Location: Tuljapur
School: School of Rural Development
Intake: 20
Eligibility
1. A Bachelor’s Degree of a minimum 3 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 requirement of 15 years of formal education) from a recognized university, with minimum aggregate pass class. ‘Pass Class’ in the Bachelor’s Degree pursued by the applicant will be taken for determining his/her eligibility.
The first, second and third year marks of the Bachelor’s Degree examinations (if the degree is of 3 years duration) or first, second, third and fourth year marks of the Bachelor’s Degree examinations (if the degree is of 4 years duration) of all the subjects taken including major/main, minor/subsidiary and languages, etc., must be shown by the candidates in the Application Form. Those marks will be taken into account, while calculating the overall average percentage of marks to determine the marks for Academic Background. In case of candidates with a dual degree (5 years integrated degree after 12th), only the marks of first 3 years will be considered to determine the percentage. Rounding of marks for calculating the overall average percentage of marks is not allowed.
2. a) Candidates who will be able to complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor’s Degree examinations by June 2021 are also eligible to apply for the programme. For such candidates, admission to the programme will be provisional. In case the examination process for the final year is not over before June 2021, the provisional admissions stands cancelled. If a provisionally admitted candidate fails in the final year examination, the offer of provisional admission automatically stands cancelled. Candidates, whose marks are in grade or grade points, must convert the grade or grade points into marks and write them in the appropriate columns in the Detailed Application Form, to be submitted before appearing for Personal Interview (PI). Otherwise, the application will be treated as incomplete and rejected and the candidate will not be allowed to appear for Personal Interviews.
b) Eligibility, once determined on the basis of the information given by the candidate in the Application, shall be final for the purpose of Personal Interview/Selection. However, in case it is found that the information furnished by a candidate is incorrect or misleading or ineligibility being detected before or after the Interview/Selection/Admission, his/her candidature will be cancelled without giving reasons thereof.
c) Final Year Mark sheet: Candidates who have completed their graduation should send either a copy of the final year mark sheet showing their results or provisional/completion certificate issued by the college/university or degree certificate or any other certificate proving successful completion of graduation.
Preference would be given to working professionals from rural development sector. Woman candidates are encouraged to apply.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Release of Notification: | 19th August 2022 |
Last date for receipt of filled application forms ONLINE www.admissions.tiss.edu | 15 October 2022 |
Date of Written Test: TULJAPUR | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
list of Qualified candidates for PIT (Pre Interview Test) & PI(Personnel Interview) : | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
Interviews of selected candidates | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
Last date of admission confirmation and Fees payment for selected candidates | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
Announcement of First Waitlist on TISS website (List will also be displayed on www.tiss.edu) | TO BE ANNOUNCED |
For 1st Waitlist candidates): Fess payments and Admission confirmation: Selected candidate must have sent their scanned copies of fees challan, all the documents to info.srd@tiss.edu However, admission will be provisional till verification of original certificates is completed. | To Be Announced Shortly |
Verification of Original documents at TISS-Tuljapur Campus-Online (From 10.00 am. to 05.45 pm.)
Note: It is mandatory for the selected candidate to produce original documents for the verification failing which offer of admission will get cancelled |
To Be Announced Shortly |
Commencement of Programme at TISS,Tuljapur Campus | 03 Jan 2022 |
Note: Students on the basis of passing in the first semester, payment of fees and fulfillment of other institutional required criteria will be admitted in the next semester. Students will be required to seek admission in each semester. |
1.Students will be evaluated based on their performance in Multiple Choice Questions (Qualifying Test) and PI (Personnel Interview).
*Multiple Choice Questions (Qualifying Test): 70 Marks
*PI (Personnel Interview): 30 Marks
Description
The medium of Instruction: English
Description of the Programme:
The WASH Diploma is being conducted by the School of Rural Development, TISS, Tuljapur and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)
About UNICEF
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. Without WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), sustainable development is impossible.
1. Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
The water and sanitation sector plays a key role in the human well being and overall development of any society across the globe. It is inherent part of the development agenda for developing countries like India where millions even today lack access to basic water and sanitation services. Achieving universal sanitation i.e. access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation services have been identified as one of the key targets according to the Millennium Development Goals (United Nations). Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) launched countrywide Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) programme in the year 1999. For effective implementation of the programme the state governments have created special cells/units at state and district level. The primary aim of these institutional arrangements is regular monitoring and supervision of various sanitation programmes. Recently the Government of India has also introduced a Rural Sanitation and Hygiene strategy with the objective to create Nirmal Bharat by 2022 under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.
However, one of the reasons for poor progress of these programmes is inadequate availability of trained human resources at various levels of operationalization of TSC programme. Poor capacity building of various stakeholders involved in the process is one of the critical reasons behind poor performance of some of the states in India. Today the available human resource in the WASH sector comprise of government officials, contractual staff working with government organisations, resource persons and experts working with civil society organisations as well as donor organisations, academicians, trainers and freelance consultants. Despite the presence of wide range of experts, the sector has a limited number of practitioners who have a comprehensive understanding of all issues concerning the sector. The practitioners in the programme now increasingly require soft skills such as participatory programming and appreciation aspects related to equity, gender and human rights.
TISS has been engaging with WATSAN sector in variety of ways, viz.,training, capacity building programmes and extension activities in collaboration with central or state government(s) agencies as also with international agencies. It initiated Rural piped water supply schemes in three states, supported by DFID. It was a hosting secretariat for Planning Commission Working Group on Model for Water Regulatory System. It also undertook the Jalswarajya Project in Maharashtra wherein Gram Panchayat’s performance in various sectors including WATSAN was assessed using Community Score Card (CSC) Methodology. Recently, TISS has engaged in a MoU with the Jharkhand State Government’s Jharkhand State Institute of Rural Development to enhance skills and commitment of personnel in WATSAN sector. TISS collaborated with Afro Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) for organising International Workshop cum Training Programme on Rural Drinking Water.
UNICEF, in partnership with the Water Supply and Sanitation Department (WSSD), Government of Maharashtra, conducted a Training Need Assessment of District Sanitation Managers in the year 2010. The comprehensive assessment covered all 104 Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) cell consultants working in the state of Maharashtra. The findings revealed that there is a need to train TSC consultants on almost entire range of technical skills. Other emerging training needs include specific inputs related to motivation, project management, documentation, planning and monitoring. The findings of TNA once again brought to the forefront the need for quality professionals having exposure to both technical and non-technical aspects. In the past UNICEF had actively supported the training programmes in the WASH sector, this led to a realisation that there is need to shift from routine training programmes to process driven education programmes for sustained capacity development. Accordingly, UNICEF initiated discussions with TISS, WSSD and Civil Society Organisations. The findings helped reach consensus that it is difficult to achieve the goals of water and sanitation without creating a fresh cadre of WASH professionals and building commensurate capacities of the in-service officials in terms of skill, knowledge and attitude.
Based on this WASH section Mumbai and TISS jointly developed the curriculum of India’s first course on PG Diploma on WASH. This diploma programme has been designed with the specific intention to fill this crucial gap which inhibits the progress of water and sanitation programmes in India. The broader objective of the course is to develop a cadre of professionals with scientific and social skills to effectively manage WASH sector and its services.
