The synergy between teaching, research, field action and extension has enabled the TISS to continue to shape planning, policy and programme formulation, foster critical rethinking, and development of people-centred interventions.

 

The TISS is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a collaborating Centre for Health, Policy Research and Training. The UNAIDS Centre for Behavioural Research on HIV/AIDS is also located at TISS.

 

TISS is the Principal Recipient of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in a country-wide project for capacity-building of higher institutions of learning in HIV/AIDS Counselling. Along with the SNDT Women’s University (Mumbai), Lucknow University (Lucknow), Bangalore University (Bengaluru), Jamia Milia University (New Delhi), and the Regional Institute for Medical Sciences (Manipur), TISS will be conducting master training programmes and helping to build infrastructure to develop the capacities of 40 academic institutions all over the country, which, in turn, will provide supportive supervision and training to 12,000 counsellors working in the national HIV/AIDS counselling programme.

 

TISS also continues to be involved in critical research in diverse areas such as education and literacy, family and children, women’s issues and HIV/AIDS among others.

 

In recognition of these and other achievements, TISS was awarded a 5-Star rating by NAAC.

Achievements