Call for Proposals – Criminal Justice Fellowship Programme 2022
Last date for application 27 June 2022
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.
The TISS, Mumbai campus, announces the “TISS- Balaji Foundation Fellowship Programme” anchored by the Centre for Criminology and Justice, School of Social Work, to encourage and nurture TISS Social Work alumni to explore fresh ideas in the field of Criminal Justice anywhere in India. It is a two-year purely intervention-based Fellowship. The idea behind the Fellowships is to encourage TISS social work alumni to engage in the field of criminal justice and with vulnerable/marginalised populations towards protection of their legal rights and/or rehabilitation. The terrain of work is very challenging and will require qualities of being able to work in uncertain environments and without an organisation structure.
Interested candidates must be self-driven, motivated to work independently and ready to take on challenges that come in the way during the Fellowship period.
This is a full-time program so during the Fellowship period, Fellows are not allowed to take up any other study or job or assignment.
Only for TISS Social Work Graduates and Alumni
The Fellowships are for the current batch of Post Graduate students from Social Work and for Alumni who have graduated in the last two years ( 2020 and 2021) , who want to work in the criminal justice sector.
The Fellowship is for a period of two years (2022-2024) and will offer a monthly honorarium of Rs. 30,000/- and Rs. 5000/- for other expenses.
Candidates need to send a proposal /concept note which presents the rationale behind the intervention, the aim/objectives, and describes what they propose to do during the two-year fellowship period in maximum 1500-2000 words and their CV to Dr Roshni Nair-Shaikh, Centre for Criminology and Justice, School of Social Work, TISS, Mumbai at email: cjf@tiss.edu with a copy to Ms Rashmi Divekar, Program Manager at email: rashmid80@gmail.com
The areas of work could be
- Working with Prison Populations
- Under trials
- Convicts
- Women, Men, Youth.
- Children of Prisoners/families
- Children or Women in Custody or Commercial Sexual Exploitation
- Juveniles in Conflict with the Law
- Rescued Women
- Destitute Women in Shelter Homes
- Homeless /those processed under the Beggary Law
- Working In Police Station and with Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups
- Victims of Crimes
- Legal Aid, Access to Justice, Marginalized groups
- Rehabilitation of persons coming out of custody
- Prevention of crime in community-based setting
- Working with Courts and District Legal Services Authorities
- Rural Crime and Justice /Atrocities against Dalits/Tribals
- Violence against Women and Children
No of Fellowships: 4
Stipend: INR 30,000 pm
Location: Anywhere in India
Term: 2 years full time All the Fellows would be attached to a Faculty and Field Mentor.
