TISS Mumbai: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Scholarship Name

Benefits

Eligibility Criteria

Eklavya Scholarship

Rs 5,000

Students who are admitted to the postgraduate programmes and must have obtained 60% in the arts, commerce and law stream and 70% in the science stream.

Parental annual income should not exceed 75,000 Rs/- and students should residents of Maharashtra. Also, students are not allowed to work part-time or full time.

PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child

Rs. 36,200 per annum

Girl student up to the age of 30 years and must be pursuing full-time 1st year PG programme

Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for Minorities

Rs. 3,000 per annum

Students should have obtained 50% or above marks in the previous final examination and annual family income should be up to Rs. 2,00,000 per annum.

National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students 

Rs. 25,000 per month for M.Phil candidates 

Rs. 28,000 per month for Ph.D. candidates

Students should belong to the ST category, should have passed post-graduation and must be pursuing a regular full-time M.Phil/Ph.D. programme and annual family income should be up to Rs. 6,00,000 per annum.

UGC Junior Research Fellowship

Rs. 16,000 per month for the first two years and Rs. 18,000 per month for the next three years.

s. A contingency grant of Rs. 10,000/- per annum for the first two years and Rs. 20,500/- per annum for the next three years is also available

Students must have qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) conducted by the UGC.

Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship

Rs.16,000/- for the initial two years and Rs.18,000/- for the remaining three years. The contingency grant available is Rs. 10,000/- per annum for the initial two years and Rs. 20,500/- for the remaining three years.

Also, house rent allowance will be given to students who are not offered hostel accommodation. 

Students must be belonging to SC/ST category and be admitted to M.Phil/Ph.D. programmes

Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) 

Rs. 16,000/- per month for the first two years and the remaining three years is Rs. 18,000/- per month

Students pursuing research studies leading to regular and full-time M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses only and must belong to the minority community.

The Indian Council of Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship 

Rs.16,000/- per month along with a contingency grant of Rs. 15,000/- per annum

Doctoral students preferably below the age of 35 years, who have a master’s degree from a recognised university with a first or second class and are registered for a doctoral degree in social sciences.

VU Scholarship (TISS-VU Double Degree Programme)

Monthly stipend of Rs. 16,000 for the first two years which is increased to Rs.18,000 in the third year.

Ph.D. scholars must register for a joint doctoral double degree programme in Health and Mental Health using the trans-disciplinary approach. (TISS- VU double degree programme)

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Scholarship

NA

Students admitted to M.Phil in Women Studies, Media and Cultural Studies. Only students who have not received any grants/ scholarships from other sources are eligible to apply.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Research Fellowship (BANRF/BARTI) 

M.Phil. scholars would be provided with a scholarship of Rs. 5,000/- per month while Ph.D. scholars would be entitled to Rs. 8000/- per month

Students must be pursuing the research degrees full time , and are not employed at the institute or elsewhere.