Content

From Deans Desk 1

Programme Coordinators Desk 2

About TISS 3

About Habitat School 4

About Programme 5

Urban India Reform Observatory 7

Infrastructure 8

Course Info 9

Pedagogy 10

Faculty Profile 13

Students Profile 14

Contact 21

Campus Visit Confirmation Form 22

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 From the Dean’s Desk

I am very happy to see the Brochure of School of Habitat Studies prepared by students of the Master‘s
Program in Habitat Policy and Practice. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which will complete
seventy-five years soon, is a premier institute in the country. In its continued quest for being relevant to
the societal needs, the institute established the School of Habitat Studies, its sixth school, in May 2008.

The school is given the mission of working on a broad range of issues surrounding the human habitats,
touching upon both the social and physical spheres surrounding human habitations. The key words
guiding the school‘s activities are; Societal Relevance and Interdisciplinarity. The school endeavours to
be relevant by focusing its work on issues faced by diverse stakeholders in the sectors connected with
human habitats. The commitment to work on the practical, on-field problems requires the school to
transcend the disciplinary boundaries and draw from social, physical, and engineering sciences as well
as from the disciplines of architecture and planning. The Habitat School, following the TISS tradition,
has since evolved a triple-pronged agenda for itself—comprising academic education, research, and
extension activities.

The Master‘s Program (MA / MSc) in Habitat Policy and Practice (or HPP) was designed with this in
mind. It does have the principles of Societal Relevance and Interdisciplinarity as its bedrock. It is a
meticulously-chiselled, multi-layered academic program to prepare Policy Specialists in the Habitat
sector. It endeavours to build in students a sound foundation of perspectives and theoretical
understanding through theory courses. It does have a menu of courses which impart training in various
research and analytical tools—from different disciplines—required by the interdisciplinary
professionals. It also introduces the students to policies and practices in different sectors such as water,
transportation, and housing. The student then gets an opportunity to gradually develop insights and
deeper understanding in one concentration area of her choice, culminating in the independent work
through the master‘s project or dissertation. Currently, the program is focused primarily on urban
issues.

We, at the school, feel confident that the student going through such a program is able to acquire
theoretical understanding, information inputs, methodological acumen, field exposure, and experience
of independent work. With this preparation, the student is ready to work in different types of
organizations—including government and international agencies, consulting firms, and civil society
organizations—in the capacity of an Urban Policy Specialist.

I am happy that the students of the Master‘s Program in Habitat Policy and Practice are readying
themselves to take a plunge in their professional careers. I am confident that they will be able to make
significant contribution to the organizations they would serve. My best wishes for them for their
professional careers and individual lives.

Dr. Subodh M. Wagle

Professor and Dean
B.Tech. (IIT-B), Ph.D. (University of Delaware, USA)

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 From the Programme
Co-ordinator’s Desk

The inaugural batch of Masters in Habitat Policy and Practice is a diverse

group of students. They entered this course with training in disciplinary
backgrounds ranging from social science, law, geography to engineering and
medicine. They are entering the professional world with two years of
intensive training in multidisciplinary insights into habitat issues, and
contemporary realities of urbanization in India.

They have gained skills in interpreting, researching and analyzing policies.

They have participated in team exercises with international students and have
a strong exposure to ground realities.

They have gained significant expertise in particular domain areas i.e. areas of
practice concentrations but their knowledge and skill base has equipped them
to work in any urban domain, especially those with people and policy
interface.

We are confident that their first steps in the profession mark a new beginning
in generating Indian knowledge and practice towards sustainable urban
habitats.

Dr. Amita Bhide

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator,
Centre for Urban Planning and Governance
M.A. (TISS), Ph.D. (Mumbai)

