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    TISSNET Eligibility 2023: Program and Institute-wise

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    TISSNET Eligibility 2023 mandates a candidate to hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university. The eligibility criteria for TISSNET is defined by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Candidates satisfying the defined standards are eligible to apply for the exam online at tiss.edu.

    • Candidates willing to take TISSNET 2023 must have completed the graduation of minimum 3 years duration or its equivalent from a recognized university.
    • Final year candidates can also apply for the exam. However, they will be offered final admission only after they clear the final year examination.
    • There is no upper age limit defined by TISS for appearing in the national-level exam.

    Check TISSNET Reservation 

    Table of Contents

    1. Factors Determining TISSNET Eligibility 2023
      1.1 What is Pass Class?
    2. Program Specific Eligibility for TISSNET 2023
      2.1 Eligibility for TISS Tuljapur
      2.2 Eligibility for TISS Hyderabad
      2.3 Eligibility for TISS Guwahati
    3. TISSNET Reservation Policy 2023
      3.1 TISS Mumbai, Tuljapur and Hyderabad Campuses
    4. TISSNET 2023 Eligibility FAQs
    TISSNET: Factors Determining Eligibility

    Factors Determining TISSNET Eligibility 2023

    Tata Institute of Social Sciences has laid out a few factors that will determine if a candidate is eligible to fill TISSNET Application Form or not. They are as follows – 

    • ‘Pass Class’ indicated in the Bachelor’s Degree of the candidate would be used for the purpose of determining their eligibility.
    • Candidates in the final year of 3 or 4 years of graduation and have not cleared all the courses (main, major or substitute) of 1st and 2nd year are not eligible to apply for the TISSNET exam.
    • Candidates with 10+2+2+1 bridge course pattern or any other pattern with 15 years of formal education from a recognized university/ institute are eligible to apply.
    • Only those candidates who will be able to complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor's Degree examinations by June 2023, are eligible to apply to all TISS Courses.
    • If any information provided in the application form is identified as incorrect or misleading, it will result in cancellation of the candidature.
    • If a candidate has failed in the final year exam of their Bachelor’s Degree, he/ she will not be allowed to take part in the entrance exam for admission in programs offered by TISS.
    • Candidates who are provided admissions provisionally but he/ she fails in the final year will not be allowed to continue the program.
    • Candidates will be required to produce all original marksheets and other documents at the time of the interview. However, candidates will be given provisional admission if they fail to do so, provided they submit the mark sheets by the specified date. Check TISSNET Selection Process

    What is Pass Class?

    Most colleges have Pass/ Fail classes but not all are created equal. Instead of a traditional letter grade based on a numbers system, the student receives a passing grade or a failing grade. Hence, the term simply means a student will be graded and those grades will define if he/ she has cleared the exam or not.

    TISSNET: Program Specific Eligibility

    Program Specific Eligibility for TISSNET 2023

    Apart from TISSNET general eligibility defined by the conducting body, there are other eligibility standards for all the programs. All the applicants are advised to carefully go through the detailed course wise eligibility criteria before registering for TISSNET 2023:

