TISS-NET (Tata institute of social science National Entrance Test) exam equivalent to MBA course || Eligibility, Courses, Campus, Package, Placement, Fee structure, Selection procedure, Exam pattern, Tentative date, Application fee...

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 What is TISS?

The tata institute of social sciences has been to be an institution of excellence in higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development and application of knowledge, towards creating a people. TISS offers variety of courses in bachelor, master, doctoral courses and also short term courses.   

•   TISS has four campuses mumbai, tuljapur, hyderabad, guwahati in all campuses the main institute is mumbai.
•  Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses have independent high quality faculty engaged in teaching, research, policy and outreach activities.
• The Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses are networked with Mumbai campus to access library, online books and journals and classes.
• All campuses have unified campus placement policy and placement process.

2.  M.A. PROGRAMMES (CAMPUSES & COURSES)

         MUMBAI COURSES:- 

  > School of social work                                                                                               SEATS MATRIX

• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Children & Families)                                                 23
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Criminology& Justice)                                               34
• Master of  Arts in Social Work ( Community Organisation & development practice) 34
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Disability studies & Action)                                       20
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Dalit & Tribal studies& action)                                  29
•  Master of  Arts in Social Work (Mental health)                                                          20
• Master of Arts in Social Work (Public health)                                                            20 
•  Master of  Arts in Social Work (Livelihoods & Social Entrepreneurship)                  23
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Women-centred practice)                                        20

  >School of Management and  labour studies

• Master of Arts (Human resources management & Labour relation)          68
• Master of Arts (Social entrepreneurship)                                                  34
• Master of Arts  (Labour studies practices)                                                26
• Master of Arts (Organisation Development, change and leadership)       34
• M.A./M.Sc in Analytics                                                                              34

 >School of development studies

• Master of Arts(Development studies)                                                                  50
• Master of Arts (Women's Studies)                                                                        28

 >School of Education

• Master of Arts in Education (Elementary) (Blended Mode)                                 51
•  Master of Arts (Education) (Full time)                                                                 30
•  B.Ed-M.Ed( integrated, three-years)                                                                     50

 >School of Habitat studies (M.A./M.Sc.)

• M.A./M.Sc.(Environment, climate change and sustainability studies)                   23
• M.A./M.Sc. (Urban policy and Governance)                                                           23
•  M.A./M.Sc.(Water policy and governance)                                                             23
• M.A./M.Sc. (Regulatory policy governance)                                                            20

 >Jamsetji Tata School for Disaster Management(M.A./M.Sc.)

• M.A./M.Sc. (Disaster Management)                                                                           35

 >School for Human Ecology

• Master of arts in applied Psychology (Clinical and counseling practice)                    20

 >School of Media and Cultural studies

• Master of Arts (Media and Cultural studies)                                                                 15

 >Centre for Library and information management studies (CLIMS)

• Master of arts (Library and information science)                                                          16 

 >School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance

• Master of Law (LLM) (Access to Justice)                                                                      40

         Tuljapur Courses:-

• Master of Arts (Social work in rural development)                                                       30
•  Master of Arts/Master of Science (Development policy, planning and practice)         30
•  Master of Arts (Social innovation and Entrepreneurship)                                           30
• Master of Arts/Master of Science (Sustainable Livelihoods and Natural resources    governance)                                                                                                                30 

          Hyderabad Courses:-

• Master of Arts (Rural development and governance)                                             34
• Master of Arts  (Education)                                                                                      40
•  Master of Arts (Public policy and Governance)                                                       40 
• Master of Arts (Women's studies)                                                                             34
• Master of Arts (Development studies)                                                                       34
• Master of Arts (Natural Resourse & Governance)                                                     34

             Guwahati Courses:- 

• Master of Arts (Ecology, environment and sustainable development)                       20
• Master of Arts (Labour studies and social protection)                                                15
• Master of Arts (Peace and conflict studies)                                                                20
• Master of Arts (Sociology and social Anthropology)                                                   20
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Community Organisation & development practices) 15
•  Master of  Arts in Social Work (Livelihoods and social entrepreneurship)                 15
•  Master of  Arts in Social Work (Counselling)                                                             15
• Master of  Arts in Social Work (Public Health)                                                            15

3.Two Popular Courses:-         

                                                                  Seats                                     Eligibility

 >Human resources management 
& Labour relation (HRM&LR)                    68                     Graduated in any stream

 >Organisation Development,

change and leadership (ODCL)             34                        2 year of professional 

                                                                                                work experience

4.Placement Packages vary every year(appro.):- (HRM&LR and ODCL)

Packages	INR(LPA)
Highest CTC	32
Median CTC	18
Average CTC	22

 Placement/Company:-

• Aditya Birla Group
• Amazon
• Capgemini
• CKBirla-HIL
• Deloitte
• HR Axiom
• Raymond
• Reliance industries
• Tata projects
• TechMahindra 
• VolvoFranklin Templeton Investments
• Lodha Group
• Cyient etc.