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 TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was
established in 1936, as Sir Dorabji Tata
Graduate School of Social Work, a post-
graduate school of social work of national
stature to meet the emerging needs for trained
human service professionals. It was accorded
the status of a Deemed University since 1964,
and has been funded by the University Grants
Commission UGC).
Since its inception, TISS has consistently
worked for the promotion of sustainable,
equitable and participatory development,
social welfare and social justice. It has earned
SCHOOL OF HABITAT STUDIES
The IITB–TISS School of Habitat Studies is a
pioneering joint initiative of Tata Institute of
Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B). The
initiative is focused on interdisciplinary
studies in the arena of Habitat studies, cutting
across the boundaries of physical, technical,
and social sciences.
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recognition as an institution of repute from
several Ministries of Government of India,
State Governments; International Agencies,
such as the United Nations; and from both
national and international Non-Government
Organisations. A high degree of freedom and
autonomy shape the positive work ethos and
creativity in the Institute facilitating strong
linkages between education, research, field
action and dissemination. In recognition of its
social contribution and academic excellence, it
was awarded a 5-Star rating by NAAC in
2002. The process of re-accreditation has been
initiated, which will be completed shortly.
Habitat is understood by the school as an
inclusive term encompassing the space,
location, physical environs of human
settlements, as well as the inhabitants and
social environs of these settlements in urban,
peri-urban, and even rural areas. For the
school, study of Habitat, thus, includes study
of diverse factors and aspects of Habitat such
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 as livelihood activities, social composition,
and rights of the inhabitants as well as the
resources, infrastructure, and services needed
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The current scene in the Habitat sector
indicates a convoluted situation incorporating
diverse and complex issues marked by the
intersection of global and local dynamics. This
situation calls for taking a broader approach
focusing on ‗Habitat‘ and transcending the
rural–urban duality. The situation also points
at various limitations of the ongoing efforts to
resolve the problems faced by the sector,
especially in terms of knowledge and
capability gaps. The sector, in the face of the
diverse and serious problems it encounters, is
in dire need of knowledge inputs in many
crucial areas and themes, which cannot be
provided through conventional discipline-
bound work. It calls for an inter-disciplinary
approach in a true sense, having an integrative
and interactive framework for collaboration
between and among theoreticians, planners,
practitioners, activists, and people.
This has to be done through a proactive
approach, grounded strategies, diverse
activities, and requires special efforts to reach
out to those substantive areas, sections of
practitioners, and sections of people, which are
in dire need of knowledge support. This leads
to commitment of the school towards the
needs and aspirations especially of the
disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of
society.
With this understanding, the school is planning
and implementing its research and academic
activities, drawing from the fields of urban
studies, social sciences, physical sciences,
environmental sciences, planning, engineering,
finance, architecture, and management.
The key agenda of the school involves five
broad substantive areas from the Habitat
Studies:
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by inhabitants of these habitats for conducting
their lives and livelihoods and for satisfying
their diverse needs.
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1.
1. Social Processes and Theory
2. Planning, Design, and Infrastructure
3. Economics and Finance
4. Governance and Law
5. Resources and Sustainability
The agenda also covers themes linking science,
technology, and society such as
1. Socio-economic Determinants and
Impacts of Science, Technology, and
Innovation and
2. Climate Change Impacts and Policy.
The school currently has three centres,
representing the active research agendas of the
school –
1. Centre for Water Policy and
Governance
2. Centre for Urban Planning, Policy and
Governance
3. Centre for Science, Technology and
Society.
In addition, the school plans to develop two
‗Facilities‘, which are envisaged as permanent
mechanisms providing knowledge support and
knowledge-related services to stakeholders,
especially disadvantaged sections in the
respective sectors. Urban India Reform
Observatory (UIRO) is the facility that has
started research and training activities in the
area of urban reforms. In the near future, there
are plans to upscale activities of this facility
through external funding. The school is also
planning to establish ‘Facility for Regulatory
Analysis and Activities’, which would work
on independent regulatory agencies mooted in
the water and housing sector.
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 M.A. / M.Sc. PROGRAM IN HABITAT POLICY AND PRACTICE

The M.A./ M.Sc. in Habitat Policy and
Practice program is envisaged to be focused on
policy, planning and practice. Here, the term
‗policy‘ is meant to cover different official—
legal and administrative—instruments, for
example, laws, rules, regulations, policy
recommendations, project guidelines,
government resolutions, procedures, and
norms. These instruments, together, provide an
official (policy) framework for the
stakeholders to operate in the Habitat sector.
Further, the term practice is used here to
identify activities that more directly engage
with formulating, implementing, analysing,
evaluating, and advocating policies on behalf
of different stakeholders. The program
involves training in policies from different
sectors which are directly connected with the
Habitat sector. To begin with, these sectors
would include, for example, housing,
livelihoods (poverty), transport and
infrastructure, water, and governance.
The program is aimed at responding to the
capability gap (mentioned before) in terms of
acute lack of professionals having
multidimensional understanding and
multifarious capabilities that would be able to
comprehend and deal with the complex
challenges thrown up by the recent
developments on the urban scene.

