Ph.D. Admission Notification 2023
For the Academic Year 2023, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is inviting Ph.D. applications across Mumbai Campus and Hyderabad & Guwahati Off Campuses in the following thematic areas as stated below. Each programme has delineated the themes under which applications are invited for the academic year 2023:
Ph.D. Coursework
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Doctor of Philosophy Programmes
Doctor of Philosophy: Selected candidates will be required to complete minimum of 12 credits, including a “Research and Publication Ethics” course.
Sr. No. |
Ph.D. Thematice Areas |
Number of Seats |
Mumbai Campus |
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Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library |
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Ph.D. in Library and Information Science |
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Digital Libraries, Information services, Cataloguing and metadata, Classification and ontology, Knowledge Management, Data mining and semantic web, Scientometrics, Health informatics, Information discovery, Information retrieval, Assistive technologies, Green libraries, Artificial Intelligence (A.I) Applications in Libraries, Research Data Management, etc. |
6 |
School of Health Systems Studies |
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Ph.D. in Health Services Management |
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Nutrition and health (with special focus on marginalised and underprivileged populations), Maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, Hospital and health services administration, Population dynamics and health, migration, gender, urbanisation and health, child and adolescent health Aging and health, Digital health, urban health, social and spatial health inequalities. |
3 |
Ph.D. in Public Health |
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Health systems management with healthcare services delivery systems, health financing, and health inequity and comparative health systems, Sociology of medical practice/medical anthropology, social epidemiology approach to public health problems, mental health (with special focus on marginalised and underprivileged populations), non-communicable disease social epidemiology, Health information, evidence and policy, health programmes evaluation, health data and information systems, Availability, access and utilisation of health services (in rural and urban areas), health status of marginalised sections, Dalit and Tribal health issues. |
2
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School of Management and Labour Studies |
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Ph.D. in Management and Labour Studies |
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Social entrepreneurship and Women Entrepreneurship, Value chains, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Social Innovations, Financial Inclusion and Microfinance, Operations Management. Customer engagement, electronic word of mouth, investor behaviour, financial services marketing, sales management, Employer Branding, Social Marketing. Organisational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Labour Relations, and Diversity and Inclusion. Caste, gender, feminism, buddhism and management, social order and business/management. Labour Market, Social Networks and Knowledge Activity. |
11 |
School of Habitat Studies |
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Ph.D. in Habitat Studies |
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Environmental Jurisprudence and Forest Governance Climate Change and Sustainable Governance Urban Redevelopment, Historic City Neighbourhoods,Contested Cities City-making by communities Political Economy and Mediated Governance
Community participation in drinking water schemes |
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School of Development Studies |
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Ph.D. in Development Studies |
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Public Finance and Public Choice Feminist Theories and Perspectives, Gender and Human Rights Reproductive Health, Primary Health Care, Population Anthropology, Community Nutrition and Development |
4 |
School of Media and Cultural Studies |
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Ph.D. in Media and Cultural Studies |
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Urban Spatiality, Sexualities, Friendship, Feminisms, News Media and Journalism, Labour and Livelihood, Participatory Cultures, Community Media, Young People and Media, Cinema Studies, Alternative Cinema, Media Industries, Visual Cultures |
1 |
School of Social Work |
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Ph.D. in Social Work |
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Tribes North East Migration Tribal Migration Buddhist Studies Child rights, child protection, juvenile justice system, child in conflict with law, missing children, child labour, street living children, child abuse Disability , Family Children and Women Violence Against Women, Gender Issues, Transgender Issues, mensucular eating Inclusion, Health, Mental Health, Disablity, Education, Family, Assistive Technology and Gender |
4 |
Centre for Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE) |
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Ph.D. in Education |
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Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Culture and Cognition Science Technology and Mathematics Education (STEM) |
2 |
Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies |
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Ph.D. in Disaster Studies |
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Disaster Mental health and Well-being Geospatial Science & Technologies in Disaster Management Landslides and Slope Stability Assessment Integrated Geospatial and Decision Science Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Agglomerations Floods and River Bank Erosion: Policy, Politics and Governance issues Participation, Institutions and Governance in the context of water hazards |
4 |
School of Human Ecology |
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Ph.D. in Applied Psychology |
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Health psychology - health and wellbeing, lifestyle diseases and their impact on mental health Identity studies Marriage and divorce and impacts on families and children Therapeutic interventions Psychotherapy training and practice Gender and mental health |
3 |
Hyderabad Off Campus |
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School of Educational Studies |
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Ph.D. in Education |
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Inclusive and special education, Educational inequalities among marginalised groups; Socio-emotional learning, well-being and education in schools, Counselling in schools, Student mental health, Violence in Schools Science Education, Design & Technology Education/ STEAM education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Assessment & Learning Pedagogy and assessment in higher education & Education for sustainable development |
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Ph.D. in Social Sciences |
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Sprawling in Peri-Urban Spaces in Cities Rural Livelihoods Environmental Governance in Cities Mobility in Cities |
5 |
School of Gender Studies |
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Ph.D. in Women’s Studies |
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Social-economic embeddedness of health and well-being in cities Human Trafficking, Migration of Women; Gender-based Violence |
3 |
Guwahati Off Campus |
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Ph.D. in Social Sciences |
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Health;Mental Health and Illness particularly in relation to Women and Children ; Impact of conflict on Mental Health,; Sexuality and Gender; Social Work and Social Work Education Gender studies, intersectional feminism and northeast India; Cultural Studies; Legal Pluralism; Public, Legal and Religious Institutions. Gender; Livelihood; Microfinance; Migration; Social Entrepreneurship and innovation; Rural Development Programmes and Policies. Gender and Politics; Indian Politics, Democratisation; Politics in Northeast India; Citizenship Labour Studies/Economics; Develop0ment Studies; Rural Development and Agrarian Issues; Tribal Issues of Economic Development/Natural Resources; Poverty, Food Security and Employment Utilization of Health Services; Health Seeking Behavior by the Vulnerable Section, STI/HIV/AIDS, Stigma and Discrimination, Care & Support and Substance Abuse Livelihoods, Social Work and Policy Practice, Decen tralisation and Governance, Leadership, Policy Analysis (Education, Agriculture and Livelihood Issues), Politics and Marginalised, Caste and Discrimination, CSR, Network Analysis and Systems Thinking |
6 |
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Tuljapur Off Campus |
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Ph.D. in Rural Development |
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Rural Development, Social exclusion, Tribal Studies, Education Political ecology, Development, Public policy and governance, caste/community studies, Education |
6 (Social Work-3 Social Sciences-3) |