Fees Structure:-

                       course fee+Hotel fee

  HRM&LR                         -    2.5lakhs total

  ODCL                              -     9-10lakhs total

           

5.Selection Procedure:- 

HRM&LR/ODCL                                          NON- HRM&LR/ODCL

Stage1      TISS-NET Qualifying                                    TISS-NET(Qualifying)           due to covid (30%Weightage)                   due to covid (30%Weightage)

Stage2     a. TISS-MAT (Scoring)                                  TISS-PAT             due to covid   (40%Weightage)                due to covid(40%Weightage)

b.   OPI (Online personal interview)                     OPI(30%Weightage)           due to covid  (30%Weightage)

Pre interview test

Personal interview

100%Marks                                           100%Marks

*This pattern changes year to year you should visit official website click here

TISS-NET:- 

• It is a 100mins test and consists of 100 objective type multiple choice questions (MCQ).
•  NO NEGATIVE MARKING applicable for TISS-NET for any program. 
• Medium of TISS-NET will be English. 
• Duration of the test - 2 pm to 3.40 pm time may be different (1 hour and 40 minutes)

                     Test pattern:-

                     

Components / Sections	English proficiency	Mathematics and Logical reasoning	General Awareness(GA)
Number of Questions	30	30	40
Total Marks (100)	30	30	40
Sectional Cut-off (SCO)*	Nil	Nil	35% (14 Marks) for Gen, EWS, KM and AF 30% (12 Marks) for OBC (NC) and PWD No Sectional Cut off for SC/ST
Preparation Level	Upto ClassX	Upto Class X	Linked with Objectives of the Section

 

 

Broad Coverage (Indicative and not restrictive)

Word Choice / sentence correction Odd-one-out Analogies Synonyms & Antonyms Grammar Verbal reasoning Reading comprehension

Basic Arithmetic Basic Geometry Basic Trigonometry Basic Statistics Number Series Data interpretation Logical reasoning

Politics Social Studies Science & Technology Environment Sports Art & Culture Indian History

TISS-PAT:- 

                         The duration of the Programme Aptitude Test (PAT) is 45 minutes if candidates selected only one programme. If candidates selected two programmes the duration of the PAT will be 90 minutes and for three programmes the duration will be 135 minutes. 

   

             Test Pattern:-   

                  Programme Aptitude Test (TISS-PAT) is programme specific and might have variations across different programmes. 

TISS-MAT:-

•  (Management aptitude test) The TISS MAT will be a computer based MCQ type test with a duration 45 minutes and 50 Marks.
• Negative Marking: Each correct answer in Section 1 to 3 will fetch 1 mark, and each wrong answer will result in 0.25 negative marks.

Test Pattern:- 

Components  / Sections	Comprehension (1)		Management Data Interpretation (2)	Business Awareness (3)	Descriptive Writing (4)
Expected Number of Questions	10		15	10	01
Total Marks (50)	10		15	10	15
Sectional Cut-off	Nil		Nil	Nil	Nil
Preparation Level	Graduate		Graduate	Graduate
Objectives	To assess ability to read and understand management literature.		To assess ability to read and interpret data related to the economy, market, business, and organization.	To assess awareness and familiarity with business knowledge.	Thought process, mulifaceted viewpoints and conviction of the candidates on the topic.
Broad Coverage (Indicative and not restrictive)	Reading a write-up on a management related subject and answering questions related to the passage.		Interpreting graphs, charts, and data across multiple sources. Performing basic operations with data collected from multiple sources. Particular link in TISS WEBSITE to know the updated detail of M.A. programmes	Knowledge of contemporary events, news, related to the economy, business, human resource management, and labour studies. click here	The topics will be drawan on the current social/economic/political/business/organisation related issues

6. Tentative timeline:-

  M.A Admission Timeline

Sr.no.	Event	Dates
I	Announcement of Online Application for Admission	December
II	Last Date for Online form APPLICATION /   REGISTRATION	January
III	Last Date for receipt of application form by post	January
IV	TISS-NET Hall Ticket available  (Online) for downloading	February
V	Online Pre-admission orentation Programme for SC/ST/OBC/Minority and PWD candidates will be held at Mumbai/Tuljapur/Hyderabad and Guwahati Campuses	January
VI	TISS National Entrance Test (TISS_NET) (Computer Based) at Different Centres	February
VII	Announcement of TISS-NET results (candidates who appeared for the national entrance test will have to visit the TISS website and login to download their scorecard).	March
All dates mentioned below may be changed subject to the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Government
VIII	Online DAF Opening and Closing date	May to July
IX	PAT/MAT Hall Tickets Download	May Onwards
X	PAT/MAT Centre Change closing date	June  Onwards
XI	Programme Aptitude Test/ Management Aptitude Test (PAT/MAT)	June
XII	Online Personal Interview (OPI)	July to July
XIII	Announcement of Merit List for MA Admission	July
XIV	Online Documents uploading & payment of Fees by the selected candidates and confirm seat from Merit list	July to August
XV	Announcement of First Wait List	August
XVI	Online Documents uploading & payment of Fees by the selected candidates and confirm seat from Wait list 1	August to August
XVII	Completion of Admission formalities	July to August
XVIII	Commencement of New Academic Session for Junior Students	August for Mumbai, Tuljapur , Hyderabad Campuses and for  Guwahati Campus to be announced separately)

 

      7.Application Form fee :

No. of Program	Online payment
	General                        Eligible Goi-pms                                                       SC/ST/OBC(NC)/ Not-                                     Eligible Goi-pms  SC/ST (only)
Apply for 1 program	1030                                 260/510
Apply for 2 program	2060                                  520/1020
Apply for 3 program	3090                                  780/1530

         *pms (Post matric scholarship)