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 Key Features
PRACTICE
 The focus of the program—as discussed
before—is on policy and related practice.
 Further, as far as the substance is
concerned, the program, to begin with, is
focused on urban and peri-urban issues
and processes.
 The program starts with multi-
disciplinarity and strive to achieve inter-
disciplinarity, the transition being driven
by the needs and demands of the ground-
reality.
 It would strive to bring together
disciplines not only within social sciences
or within physical or engineering/
technical sciences, but disciplines from all
these three groupings.
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 Efforts to impart multidimensional
understanding and multifarious
capabilities founded on efforts through a
group of courses to develop a perspective
among students that is broad, socially
inclusive, democratic, technically
informed, and culturally as well as
environmentally sensitive.
 Another distinguishing feature of the
program is its strong linkages with the
ground-reality and commitment to respond
to the needs and aspirations of different
stake-holders, especially the
disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of
society. This understanding permeates
through and shapes all the different
components of the program.
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 Urban India Reforms Facility
PRACTICE
Urban India Reform Observatory (UIRO) is
the facility that has started research and
training activities in the area of urban reforms.
Historically, in India, there has been
significant 'policy neglect' of urban issues,
resulting in huge backlog of investments in
urban infrastructure and concomitant
deterioration of basic urban services
particularly for urban poor. The problems have
become serious with growing rate of
urbanization; as per the last Census held in
2001, 28% of Indian population is urban and
slated to exceed 40% by 2030.
The realities of the urban scenario and the
issues related to the reforms, both at the
conceptualization and the implementation
level has inspired the School of Habitat
Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences to
establish a long term facility, viz., Urban India
Reform Facility (UIRF), to undertake various
activities in the realm of academia, advocacy
and capacity building in the field of urban
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reforms. Thus, UIRF, on one hand, provides
knowledge support and services to outside
stakeholders, especially the vulnerable and
disadvantaged sections of society and, on the
other, provides platform to carry out relevant
research for faculty and as well as for training
(especially practical and field training) of
students of the HPP program. UIRF is a
facility providing knowledge support and
services mainly to SMTs in the country and
focused on the theme of urban reforms.
The overall goal of UIRF is to increase public
control or citizens‘ effective influence on
urban reforms and their outcomes, by
providing knowledge support and services
mainly to local academic institutions and civil
society organizations.
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 Infrastructure Facilities
PRACTICE
LIBRARY
The Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library has in
stock about 1, 03,000 volumes. The selection
of the material is geared to meet the needs of
post-graduate students and M.Phil./ Ph.D.
scholars. It subscribes to over 200 scholarly
journals and has over 1,600 audio-visual
materials. It is fully computerised and has a
computer reading facility for visually impaired
students. Users can access the library database
using an Online Public Access catalogue. The
Library brings out a quarterly Selective
Dissemination of Information and Current
Awareness Bulletin. The UGC-INFLIBNET
has recognised it as a Document Delivery
Centre.
COMPUTER CENTRE
The Computer Centre was established with the
aid of the Indian Council for Social Science
Research (ICSSR) to process the data of
research studies undertaken by the Institute‘s
faculty, M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars, and
Master‘s degree students. It also provides
training in data processing to research
scholars, and has been recognised by the
ICSSR as a Centre for Consultancy in Data
Processing and Analysis.
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HOSTELS
TISS campus hosts six hostels, four on the
Main campus and two in Malti and Jal A.D.
Naoroji Campus Annexe. The hostels can
accommodate approximately 500 students.
Each room in the hostel is provided with a bed,
a mattress, a table, a chair and a cupboard. The
entire Campus is Wi-Fi enabled. There is a
team of Hostel Attendants as well to maintain
the student‘s room and the premises of the
hostel.
DINING HALL
The Dining Hall (DH) serves both vegetarian
and non-vegetarian meals. It is managed by the
Institute on a ―no profit no loss‖ basis. The DH
Committee comprises of student
representatives that looks after the DH matters
under the Chairpersonship of a faculty
member.
GYMKHANA
The Gymkahana of TISS, located in the main
campus, is a two storey building and has space
for a well equipped Gymnasium and space for
Yoga. There is a fully fledged indoor
badminton court, two very popular table tennis
boards and other indoor games like carom.
Gym and Yoga instructors facilitate the
students.
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 Course Info

