TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 (A Deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)

A ADVT. REF. NO.TISS/Research Officer, July 2016

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 and is a Deemed University wholly funded by the University Grants Commission, Government of India. TISS offers 53 Masters Degree programmes from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad Campuses for the 2015-2016 batch.

Applications are invited for four posts of Research Officer to do Situational assessment based on the existing literature on adolescents and youth in India for a period of three months. Research Officer will be paid consolidated salary of Rs. 40,000/- to 50,000/- per month depending on the work experience.

Thematic areas (One Reasearch Officer is required for each thematic area)

Livelihood

Nutrition

Mental Health

Reproductive Health

The candidate must posses any of the the following educational qualifications:

MA/M.phil/PhD/MPH/MD in Community Medicine/Public Health/Social Science/ Psychology

MPhil/MSW with experiences in Livelihoods and Skill Development

with experience in working independently and good writing skills in English. Candidates who have proven publication record is preferable. Age not exceeding 35 years. However, there shall be no age limit for the candidates those are already in employment.

The Research Officer will be responsible for

Independently undertake literature review on any one of the sub theme

Prepare draft report based on the literature review

Assist the team leader in preparing situation analysis of the sub theme

Undertake any other tasks assigned from time to time by the team leader

The selected candidate for each of the sub-theme shall report to the respective team leader.

Last date of Receipt of Application: July 31, 2016.

Send your resume by an e-mail to the respective team leader only and indicate clearly on the subject of the email about the sub theme that the candidate applying for.

Details about the sub-theme and contact details

S.N.o.	Sub theme	Team Leader	Email Id
1.	Livelihood	Dr. Sunil Santha and Dr. Swati Banerjee	sunilds@tiss.edu ; sbanerjee@tiss.edu
2.	Nutrition	Dr. Hemal Shroff	hshroff@tiss.edu
3.	Mental Health	Dr. Chetna Duggal	chetna.d@tiss.edu
4	Reproductive Health	Dr. Sivakami Muthusamy	sivakami@tiss.edu

Interview: The short-listed candidates will be communicated by an e-mail and mobile phone to appear for the interview to be conducted in the first week of August 2016 at TISS, Mumbai.

Other Conditions:

The Institute reserves the right to relax qualification of the candidate based on the work experience and to relax age in the case of persons already holding comparable positions in a University/research institution of repute,

The institute reserves the right to invite persons for interview who may not have applied for as per the above procedure and not fill up the vacancy advertised.

Since applications received may be short listed, merely possessing the prescribed qualifications and the requisite experience would not entitle a person to be called for interview.

The post is unreserved, but candidates belonging to reserved categories can apply.

Applications which do not meet the qualifications given in this advertisement and/or incomplete applications are liable to be summarily rejected.

No queries or correspondence regarding issue of call letter for interview / selection of candidates for the post will be entertained at any stage and canvassing in any form is strictly prohibited and will lead to the candidate being debarred from consideration for the post.

The candidate under employment must bring No Objection Certificate from their employer to appear for presentation/ interview.

No TA / DA is payable for appearing for the interview.

In case of any inadvertent error in the advertisement and in the process of recruitment, which may be detected at any stage, even after issue of appointment order, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate(s).

The selected candidate has to join with in seven days of intimation of selection by the Institute

Registrar