Ans. Unemployed SC/ ST and OBC(NC) applicant’s whose Parent’s Annual income from all the sources is below 2.5 lakhs and 1 lakh respectively have to pay Application Fee INR 250/- + bank charges additional for  per program  selected 
In order to claim this, the applicant is required to upload the Income Certificate issued by the appropriate authority like Tahsildar, Naib Tahsildar, Block Development Officer or the District Magistrate/Collector.

Ans: For SC (15%), ST (7.5%), OBC(NC) (27%) and PWD (5% i.e. 1% in each category of a) Low vision/blindness, b) Hearing Impairment, and c) Locomotor Disability / Cerebral Palsy) as per Government of India (Goi) rules. The reservation for Kashmiri Migrants (KM) 5% and Armed Forced 5% subject to the Government of India (Goi) Directives

Ans: Document verification will be done before re-opening of classes between April to June 2020 All the original documents from Xth standard onwards should be produced for verification.

Ans: All the provisionally selected candidates have to undergo for the Medical check-up which will be conducted by the Medical Officers of the Institute after verification of original documents on the same Day.

Ans. Yes, you may apply for multiple programmes and pay for those programmes in one online form and should not fill more than one form. 

Ans. The merit list will be prepared on the basis of merit and the preferences indicated by the candidates at the time of filling up the online application form (Kindly Indicate your preferences carefully as it has implications for the merit list).

Ans. TISSNET will take place at 40 different cities/towns across the country.  Pre Interview Test (PIT) and Personal Interview (PI)  for programmes offered at  Mumbai, Tuljapur, BANYAN, Chennai will be conducted at the Mumbai Campus. For programmes offered at Hyderabad and Guwahati, the PIT/PI will be conducted at the respective campuses. Candidates applying for programmes at more than one campus will have to travel to these places for PIT/PI. Except for the eligible candidates from the SC/ST categories, all others will bear the cost of travel, lodging, and boarding for attending the NET, as well as PIT/PI.

Ans. A change in the dates for PIT and PI may be considered if the date of PIT and PI at the TISS clashes with the date of entrance test of another Institution or the date of final year examination of the candidate. However, the candidate must produce documentary evidence for this. Please note that the changed date for PIT and PI will be only within the time schedule announced by TISS.

Ans. M.A. HRM-LR (Human Resource Management & Labor relations) is related to the field of the management.

Ans. MA Human Resources Management & LR program is rated as “AAA” as per T.I.M.E B-school ranking in the 2012 year.

Ans. Any bachelor degree of 3 years or its equivalent course from any recognized university in any discipline.

Ans. 60 seats are for is MA Human Resources Management & LR program.

Ans. The application fee for TISSNET is INR 250 per programme and INR 1000 for other programmes.

Ans. Section Weightage Maths and Logical Reasoning 30 marks English Proficiency 30 Marks General Awareness 40 Marks Total 100 Marks

Ans. Try to maximize good score in each section. Choose your best area and nail it. Never ignore TISSNET though PIT makes a lot of difference later on. Interview is the most scoring part if you are prepared for the same.

Ans. The criteria which are taken into consideration are the Quality of content, structure of essay and logical expression of ideas. Avoid grammatical mistakes.

Ans. Candidates are told to write essay in the morning and the interview sessions start. Interview duration ranges from 10 to 30 minutes.

Ans. Yes, the policy of reservation is followed by TISS. 15%, 7.5% and 27% reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and other classes. 3% for Persons With Disabilities, 1% for Kashmiri migrants, 5% of children of the Armed Forces Employees.

Ans. The selection procedure happens in 2 stages and has 3 components of assessments. Candidates appear in National entrance test (TISSNET) based on their performance in the exam only the shortlisted candidates are called for the Pre Interview Test and Personal Interview (PIT/PI). 

Ques. How can we apply by online and offline mode?

Ans. TISS offers 2 MA programmes for the HR aspirants. 1. MA in HRM & LR (Mumbai) 2. MA in HRM (Hyderabad) 3. Executive Postgraduate Diploma in HRM (Mumbai) 4. Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Organizational Development and Change (Mumbai)

Ans. Documents required are as below: • Stamp Size Photograph(JPEG/PNG format) (113*170 pixels) • Signature (JPEG/PNG format) (302*132 pixels) • Caste Certificate (If required) • Income certificate for SC/ST/OBC (NC) candidates • OBC certificate (If required) • Certificate for differently abled candidates (if required)

Ans. Candidate can apply max of 3 courses in 2 campuses in one form itself.

Ans. Yes, for the old programmes especially. The programmes which are recently introduced are also in the process for the campus placements.

Ans. TISS offer fulltime M.A./ MHA / M.Sc./ Law programme. In January M.Phil. / Ph.D. will be offered in June Certificate / Diploma.

Ans. Document verification can be done between April to June 2020. All original documents from 10th class will be verified.

Ans. Once the verification of the documents is done all the candidates have to go through the medical check up by the medical officers of the institute.

Ans. Yes, there is a limited hostel facility. Preference will be given to the candidates who are coming outside from Mumbai on the basis of income criteria.

Ans. Please make sure that all the documents which you need to upload should be in the specifications given by the department, in one session only try and upload it. Still in case you face an issue mail all your documents to examination authority with your full name, number, city and email id. Documents should be compressed in one .zip or .rar file and name the file.

Ans. The number of seats varies from programme to programme for further details please visit the website.

Ans. The Candidate can go to picresize.com. Upload the photograph click on the continue button and after previewing the image click on “resize the picture”, from the drop down list select “Custom Size”. After that enter 113 Pixels as the Width and 170 Pixels as Height, then save as the image in PG/PNG as Desired Format and then click on :IM DONE RESIZING MY IMAGE”

Ans. The Candidate can go to picresize.com. Upload the photograph click on the continue button and after previewing the image click on “resize the picture”, from the drop down list select “Custom Size”. After that enter 113 Pixels as the Width and 170 Pixels as Height, then save as the image in PG/PNG as Desired Format and then click on :IM DONE RESIZING MY IMAGE”

Ans. The candidate needs to check the size of the PDF document they have and then check the size which is required. They can compress by using the below link: http://pdfaid.com/compress-pdf-file.aspx. Compress the document one by one and after that upload the same.

Ans. Income tax certificate: 500 KB Caste Certificate: 500 KB Tribe Certificate: 500 KB Armed forces certificate: 500 KB PWD Certificate: 500 KB Kashmiri Migrant Certificate: 500 KB.