Shubham S. Kamble Let us take a few minutes to reflect on those who work at ground level and are part of our community. Without any self-interest or thought, they devote their life, time, and efforts to the welfare of society, nurturing it through efficient work aimed at empowering every deprived person. We refer to …
Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS Mumbai and Women’s Participation in University Politics
Hritika Wasnik The Ambedkarite Students’ Association was founded in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), in 1993 by a small group of Dalit students. The idea behind forming an Ambedkarite organization was to address the issues of discrimination and harassment faced by the Dalit students in the university campus.
Online classes and accessibility: ASA TISS report
Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS (Mumbai) Ambedkarite Students’ Association TISS released a report about online classes(A detailed report on how accessible the online class system is to the students.) 24-07-2020 On 18th July 2020, Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS Mumbai, has released a report on the newly proposed online-class method by the Tata Institute of Social …
“It’s not for us, we can’t afford it, focus on studies”. Really?
Prashanthi Konday Once upon a time in my childhood, I remember my mother rejecting my wish to join a dance class, volleyball team, and school educational trips because we have to pay extra money other than school fee. She said, all of them don’t give you a job, or good career and we can’t …
32 Days of Students’ Protests in TISS #injusTISS
TISS Alumni Letter of Solidarity by TISS Alumni March 23, 2018. This date marks the completion of a month of students’ protests over the withdrawal of fee waivers to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Caste – Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NC) students availing Government of India Post Matric Scholarship (GoI-PMS) in …
Anatomy of TISS Students’ Union Protest: Motives and Inside story
Deepak Kumar Nanda Tata Institute of Social Sciences Students Union 2017-18 had given a university strike in the name of “TISS Bandh” on 21st of February 2018 with three major demands to revoke the policy of Government of India Post Metric Scholarship (GOI-PMS) for the batches of MA 2016-18, 2017-19 and upcoming 2018-20 respectively. In …