The Beautiful Life

Prof P Vijayakumar: Associate Dean, Alumni Affairs, TISS and Chairperson of C SOL.   Transcendence is a flagship annual event of Centre for Social and Organisational Leadership (C SOL), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) that attracts delegates across spectrums and spheres from national and international level. Committed to continuously advance the global and local thinking and practice of Organisation Development, Change and Leadership (ODCL), C SOL has been evolving to understand current practices and develop more effective and adaptive leadership in businesses, government, civil society organisations and communities. Transcendence is aimed at creating a platform for exploring the emergent paradigms in OD, Change and Leadership through the showcasing of transformative efforts accomplished by organizations and communities. Transcendence is organised by the ODCL Executive Diploma & the ODCL Masters students of TISS. The C SOL team supports them. TISS Al...

Dr Balsing Rajput at TISS Library.  (PC: Swapnil Agaskar ) Once a TISSian, always a TISSian I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.  --- John F. Kennedy Fellow TISSians have been grabbing the media spotlight worldwide. Mohammed Tarique  (SW-2005) and his team exposed the gruesome reality of shelter homes in Bihar during the social audit conducted by them. For more than a decade Taique has been passionately pursuing social issues by implementing innovative solutions to create long-lasting social impact and policy implications. Jeroo Billimoria (SW-1998) who is considered world's leading social entrepreneurs received a Royal Honor from the King of the Netherlands by being appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Jeroo is now ranked among renowned Dutch politicians, artists and scientists. TISSian Sumitra Bhave’s movie Kaasav (The Turtle), won the Swarna Kamal, (the Nation...