Distribution of Credit Hours:
Course No |
Course Title |
Credits |
FOUNDATION COURSE |
INTRODUCTION TO WASH | |
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OF WASH PART-I | 2 | |
Unit 1 |
Society and WASH | |
Unit 2 | Caste, Class and Gender Equity and Human rights | |
Unit 3 | Role of Panchayati Raj/Institutional mechanism at village level in WASH sector | |
INTRODUCTION TO INTERLINKAGES OF WASH PART-II | 2 | |
Unit 1 | WASH and Science | |
Unit 2 | WASH and Ecology | |
Unit 3 | WASH and Nutrition | |
SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE OF WATER | ||
WATER AND SOCIETY - PART I | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Importance of Water to society – Ancient knowledge and history of water resource development by human societies | |
Unit 2 | Water Governance and Role of Institutions – Policies, Rules and regulation | |
Unit 3 | Political and Transboundary issues of Water Resources | |
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PART II |
2 | |
Unit 1 |
Sustainability Issues and Conservation of Water Resources in Rural areas |
|
Unit 2 | Demand Analysis for different purposes in rural area | |
SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE OF SANITATION SANITATION – PART I |
2 | |
Unit 1 | Introduction to Sanitation Rural-Urban | |
Unit 2 | Social, Political, Cultural and technical Dimensions of Human excreta and Toilets | |
Unit 3 | Sanitation systems for institutions | |
Unit 4 | Entrepreneurship Opportunities In Sanitation Sector | |
SANITATION – PART II | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) | |
Unit 2 | Liquid Waste Management | |
Unit 3 | Solid Waste Management | |
SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Introduction and concepts in Public Health | |
Unit 2 | Global history of public health and its relevance to WASH | |
Unit 3 | Indian History of Public Health | |
Unit 4 | Social Political and Cultural Dimensions of Public Health | |
Unit 5 | Institutional and Governance Structure of Public Health Systems | |
Unit 6 | Sustainability and Health | |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Concepts and Steps in Research | |
Unit 2 | Research Design and Methodology | |
Unit 3 | Literature Review and Proposal Writing | |
FIELD WORK | 2 |
Course No | Course Title | Credits |
SKILLS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT IN WASH | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Project Management for WASH sectors | |
Unit 2 | Communication and Social Behaviour change strategies for WASH | |
Unit 3 | Menstrual Hygiene Management and IEC strategies | |
SKILLS AND METHODS FOR WATER - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT –PART I |
2 | |
Unit 1 | Learning methods for measurement of rainfall and water resources availability | |
Unit 2 | Identification of need and assessment for adequate water supply sources in rural areas | |
SKILLS AND METHODS FOR SANITATION SANITATION PART I |
2 | |
Unit 1 | Approach method and technologies for Temporary and Emergency Sanitation Arrangements | |
Unit 2 | Developing and Implementing ODF Sustainability Plan | |
Unit 3 | Provision of Safe Drinking Water in rural areas – Water Quality Monitoring, Surveillance and Financial Management | |
ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES – PART II | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Basic architecture and advanced technology in water supply scheme – Operation and maintenance of various parameters in water supply scheme | |
Unit 2 | Successful project implementation from Government and Non-government organization, Identifying and assessing the failure of various water supply schemes | |
SKILLS AND METHODS FOR SANITATION | 2 | |
SANITATION PART I | ||
Unit 1 | Approach method and technologies for Temporary and Emergency Sanitation Arrangements | |
Unit 2 | Developing and Implementing ODF Sustainability Plan | |
SANITATION PART II | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Benchmarking, SDGS, Financial and other issues | |
Unit 2 | Basic Construction Techniques | |
SKILLS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH | 2 | |
Unit 1 | Skills and Methods for disease classification and management under WASH | |
Unit 2 | Social Epidemiological methods forWASH | |
Unit 3 | Health Promotion Practiceand method | |
Unit 4 | Health Communication and IEC Strategy Development | |
D/P | DISSERTATION/ PROJECT WORK | 4 |
FW | STUDY TOUR/IMMERSION STUDY | 2 |
Fee Structure:
SR.NO | FEES | Sem I | Sem II |
1 | Admission Fee | 1000. | 0 |
2 | Tuition Fee | 10000 | 10000 |
3 | Examination Fee | 800 | 800 |
4 | Field Work Fee (Not Reimbursable) | 4000 | 4000 |
5 | Computer Charges | 1000 | 1000 |
6 | Convocation Charges | 0 | 2000 |
7 | ID Card Charges | 300 | 0 |
8 | Medical Insurance Premium | 1500 | 0 |
9 | Development Fund (Non Refundable) | 5000 | 0 |
10 | A) Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 3000 | 0 |
11 | Dining Hall (Advance) Charges | 16000 | 16000 |
12 | Hostel Charges | 15000 | 15000 |
Total Fees for Non-Hostellers | 26600 | 17800 | |
Total Fees for Hostellers | 57600 | 48800 | |
Grand Total | 106400 |
Notes :
Please note that the fees are subject to change and revision.
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