TISS-Mumbai Gears Up
to Hold Alumni Meet
February 10-11, 2007
Sometimes it's good to reflect on
where it all started. What more can be a better opportunity other than an Alumni
Meet where you get to meet all those folks with whom you had the best of times
and all those places which still hold a lot of memoirs for you in the corner of
your heart?
It isn't going to a mere trip down the memory lane this time. As Tata
Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) gears up to greet all its alumni in its
Alumni Meet to be held on 10th and 11th of February, it's going to be a
rare mixture of the memories of the past and the future that is going to be
imagined and scripted.
In its 70th year, TISS decided
about re-imagining futures in response to the changing environment. After a lot
of introspection, review and reflection on the existing programmes and
structure, TISS decided to go in for re-structuring and this has culminated in a
new structure with five schools - Social Work, Management and Labour
Studies (at Naoroji campus), Health Systems Studies, Social Sciences and Rural
Development (at Tuljapur) and four independent centers - Disaster
Management, Lifelong Learning, Media and Cultural Studies and Research
Methodology - that draw from and contribute to all schools. All these and many
more are responses to the changing national and international social scenario.
The Alumni Meet to be held this
week is unique in many ways. Although it's another call from the alma mater to
the alumni, yet it's the first of its kind that is going to happen especially
with the institute undergoing a lot of change after the restructuring. The idea
is to connect with the alumni and provide a platform wherein alumni from various
earlier specializations that include fields as diverse as Social Work, Personnel
Management, Health and Hospital Administration and who have carved a niche for
themselves in the professional world to come and share their myriad views and
experiences on various issues. Apart from strengthening the relationship and
bonding between the alumni, the present students, institute, faculty and
administration, this would be an opportunity for the alumni to add new wings to
the new vision and mission of the institute.
The programme is scheduled for
two days. It starts with the voice of the institute in its song. The Alumni Meet
is being hosted by Mr. Krishnakumar, Chairman - Governing Board,
Director, Dr. Parasuraman, Deputy Director, Dr. Usha Nayar, and
all the current faculty, staff and students. The organizing committee has
already confirmed the participation of over 500 alumni who have expressed their
zeal and enthusiasm in coming back to the place where it all began.
For details about the event,
contact: -
Ms. Nasreen Rustomfram,
Chairperson, Organizing Committee.
Phone: 022-25589149
Mr. Arun Kaimal,
President, Students Union.
Phone: (0) 9892005393 / E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Sanjaya Pradhan,
General Secretary, Students Union.
Phone: (0) 9920388690 / E-mail: [email protected]
