NOTICING THAT most of its students come from just a handful of states–Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala–the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will now start targeted outreach to increase its awareness in under-represented regions such as Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh etc. Under a new initiative titled TISS Bharat, which is launched as a part of the 90-year celebrations of the institute starting February 2026, the institute will have its faculty visiting educational institutions in different parts of the country–particularly focusing on interior, rural parts and marginalised sections of the society aimed at ensuring a more diverse pool of students coming to TISS for higher education.

With just 10 years left for a 100-year milestone, the prem

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