Habitat School to Open

Mumbai: Major education giant Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will start Habitat school in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), announces S. Parasuraman, Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). The school will consists of three academic groups on urban planning & governance, water policy & governance and science, technology & society. The school will also support teaching, training, research, advocacy and field intervention in these areas. TISS is also in the process of launching a Certificate Program in Social Work in the tribal belt of North East and Central India after September this year.


Moreover, TISS also plans to build a knowledge base on the status of tribals, the determinants and effect of change processes. The school will provide a child right diploma by the TISS and National Law School of India. Recently, the TISS also became a member of the seven-institution consortium for building spaces for over 40 institutions to train HIV/AIDS counsellors across India. Elaborating the move, Mr. Parasuraman said, "The consortium has also won a $18.2 million project which falls under the UNAIDS-GFATM Round seven".