Semester I Semester III

1) Understanding Society 1) Sustainable Development and Climate

2) Introduction to Basic Economics
3) Development Experience, Social
Conflict and Change
4) Sociological Perspectives on Urban
and Regional Development
5) Public Policy and Governance:
Theory, Analysis and Advocacy
6) Ecology and Urban Environment
7) Basic Technical Capabilities of Habitat
Professionals
8) Urban Livelihood and Housing – I
9) Habitat Planning: Theory and Practice
10) Communication
11) Quantitative Research Methods
12) Practical Field Work — Exposure
Visit
Change
2) Political Economy of Urbanisation in
the South
3) Social Sector Issues in Cities
4) Urban Water and Sanitation and Solid
Waste – II
5) Community Group Work
6) Introduction to GIS
7) Advanced Econo-Financial Analysis
8) Analysis of Legal Instruments
9) Analysis of Macro Data
10) Policy Practicum
11) Purposive Field Visits
12) Concentration Work – I
13) Concentration Work – II

Semester II Semester IV

1. Perspectives on Space 1) Concentration Areas

2. Qualitative Research Methods (Project/Dissertation )
3. Urban Economics and Urban Finance a. Urban Water System
4. Urban Transport and Infrastructure: b. Urban Housing
Policies and Practices c. Livelihood/ Planning
5. Public Finance 2) Seminar: Contemporary Issues and
6. Urban Livelihood and Housing – II Topics in Habitat Sector
7. Urban Water and Sanitation and Solid 3) Elective
Waste – I a. Disaster Risk Reduction and
8. Urban Governance in India: Policies Development Planning
and Practices b. Urban and Regional
9. Planning Studio – I Development
10. Comprehensive Assessments of c. Perspectives on Science
Projects Technology and Society
11. Group Field Work 4) Project Management
12. Summer Internship 5) Policy Assignment

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 Pedagogy
The faculty members of the School possess
expertise in a wide range of disciplines,
including physics, engineering, social work,
sociology, public policies, finance,
governance, regional development, political
sciences. Their current research interests also
cover a wide range of themes: water sector
reform and regulation, sustainable
development discourse, sustainable
livelihoods, affordable housing, livelihoods
options for urban poor, climate change
policies, innovation policies, reforms in urban
finance sector, rural–urban water transfers,
urban governance, urban and regional
planning, public–private and state–civil
society partnerships in infrastructure, urban
environmental policy.
Even in ‗classroom‘ courses, diverse teaching
methods are used, in addition to lectures and
presentations by teachers. These include
course-specific field-visits, seminars by guest
speakers especially practitioners, special
workshops on related themes, attendance of
outside seminars, course-specific practical
work, and guided assignments. The assessment
of students‘ performance is also conducted in
diverse ways, through class presentations,
group and individual class assignments, and
group and individual viva-voce. The courses
from the group of ‗Field and Practical Work‘
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are conducted in different and innovative
manner. In field visits, usual visits to
institutions and organizations are replaced by
visits to the sites of problems and solutions.
For example, students visit the ‗nakas or
thelas‘ or street-corners, and talk with
informal workers who gather there in search of
work; students also visit the colonies of
relocated slum dwellers.
The SoHS conducts many research projects as
well as national and international level
seminars and workshops. As part of the
practical work, students get opportunities to
work-in these research projects and participate
in the seminars and workshops. As part of the
‗Policy Practicum‘ component, students would
get opportunities to work in the policy
research and advocacy tasks in the School or
in outside organisations. The most important
component in this group is the ‗Policy
Assignment‘ in Semester IV. The idea is to
provide an opportunity to students to
independently work (but under guidance of a
faculty member) on an assignment like any
consultant would do. In addition, the school
tries to create new and innovative learning
opportunities for students every year.
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 The School has undertaken several pedagogic innovations, of which some are described below:

Winter Institute on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

A 10-day-long Winter Institute (WI) was resources. About 30 students, 10 staff

organised by the School in collaboration with
the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay;
the University of Washington at St. Louis; and
the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES),
Anand. Held in Udaipur, the WI brought
together students, professional development
practitioners and academicians from these
three organisations to develop and deepen their
understanding of the linkages between water,
energy, environment, people and natural
members of FES, and 7 faculty members
worked in 3 groups on the themes of access to
water in rural areas; urban water use and its
linkage with rural areas; and biomass for
energy and forest conservation and presented
reports. Another 40 international students
participated through Washington University,
and GTZ-DAAD Winter School and Summer
School programmes of the School of Habitat
Studies.

Joint Studio on Eastern Water Front of Mumbai

URBZ, an organisation committed to the idea
of user-generated cities, organised a week-long
exercise of ‗Joint Studio on Eastern Water
Front of Mumbai‘. Students of SoHS, along
with students from Columbia University and
J.J. College of Architecture participated in this
Studio. The objective of the Studio was to
engage the students in a field based,
multidisciplinary engagement with real life
issues and discourses about the development
of Mumbai.

Global Carbon Budgets and Equity in Climate Change, June 28-29, 2010

The School of Habitat Studies organized a
Climate Change Conference on ‗Global
Carbon Budgets and Equity in Climate
Change‘ as a joint initiative by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Government of
India and Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
The purpose of the conference was to serve as
an academic discourse on possible options
which developing countries like India should
take at the next round of climate change
negotiations. The conference was open only
for a select few invited members from the
government, policy makers, former planning
commission members, think-tanks,
academicians and students of TISS.
Prominent speakers at the conference were
Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for

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 Environment and Forests in GoI, Kirit Parekh
(Former member of Planning Commission),
Martin Khor (Executive Director, South
centre), Suzana Kahn Ribeiro and Abhijit Sen
(Member, Planning Commission), Navroz
Dubash (Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy
Research). Prof. T. Jayaraman, Chairperson of
the Centre for Science, Technology and
Society was the driving force behind the
Green Tribunal Act 2010
The ‗National Level Consultation Workshop
on National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009 19th
June, 2010‘ was organised by School of
Habitat Studies, TISS & The Access Initiative
(TAI) India, New Delhi in Tata Institute of
Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. The key note
address was delivered by Justice N.
Venkatachala (Former Judge of Supreme
Court of India). Some of the eminent speakers
who addressed the workshop were Sanjay
Parikh (Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of
India), Ritwick Dutta (Environmental Lawyer
& Coordinator, TAI India), Krishnedu
Mukherjee (Barrister Advocate, Goa), Tapan
Chakrabarti (Acting Director, NEERI), Prof.
Syham R Asolekar (IIT , Mumbai), C V
Chalapati Rao (NEERI, Nagpur), Meena
Menon (Special Correspondent, The Hindu),
Debi Goenka (Environmental Activist,
Mumbai), Rahul Choudhary (Advocate,
Supreme Court of India), Amruta Sane
(Advocate, Mumbai High Court) and Simpreet
Singh (Social Activist, Mumbai)
The consultation workshop was proposed to
mean as an informal exercise to bring together
various concerned and informed individuals
and institutions working on different aspects of
environmental litigation. There have already
been discussions by various civil society
groups in different parts of India. This effort
was meant to complement civil society groups
in three ways. First attempt was to understand
.
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Background paper for the conference along
with Tejal Kanitkar and Mario D‘Souza (from
Centre for Science, Technology and Society,
School of Habitat Studies, TISS), Prabir
Purkayastha and Rajbans Talwar (from the
Delhi Science Forum) and Mukul Sanwal
(Former Policy Advisor – UNFCCC, 1995-
2007).
how the Green Tribunal can address the
substantial questions relating to different
aspects of environment. In so doing, the
jurisdiction, powers and proceedings of
the tribunal were critically examined. Second,
those who have worked on different
environmental institutions, and those in a
position to anticipate some of the structural
issues that were likely to come up with the
National Green Tribunal drawn in. The
intention was to learn from past experience of
such institutions dealing with environmental
litigation and make necessary suggestions to
strengthen the motive of the NGT. Third, the
concerns of various stakeholders on different
aspects of the Act were highlighted. In so
doing, people from a wide range of
perspectives and backgrounds, including
academics, advocates and practitioners, were
brought together in order to get a diverse set of
views.
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 Faculty Profile Adjunct Faculty Visiting Faculty

