TISS-Mumbai Holds Alumni Meet

TISS-Mumbai Holds Alumni Meet

The Alumni Meet of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) opened with a tremendous sense of nostalgia in the air as the TISS alumni of even the 40s and the 50s batches were seen; white hair, wisdom, and along with it, a deep sense of belonging to the TISS family. It took an hour more than the scheduled time to begin with the plenary session, as the alumni were too busy catching up with each other.

The session began with the voice of the institute; the institute song. The anchor, Mr. R. S. S. Mani, an ex-faculty, welcomed the audience and introduced the members on the dais, who were facilitated with bouquets which included the Director, Prof. S. Parasuraman, the Deputy Director, Prof. Usha S. Nayar, Prof. Armaity S. Desai, Chairperson of the Governing Board, Mr. R. K. Krishna Kumar. Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Nasreen Rustomfram and the General Secretary of the Students Union, Mr. Sanjay Pradhan and the registrar, Mr. Sandeep Chatterjee.

Prof. Usha Nayar addressed the audience greeting them with overwhelming affection. She said that TISS is playing a significant role through research education and influencing the policies towards people-centered development. She said that keeping in view of the legacy of the institution, recently the institute has been re-structured, re-imagined and re-defined in response to the changing needs in the society and in an attempt to address the problems in society and work towards change that reached out to all.

Prof. Nasreen Rustomfram then spoke of the genesis of the entire event. The event was a culmination of the efforts made by the institute in the past two years to re-connect with its alumni. Its conception occurred with the present students union putting it on the annual agenda and the sustained efforts of a critical mass of student, faculty and administrative staff. She highlighted the expectations from this meet which was to create a forum for a dialogue between the alumni, institute and the students, to set up a process of active participation of the alumni in the future development of the institute, to encourage networking and have an ongoing relationship with them.

Mr. Sanjaya Pradhan,General Secretary of Students' Union, spoke on the occasion about the strengthening of roots that was required for the institute which could do a lot for the students once they pass out.

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Contributed by -
Sreeram V.,
Batch of 2006-08,
School of Management & Labour Studies,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.

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