TISS revokes termination of over 100 faculty members after outrage
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has withdrawn what is billed as “mass termination” notices of more than 100 staff and faculty members whose contracts were supposed to end today i.e. Sunday June 30, 2024.
[TISS Tuljapur Campus near Osmanabad, Maharashtra (File image)]
Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has withdrawn what is billed as “mass termination” notices of more than 100 staff and faculty members whose contracts were supposed to end today i.e. Sunday June 30, 2024.
TISS is a premium institution having campuses in Mumbai and Tuljapur in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telangana and Guwahati in Assam.
A bulk of the faculty members facing termination following the end of their contracts on June 30, 2024 were working on the TISS campuses other than Mumbai.
A faculty member said these contracts had been issued for teaching and non-teaching staff from the grants received from the Tata Trust.
Some of the teaching staff members were even part of the interview process which selects candidates for academic sessions for various courses last month, news agency PTI reported quoting a staff member.
TISS is facing financial crisis since last few years. The reports that the contracts of these faculty members will not be renewed sparked outrage following which the university cancelled the mass termination order.
The university also said that the decision to withdraw the termination notice was taken as the Tata Education Trust (TET) agreed to release the funds.
“Discussions with the Tata Education Trust have provided assurance that resources will be made available to TISS to resolve this issue. The Tata trust has committed to releasing funds for the salaries of TET project/programme faculty and non- teaching staff,” TISS said in a statement.
At the same time, the varsity asked the staff and faculty members to continue their work, and assured them their salaries will be disbursed once the Tata Education Trust (TET) Support Grant is received.
Earlier, the Progressive Students Forum, a student body, blamed the current TISS leadership and the Union government for the situation.
“It is completely a failure of the current leadership of TISS administration in running the institute and apathy of the BJP-led Union government,” the Progressive Students Forum claimed.
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