rare opportunity that
were while they were ushered into the this Institute offers as a melting pot to
academic discipline of Globalisation facilitate the learning various nuances
and Labour at TISS, metamorphosed of the human lives and environment
into today’s promising enthusiastic would be put in use in days to come.
young force, ready to pick up that
Dr. Nandita Mondal We, with profound joy, make them
axe, an axe to serve the Labour, the
Assistant Professor and reaching at the onset of their journey
Humanity.
Placement Coordinator
to join the workforce with their

Rigour of our academic discipline that determination and commitment to the
this course imbibed within them would ‘cause’!
definitely be of use with Industry,
I wish all of them good luck!
Society and Environment at large. They

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Message from the Faculty

M.A in Globalisation & Labour’ is an empirical part of the visionary

initiative of Global Labour University (GLU) promoted by the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) and supported and

Prof. S.T. Sawant
academically administered by TISS. In the process of globalisation the

Hon. Prof. (TISCO Chair), economy in particular and society in general, are transforming at an
TISS; incremental speed. The MA in G&L is aimed at providing new
generation management competency to address to the forth coming

President, Indian Labour challenges in research, training and optimising the contribution of

Research Network. human resources in the development process at micro as well as macro
level. The beneficiaries or the students of this program in TISS have

developed the competency to justify the aim of the GLU.

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Why Recruit at TISS?

Every Graduate who as ever walked through the hallowed TISS believes in providing extensive practical understanding
corridors of TISS imbibes within him/herself a unique quality. of field to its students. This is executed by field-works & two
The School of Management of Labour Studies (SMLS), MA internships during the 2 year period, along with the
Globalization and Labour (GL) at TISS has a diverse student research/ dissertation paper. An eclectic curriculum equips
background. They hail from some of the best colleges in the students with hand on experiences with knowledge and
the country that helps student to gather perspective, share skill to contribute distinctively to the ground realities in all
knowledge and skill building. The students here have circumstances.
command not only on subject matter knowledge and skill,
Students from GL are pursuing a wide range of career paths
but furthermore on individual and social development in
and have accepted positions in every job function, that
addition; resulting in a comprehensive approach for future.
comprise today’s increasingly dynamic and global industry.
The pedagogy of learning includes theoretical, practical
Our batch diversity & diverse profile and experience in
implication of theory through fieldworks, individual & group
numerous sectors in the industry provides a diverse plethora
assignments, case studies, workshops, dissertation.
of candidates for the recruiters to opt from.

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School of Management and Labour Studies
M.A. Globalisation and Labour

The M.A. Globalisation and Labour programme aims to
build theoretical, methodological and organisational skills
to help students to engage with the complex interplay of

globalisation and the changing dynamics of labour to
build a network which will offer policy prescription in the
informal economy for pursuing the decent work agenda.
It also prepares students who can comprehend and
critique emerging economic policies, regulatory changes
and forces of international business which have an effect
on the industrial relations and informal economy.
Alumni of this programme have entered leadership
positions in various organisations and global union
federations. The participants of this programme are highly
valued in local, national and international corporations,
NGOs, development organisations, and funding
agencies. The course has also been recognised for its
research acumen and many of the alumni are showing
An initiative of ILO and a part of the Global Labour University
their potential in the field of research and academics in
(GLU), where universities from different continents have come
different universities and institutions across the world.
together to create a vibrant ecology for understanding the
very nature of interaction between society and labour, the
M.A. Globalisation and Labour programme encourages
Organise.
students from across the world to actively participate in the
global discourse on labour relations. This department has a Visualise.
partnership with other global universities like the University of
Synchronise.
Kassel and Berlin School of Economics and Law in Germany,

University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, University of
Campinas in Brazil, Penn State University in United States.
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Prime Pillars of the Course
School of Management and Labour Studies
M.A. Globalisation and Labour
Labour and Social
Industrial Relations Labour Economics
Welfare
• Globalisation and its • Basics of • Social Protection
Ramifications Managemnt • Corporate Social
• Labour Functions(Accounts) Responsibility
Administration • Economics of Wage • Social Audit and
• Industrial • Dynamics of Labour Reporting
Jurisprudence Market • Project Planning and
• Conflict • Green Economy and Implementation
Management and Labour • Skill Development
Negotiations • Introspection of • Organising the
• Trade Union Trade Perspectives Unorganised
Strategies • Governance and
• ILS,DW & SD Public Policy
• LABOUR LAWS
• Leadership
Development

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