Post Graduate Diploma in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene [A joint Program by TISS and UNICEF, India]

Eligibility

Eligibility

Candidates should have successfully completed Bachelor's or Master's Degree of minimum of 3 or 4 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India.

 

At the time of applying candidates studying in 3-year degree programmes should have passed in all the subjects for the 1^st to 4^th semesters and candidates studying in 4-year degree programmes should have passed in all the subjects for the 1^st to 6^th semester.

 

Until a candidate submits their degree certificate and final mark/grade sheet as evidence of having successfully completed the eligibility criteria by the given date, the admission offered will remain provisional

 

Eligibility, determined on the basis of information provided in the application, will be used for the final selection process, i.e. of Online Assessment of candidates for admission. If the information provided by a candidate is found to be incorrect or misleading at any point in time, their candidature/admission will be summarily cancelled. The Institute shall also reserve the right to take any legal action as deemed fit for any such act of misrepresentation or false declaration.

Desired Qualification

All eligible candidates are invited to apply. Preference would be given to working professionals from:

 

Rural Development sector - having background in livelihoods promotion, water conservation, water and sanitation

 

Urban Development Sector – having background of basic service provisioning such as drinking water, urban sanitation and sewage management, septage management, solid-waste management

 

Woman candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Mode of Selection

The eligible candidates would be called for an Online Assessment Process. The process is divided into two parts. Both parts would be part of a single online interaction.

Part 1: The student would be given a problem/case from the WASH sector to analyse. The student will speak on extempore for 3 minutes. The extempore will have 50% Weight

Part 2: The student would face an online interview [for about 15-20 minutes]. The interview will have 50% weight

 

Description

 

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Be the agent of Change !

 

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (along with UNICEF) invites applications from aspiring candidates to Post-Graduate Diploma in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (One Year, Full-Time) at Mumbai Campus. The Diploma offers interdisciplinary training in the rapidly growing Rural and Urban WASH sectors with exciting employment opportunities to work with NGOs, CSR units, Semi-Governmental organizations, and other organizations in development sector. Moreover, the program offers partial aid to the students for carrying out some of the learning activities of the Diploma.

 

Last date of application: 25th August 2024

 

Admission Schedule

Last date for applying ONLINE applications	25th August, 2024
list of Qualified candidates for PIT (Pre Interview Test) & PI(Personnel Interview) :	to be announced shortly
Test and Interviews of selected candidates	--
Last date of admission confirmation and Fees payment for selected candidates	--
Announcement of First Waitlist on TISS website	--
Commencement of Programme at TISS, Mumbai Campus	to be announced shortly
Note: Students on the basis of passing in the first semester, payment of fees and fulfilment; of other institutional required criteria will be admitted in the next semester. Students will be required to seek admission in each semester.

 

Why PGD-WASH?

The rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector has been changing since last two decades, especially after the 1990s in India. The traditional, state (supply) driven designs of WASH interventions and practices by public agencies have been replaced by newer forms of partnerships due to a push to reform the sectoral practices. This push also provided space to design and experiment with innovative strategies and facilitated active engagement of non-state actors, both, the civil society organizations as well as the private sector agencies in the WASH sector. A plethora of organizations have emerged in last couple of decades serving various communities in diverse socio-environmental contexts. These developments have posed a new demand for WASH professionals in this rapidly growing sector implying the need for trained human resources specifically trained in the WASH specific knowledge and skills.

 
While WASH issues are highly interconnected, the development of programs and solutions to WASH problems seem to be evolved in a siloed manner. Moreover, the interdisciplinary nature of the problems has been grossly neglected in the WASH interventions, often resulting in unsustainable source, unstable institutions, and defunct water supply schemes or poor uptake and use of the toilets. Also, there has been tremendous emphasis on community participation in the WASH programs with a particular focus on behavioural change communication, selective application of IEC methods to isolated problems have yielded limited success. Thus, the situation and experience hitherto call for a more interdisciplinary and integrated approach towards WASH education.

 
Thus, the core objectives of the PGD in Rural WASH aims at facilitating development of WASH-Professionals, that would:

 
Have sector specific but grounded knowledge and skills to play a practitioners’ role

 
Have the social and environmental sensitivities in their problem-solving approach

 
Possess the entrepreneurial skills to effectively function in the dynamic WASH sector

To yield an improved understanding of WASH interventions in a variety of settings and contexts, including low-income countries and humanitarian emergencies.

This Diploma has been jointly designed by UNICEF and TISS. UNICEF works in more than 190 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices. It sponsors a wide range of activities and work with many partners, including families, communities, governments and like-minded organisations. In emergencies it provides urgent relief to communities and nations threatened by disrupted water supplies and disease.

Distribution of Credit Hours:

Brief Syllabus

FC	WASH – An Integrated Perspective Module 1: Interdisciplinarity and WASH [5 hours] Module 2: Eco-social Interconnections [20 hours] Module 3: Socio-Techno-Financial Interconnections [20 hours] Module 4: Environment, health and Hygiene interconnections [15 hours]	4
WASH 01	Sectoral Perspectives on Health	2
WASH 02	Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design	4
WASH 03	Gender Inclusive and Gender Responsive WASH	2
WASH 04	Water Quality and health	2
WASH 05	Introduction to GIS	2
WASH 06	Sanitation Management -Methods and Practices	2
WASH 07	Field Institute / Field Work	2
WASH 08	Winter Internship	0
	Semester Total	20
SEMESTER II
WASH 09	Introduction to Liquid and Solid Waste Management	2
WASH 10	Project Management	2
Elective 1: Choose Any One		2
WASH 11	Rural Sanitation policy and Governance
WASH 12	Urban Sanitation
Elective 2: Choose Any One		2
WASH 13	Rural Drinking Water Governance – Complexities and Challenges
WASH 14	Urban Water
WASH 15	Participatory (Ground) Water Management	4
WASH 16	WASH Planning [Water Security and Sustainable Sanitation plans]	2
WASH 17	Alternative Designs for water supply and sanitation	2
Elective Workshop of two-days [Choose Any One]		1
WASH: W-1	Workshop on Participatory Learning Methods
WASH: W-2	Workshop on Social Behavioral Change Communication
Elective [Any One]
WASH 18	A Capstone Project	4
WASH 19	A Dissertation
	Semester Total	21
	Total Credits	41

The medium of Instruction: English

Fee Structure: To Be Announced Shortly
 

 

Fee Structure:

Post Graduate Diploma in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
		Semister I	Semister II
Fee	Tuition Fee	25000	25000
	Examination Fee	1000	1000
Charges	Field Work/ Internship / Experential Learning Charges	8000	8000
	IT Charges	2000	2000
	Library Charges	1500	1500
	Other Charges ( ID Card, Convocation, Misc)	2500
Funds	Lab Studio Fund	7000	7000
	Development Fund	2500	2500
	Medical Insurance Premium	1500	0
Deposits	Caution Deposit (Refundable at the time of exit from Programme on Submission of No Dues Certificate)	3000	0
	Semister wise FEE	54000	47000
	Total Fee		101000