    Program NameProgram Specific Eligibility
    CF – Social Work with Children and FamiliesGraduation from any discipline
    CJ – Social Work in Criminology and JusticeGraduation from any discipline
    CODP – Social Work in Community Organisation and Development PracticeGraduation from any discipline
    DTA – Social Work in Dalit and Tribal Studies and ActionGraduation from any discipline
    DSA – Social Work in Disability Studies and ActionPreference for candidates with a graduate degree in Social Work, Psychology, Special Education, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, and Disability rehabilitation-related fields. Graduates with at least 2 years of experience in the field of social welfare will be preferred.
    LE – Social Work in Livelihoods and EntrepreneurshipGraduation from any discipline
    MH – Social Work in Mental HealthGraduation from any discipline
    PH – Social Work in Public HealthGraduation from any discipline
    WCP – Social Work in Women Centred PracticeGraduation from any discipline
    GL – Globalisation and LabourGraduation from any discipline
    HRM – Human Resources Management and Labour RelationGraduation from any discipline
    SE – Social EntrepreneurshipGraduation from any discipline
    HE – Health AdministrationCandidates should have:
    • Completed three years of a graduate degree in any discipline, or
    • Four years of a graduate degree in medicine, paramedical sciences, or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering
    • Complete their internship on or before June 2020. .
    • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
    HO – Hospital AdministrationCandidates should have:
    • Completed three years of a graduate degree in any discipline, or
    • Four years of graduate degree in medicine, paramedical sciences, or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering
    • Complete their internship on or before June 2020. 
    • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
    PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and FinanceCandidates should have:
    • Master's degree in any discipline, or,
    • Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering.
    • Completed their internship on or before June 2020. 
    • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
    PHSE – Public Health in Social EpidemiologyCandidates should have:
    • Master's degree in any discipline, or,
    • Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four years program like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering.
    • Completed their internship on or before June 2020. 
    • Candidates who are in their final year in Bachelor’s degree program are not eligible to apply.
    DS – Development StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    WS – Women’s StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    EE – Education (Elementary)Graduation from any discipline
    MC – Media and Cultural StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    CCSS – Climate Change and Sustainability StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    RG – Regulatory GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    WPG – Water Policy & GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    DM – Disaster ManagementGraduation from any discipline
    APCP – Applied Psychology with specialisation in Counselling PsychologyCandidate should have completed:
    • B.A. Psychology
    • B.A./ B.Sc. Home Sciences with specialisation in Child/ Human Development
    • B.A. in Social Work
    • B.A. General with minimum of 3 papers in Psychology
    • Candidates who will appear for their final year B.A. examination in 2017, with the above subjects and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
    PHHP – Public Health in Health Policy, Economics, and FinanceCandidates should have a:
    • Master’s degree in any discipline 
    • Completed Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four-year programs like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering, law.
    • Candidates should have completed their internship on or before June 2019.
    PHSE – Public Health in Social EpidemiologyCandidates should have a:
    • Master’s degree in any discipline 
    • Completed Bachelor's degree in medicine, paramedical or other four-year programs like pharmacy, veterinary sciences, engineering, law.
    • Candidates should have completed their internship on or before June 2019.
    DS – Development StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    WS – Women’s StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    EE – Education (Elementary)Graduation from any discipline
    MC – Media & Cultural StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    CCSS – Climate Change & Sustainability StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    RG – Regulatory GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    UPG – Urban Policy & GovernanceGraduation in one of the following disciplines: Engineering, Architecture, Management, Physical Sciences, Geography, Planning, Law, or Social Sciences, with interest in habitat-related issues/ sectors
    APCLP – Applied Psychology with specialization in Clinical PsychologyCandidate should have completed:
    • B.A. Psychology
    • B.A./ B.Sc. Home Sciences with specialisation in Child/ Human Development
    • B.A. in Social Work
    • B.A. General with minimum of 3 papers in Psychology
    • Candidates who will appear for their final year B.A. examination in 2017, with the above subjects and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply.
    MLIS – Master of Library and Information ScienceGraduation from any discipline
    ATJ – LL.M. in Access to Justice
    • LL.B. Degree with 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST).
    • Candidates appearing in final LL.B. Examination in April / May 2018 can also apply

    Eligibility for TISS Tuljapur

    Program NameProgram Specific Eligibility
    RD – Social Work in Rural DevelopmentGraduation from any discipline
    DPPP – Development Policy, Planning, and PracticeGraduation from any discipline
    SE – Social EntrepreneurshipGraduation from any discipline
    SLNRMG – Sustainable Livelihoods, Natural Resources Management and GovernanceGraduation from any discipline

    Eligibility for TISS Hyderabad

    Program NameProgram Specific Eligibility
    RDG – Rural Development and GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    ED – EducationGraduation from any discipline
    PPG – Public Policy and GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    DS – Development StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    WS – Women’s StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    NRG – Natural Resources & GovernanceGraduation from any discipline
    HRM – M.A. in Human Resources ManagementGraduation from any discipline

    Eligibility for TISS Guwahati

    Program NameProgram Specific Eligibility
    EESD – Ecology, Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGraduation from any discipline
    LSSS – Labour Studies and Social SecurityGraduation from any discipline
    PCS – Peace and Conflict StudiesGraduation from any discipline
    SSA – M.A. in Sociology and Social AnthropologyGraduation from any discipline
    SWCODP – Social Work in Community Organisation and Development PracticesGraduation from any discipline
    SWLE – Social Work in Livelihoods and EntrepreneurshipGraduation from any discipline
    SWCL – Social Work in CounsellingGraduation from any discipline
    SWPH – Social Work in Public HealthGraduation from any discipline
    TISSNET: Reservation Policy