Dr. Subodh M. Wagle Dr. N. Jayaram Dr. N. C. Narayanan

Professor and Dean
B.Tech. (IIT-B),
Ph.D. (University of Delaware,
USA)
Dr. T. Jayaraman
Professor and Program
Coordinator,
Centre for Science,
Technology and Society
Ph.D. (Madras)
Dr. Geetanjoy Sahu
Assistant Professor
M.A., Berhampur University,
M.Phil. Hyderabad
Central University,
Ph.D. ISEC, Bangalore,
Postdoctoral Fellow at the
(CISED), Bangalore
Dr. Amita Bhide
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator,
Centre for Urban Planning and
Governance
M.A. (TISS), Ph.D. (Mumbai)
Mr. Sanjeev S. Chandorkar
Professor and Chairperson
B.E., LLB, DFM, (Mumbai),
CAIIB, (IIB, Mumbai),
CFA (ICFAI, Hyderabad)
Dr. (Ms) Lalitha Kamath
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (USA)
Dr. Ratoola Kundu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (USA)
Professor
M.A., Ph.D. (Bangalore)
Dr. R.N. Sharma
Professor
M.A. (Agra),
Ph.D. (IIT, Kanpur)
Dr. Anita Rath
Assistant Professor (Sr. Scale)
M.A. (Utkal),
M.Phil. (Delhi),
Ph.D. Mumbai
Dr. R. Ramakumar
Assistant Professor
M.Sc. (Agri.Eco.),
Ph.D. (IGIDR)
Dr. Bino Paul
M.A. (Calicut), M.Phil,
Ph.D. (IIT, Mumbai)
School of Management and
Labour Studies
Dr. Balamurugan Guru
M.Tech - Remote Sensing
Bharatidasan
Ph.D IIT-B Mumbai
Dr. Ashish Singh
M.A., Ph.D. (Nainital)
Dr. T. Rajaretnam,
M.Sc. (Annamalai)
Ph.D. (SVU, Tirupathi)
Dr. Shilpa Phadke,
M.A. (SNDT)
M.Phil (Cambridge, U.K.)
Ph.D (TISS)
Associate Professor, CTARA
Indian Institute of Technology-
Bombay,
Mumbai, India
Dr. Sarmistha Pattanaik
(PhD, Environmental Sociology, JNU)
(Asst Professor)
Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay
Shri. Anand B. Rao
Assistant Professor, CTARA
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-
Bombay, Mumbai, India
Dr. Prasad Modak
Executive President, Environmental
Management Centre
Mumbai Area, India
Mrs. Sulakshana Mahajan
Researcher in Urban and Women's
issues,
Visiting lecturer at Sir J. J. School of
Art and Architecture and Rachana
Sansad's Academy of Architecture in
Mumbai.
Dr. Gautam N. Yadama
Associate Professor and Director of
International Programs
George Warren Brown School of
Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
(USA)
Shri. Rahul Srivastava
Social and urban anthropology in
Mumbai, Delhi and Cambridge (UK)
Ex Director of the research collective
PUKAR
Dr. Matias Echanove
PhD (The University of Tokyo)
MSc (Columbia University)
BSc (London School of Economics
and Political Science)

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 Students Profile
Sonal Dhir
Academic Practice Concentration: Planning and the Indian
Cities

Dissertation: Planning displacement – Mega Infrastructure

Projects.

Internships: Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi

Intern as Project Assistant from 1 May to 15 May - 2010.

Work Experience:

 Greenpeace, India, New Delhi Branch as a Project

Assistant

Bachelors of Science  Society for Weaker Community, GTB Enclave as

Microbiology (Honours) Project Staff.
Gargi College, Delhi; Delhi
University (2006)

Sanjay Khandhar

Academic Practice Concentration: Affordable Housing for

the Urban Poor

Research Project: Demand Based Approach to Rajiv Awas

Yojana: A case study of Ahmadabad.

