TISS

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a social sciences institute with its main campus based in Mumbai, India. Since its establishment in 1936, it has been one of the premier institutes in India in social sciences, human development, public policy and economics.^[1] The institute is a part of an elite group of research and higher learning institutes with early support from the Tata Trustsin India. Other institutes in this group include Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).^[2]

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences was ranked in top Indian universities, colleges and institutes in Social, Demography and Economics research by a Stanford University study.^[3] The master's degree programme in Human Resource Management and Labour Relations (erstwhile Personnel Management and Industrial Relations) offered at the TISS Mumbai campus is one of the most prestigious programs in the field of HR in India.^{[citation needed]}

TISS also has campuses in Hyderabad, Guwahati, Tuljapur and an extension campus at The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health (BALM), Chennai .