    TISSNET Reservation Policy 2023

    As per the Government of India, there are certain reservation policies that the examination authorities have to abide by. The reservation policy of TISSNET varies for each TISS Campus. Listed below are TISSNET 2023 Reservation Policy:

    TISS Mumbai, Tuljapur and Hyderabad Campuses

    • For the Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 10% of the seats will be reserved.
    • For Scheduled Castes (SC): 15% of the seats will be reserved. CheckSample Certificate Format for SC Category
    • For Scheduled Tribes (ST): 7.5% of the seats will be reserved. Check Sample Certificate Format for ST Category
    • For Other Backward Classes (OBC – non-creamy layers): 27% of total seats will be reserved. Check Sample Certificate for OBC Category
    • For Persons with Disability (PwD – Supernumerary Quota): 5% seats are reserved for persons with disabilities. There are 3 categories of disabilities namely:
      • Low-vision/blindness
      • Hearing impairment
      • Locomotor disability/cerebral palsy
    • For Kashmiri Migrants: The seats will be reserved as per GOI Directives
    • For Armed Forces: Reservation of 5% seats (supernumerary quota) for Children/ widows of personnel Armed/ Paramilitary Forces killed/ disabled in action during the hostilities in the following priority:
      • Priority I: Widows/wards of Defense personnel/Para-Military Personnel killed in action.
        Required Certificate: Proof in Original.
      • Priority II: Wards of serving Defense Personnel and ex-servicemen/Para-Military personnel disabled in action. Required Certificate: Original disability certificate clearly indicating the disability is attributable to Military Services.
      • Priority III: Widows/wards of Defense Personnel/Para-Military Personnel who died in peacetime with death attributable to Military Service. Required Certificate: Original death certificate clearly indicating the cause of death is attributable to Military Services.
      • Priority IV: Wards of Defense Personnel/Para-Military Personnel disabled in peacetime with disability attributable to Military Service. Required Certificate: Original disability certificate clearly indicating the disability is attributable to Military Services.
      • Priority V: Wards of serving Defense Personnel and Ex-servicemen Paramilitary/Police Personnel who are in receipt of Gallantry Awards. Required Certificate: Proof in Original.
      • Priority VI: Wards of Defense Ex-servicemen. Required Certificate: Original ex-servicemen Identity Card/discharge book/PPO(Pension Payment Order).
      • Priority VII: Wards of serving Defense Personnel. Required Certificate: Original Service Identity Cards and Dependent Card/Certificate issued by the Competent Authority.

    Check Sample Certificate for Armed Forces Candidate

    TISS Guwahati Campus

    • TISS Guwahati is meant to serve the 8 states in North-Eastern India.
    • Thus, it reserves 66% of the seats for candidates from these states.
    • The seat allotment for each of the states will be governed by the reservation policy of the respective state.
    • Remaining 34% of the seats are for candidates from the rest of India.
    • The GoI reservation policy will be applicable to this 34% of the seats only.
    Frequently Asked Questions

    TISSNET 2023 Eligibility FAQs

    Ques. I pursued my bachelors via distance mode, am I still eligible?

    Ans. Yes, you are eligible for TISSNET 2023, provided that the Bachelors is from a UGC recognised university. 

    Ques. What is Pass Class?

    Ans. Most colleges have Pass/ Fail classes but not all are created equal. Instead of a traditional letter grade based on a numbers system, the student receives a passing grade or a failing grade. Hence, the term simply means a student will be graded and those grades will define if he/ she has cleared the exam or not.

    Ques. I am in the final year of my bachelors, can I attempt TISSNET 2023?

    Ans. Candidates in the final year of 3 or 4 years of graduation and have not cleared all the courses (main, major or substitute) of 1st and 2nd year are not eligible to apply for the TISSNET exam. 

    Ques. I will not be receiving my educational documents by the time of submission, what to do?

    Ans. If the documents have not been submitted by the prescribed date the admission will be cancelled. It is best if you get in touch with your university. 

    Ques. Does TISS have campus placements?

    Ans. Yes, for the old programmes especially. The programmes which are recently introduced are also in the process for the campus placements.

    *The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College

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