Self Study: Understanding Different Dimensions on SRA

Scheme.

Internships: Mahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT), SEWA,

Ahmadabad as an Intern for Pilot Project on SRA Scheme in
Ahmadabad.

Bachelors of Arts (Geography)

The Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda,
Vadoadara (2009)

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 Abhay Junaghare
Academic Practice Concentration: Urban Water Systems

Research Project:

 Project Report on ―Coping with Water Shortages: A

case study of Akola city‖
 Quality of Drinking Water: Focus on Urban Areas
(Self Study Course)

Internships: National Environmental Engineering and

Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, Intern as Project Assistant
from 8th April to 11th May - 2010.

Work Experience:
 Mehra Neurology Hospital, Chandrapur as a Resident
Bachelors in Homoeopathic Medical Officer from Aug. 2007 -Sep. 2008
Medicine and Surgery  Potdukhe Diabetes Hospital, Chandrapur as a Resident
(B.H.M.S.) Maharashtra Medical Officer from June 2005 -Nov. 2006.
University of Health Sciences
(M.U.H.S.), Nashik (2007)

Sangeeta Banerji

Academic Practice Concentration: Planning and the Indian

Cities

Dissertation: Understanding the role of the megaproject in the

making of the world class city: The Case of the Sabarmati
Riverfront Development Project.

Internship:

 Indian National Congress, Navi Mumbai as a research

intern during April May 2010.
 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad as an
intern from October to November 2010

Bachelors of Science
(Life Sciences)
St. Xavier’s College.Mumbai
University (2008)

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 Gajanan Deshpande

Academic Practice Concentration: Urban Water Systems

Research Project:

 Background Document on a ‗Plan for City to Reduce

Need for External Water Supply‘
 Rural Urban Water Transfer-Review Document, (Self
Study Course)
Internships: Prayas (Resources and Livelihoods Group) Pune,
as an Intern from 15 April to 31 May - 2010.

Work Experience:
 Deepak Hospital, Jalna as a Resident Medical Officer
from 1 May 2008 to 12 May 2009.
Bachelors in Ayurvedic Medicine  CSMSSA Hospital, Civil Hospital, Jalna, PHC,
and Surgery (B.A.M.S.) Selgaon, Jalna as Rotating Internship from 26 Feb
Maharashtra University of Health 2007 to 06 March 2008.
Sciences (M.U.H.S.), Nashik
(2008)

Paroj Banerjee
Academic Practice Concentration: Affordable Housing for
the Urban Poor

Dissertation:

 Migrant Workers in the H East Ward Conducting an

exploratory study of invisibility in the everyday lives
of the migrants in the H East Ward in Mumbai

 Homeless and Policy Gaps (Self Study)

Internships: Planning Commission as a Intern under member

Shri Arun Maira from April – May.

Work Experience:
 Research Trainee in TERI from 1 September 2008 to
Sociology (Honours)
31st Mat 2009
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata  British Council (Kolkata) as Freelance from 2005 to
(2008) 2008.

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 Rini Fernandes
:
Academic Practice Concentration: Affordable Housing for
the Urban Poor

Dissertation: land and housing markets: A political economy

of the MMRDA rental housing policy

Internships: Sakal Print and Media House As an internee from

7th may- 6th June 2010

Bachelors of Arts Sociology

(Hons)
St. Xavier’s College Mumbai

Mumbai University (2009)

Lalit Chakma

Academic Practice Concentration: Urban Water Systems

Research Project: Risk Perception of Investors in Urban Water

Sector

Internship: IDBI Limited, Mumbai as a Intern from 5 April to

26 May 2010

Work Experience:

 Accord Communication Ltd (Mumbai) as a Sales and

Service Engineer, from Sept 2008 to June 2009.

