NGO Education Survey

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai

Contact Information:

Swapan Garain

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
Social Welfare Administration
Post Box 8313
Deonar
Maharashtra 400 088
India
Southern Asia
Asia
http://www.tiss.edu/


Business Plan Development for Social SectorEntrepreneurship Development

Field Work

Field Work

Livelihood Impact Assessment and Evaluation

Livelihoods Innovation Lab - I

Livelihoods Innovation Lab - II

Livelihoods Promotion and Social Entrepreneurship Development

Social Action and Livelihoods Transformation

Social Action and Livelihoods Transformation

Administration of Social Welfre Organisations
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Advocacy in Social Work
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Community Organization
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Financial Management in Welfare Organizations
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Management of Nongovernmental Organizations
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Understand and define basic concepts of social development; Understand and define basic concepts of social development and link problems/needs/issues in the local area with programmes at the national level.


Organisational Behavior
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Public Welfare Programmes and Administration
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Qualitative Research Methods for Social Work
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Social Action for Social Change
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Social Work Research
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Voluntary Action in Development
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate

Social Issues in India
Credit Bearing: Credit-Bearing
Level: Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduater

Program Information:

Social Work
Services

Internships
Practica
Consultant Services
Commission Projects
Technical Assistance

Other Information Services

Published Papers
Technical Assistance
Indian Journal of Social Work

Degree and Certificate Information

Degrees

Degree: MA in Social Work
Level: Graduate

Credit Hours: 60+

Degree: Master of Arts in Social Entrepreneurship (MA in SE)
Level: Masters


Certificates
  • Certificate in Social Work
  • Advanced Certificate in Social Welfare Administration

Information on Training and Other Services

None listed

Additional Information

Entrepreneurial orientation for creating and managing income earning opportunities is considered to be the foundation for economic empowerment of the poor and disadvantaged section of the society. The M.A. Social Work in Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship aims at developing competency among the students on critical thinking, knowledge building and a set of practice skills in the area of conceiving, designing and managing social enterprises with a view to create wealth for the poor. The objective of the course is to nurture entrepreneurial attribute of young professionals and equip them to build entrepreneurial venture in the emerging social sectors. The programme thus aims at developing a cadre of professionals competent to visualise economic opportunities, conceive and design plans, raise resources, develop products and services and evaluate and change the system of operation. In addition, the students will develop competency in designing and redesigning appropriate and efficient service delivery systems, and creating and strengthening an effective organisational mechanism in social enterprises. The programme aims at two-fold approaches for placement. Firstly, the students will be encouraged and facilitated to start their own social enterprises. It is visualised that over the years a substantial number of students will take the entrepreneurial path and set up their own enterprises. Secondly, every effort will be made to place the students looking for final job placement such that they may get recruited through campus placements. The programme will impart adequate knowledge, develop competent skills and expose to appropriate attitudinal perspective among the graduating students so as to prepare them to occupy supervisory positions in social enterprises engaged in creating income-earning opportunities for the poor and the disadvantaged. The graduating students are likely to be placed in junior and middle level administrative positions in microfinance institutions, social enterprises, co-operatives, and in the area of economic activities of grassroots/operating NGOs, intermediary organisations, funding agencies, international aid agencies, CSR division of business houses and family trusts. The nature of work may encompass any and all the following areas: economic need assessment, business planning, business plan formulation, project appraisal, project monitoring, project evaluation, fund raising, setting up of beneficiary organisations, preparing entrepreneurship development programmes, promoting and supporting entrepreneurs, etc.