 Tata Teleservice (Maharashtra) Ltd (TTML-Mumbai)

as a Customer Service Engineer from June 2008-Sept
B. E.(Electronics and
2008
telecommunication) Smt. Indira
Gandhi College of Engineering
University of Mumbai

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 Rajratna Sardar
Academic Practice Concentration: Planning and the Indian
Cities

Research Project: Identifying Issues in Institutionalizing

Community Participation in Urban Local Governance

Name: Nikhil George

Internships: IDBI Limited, Mumbai as a Intern from 5 April
to 5 JuneConcentration:
Practice 2010 Urban Water System

Research Dissertation Title:

Bachelors of Science Work Experience: India Infoline Insurance Services Limited
(Mathematics, Physics, as a Assistant Branch Manager for 18 months
Chemistry) Deogiri College

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Marathawada University,
Aurangabad (2007)

Srikumar Jena

Academic Practice Concentration: Planning and the Indian

Cities

Research Project:

 Policies and institutional aspect of Solid Waste

Management, A case study of Bhubaneswar.
 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT- Challenges for
small and medium towns
Internships: Vasundhara NGO, BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA
as an Internee from 15 April to 10 June - 2010.

Work Experience:
 Gautam Das & associate legal firm, Patiala house
Integrated Law (B.A.LL.B) court, New Delhi as a Junior associate from 1st Jan
University Law College 2007 to 30th June 2007.
 Manchanda and company Legal firm, High court, New
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Delhi as a Junior associate from 1st July 2007 to 31st
Orissa May 2008

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Academic Practice Concentration: Urban Water Systems

Dissertation: Privatization of Water Supply: Conceptual

Arguments and the Story from the Ground

Internship: Kerala Institute for Local Administration

Mulagunnathukavu P.O., Thrissur

Work Experience: T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd, Executive Content

Development 12 months
B.Tech
(Information Technology)
School of Engineering

CUSAT, 2008

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 Placement programme
The interested organizations should send the
Campus Visit Confirmation Form by 14th
January 2011. Pre-placement presentation
dates would be finalized by the Training and
Placement Department, School of Habitat
Studies in consultation with the organization
concerned.
Pre-Placement Presentations and Summer
Placements
The pre-placement presentations would be
scheduled from 16th January 2011 onward.
Organizations would visit the campus on a
mutually convenient date from January 2011
onward for a pre-placement talk with the
students.
Placement Rules
Once Organization confirms their
participation, the information provided by
them is made available to students. This
followed by a process of slotting
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organizations, which is done to ensure that the
process goes on smoothly and with minimal
logistical inconvenience. Once the slots are
decided, the same will be communicated to the
organizations and the date of placement
process will be fixed.
Organizations are required to follow the
following rules
The Placement process will comprise of
i. Pre-placement talk
ii. Collection and handing over CVs of
interested candidates
iii. Selection process by the recruiter and
iv. Handing over the list of selected candidates
for Placement
During the Pre-Placement talk, the recruiter
will make a presentation about the
Organization, the job profile and responds to
the queries of students. No one-to-one
interaction by the recruiter is allowed with the
candidates before the final selection. TISS
must receive the confirmation of the
appointments from the recruiting organization
within three days of leaving the campus.
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 Please send the filled in Campus Visit Confirmation Form to the contacts given below

Contact Information

Faculty Coordinator Placement Committee

Dr. Amita Bhide Raj: + 91 - 9823388110

Program Coordinator Lalit: + 91 - 93235518277
The Head, Training and Placement Abhay: +91 - 9022414490
Mobile: +91 - 9820104053 Gajanan: +91 - 7738541644
E mail: amita@tiss.edu
E-mail: tisshab.placecom@gmail.com

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 The Head, Training and Placement
School of Habitat Studies
Naoroji Campus
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400088
Tel: +91-22-25525375
Fax: +91-22-25525050

Organisation
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Address
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City Pin
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Telephone Fax
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E-mail
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Final Placement Requirement

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Functional Area Vacancy Destination Posting
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Finance
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Marketing
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General
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Policy
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Research
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Others (specify)
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 Final Placement Selection Procedure
__________________________________________________________________________________
Written Test Interview
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Campus Visit Particulars

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Would you make a pre placement presentation Yes No
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Tentative date for Pre-Placement Presentation
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What audio-visual aids would you require?
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35mm Slide Projector
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Overhead Slide Projector
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Others (specify)
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Signature Date / /
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Name
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Designation
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