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The first Field Action Project (FAP) is established, the Child Guidance Clinic, the first institution of its kind in India…renamed as Muskaan, it continues to reach out.
Under the first five year plan, TISS develops a Department of Tribal Welfare under the guidance of Dr. Behram Mehta. Fieldwork commences in Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
US delegation with Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits the campus
Deemed University Status. The Diploma in Social Service Administration becomes an M.A. in Social Work
The social work specialisation in Labour Welfare and Industrial Relations develops into an M.A. Programme in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations
Prof. Armaity Desai takes over as Director and moves TISS towards a paradigm shift in social work education from an urban institution based remedial model to more rural-oriented community and rights-based approach
Institute level Academic Structuring: New Centres came into existence under the School of Social Work. Major changes in the social work curriculum- M. A. Social Work with thematic concentrations.
Establishment of three new Centre namely Centre for Equity and Justice for Children and Families; Centre for Livelihoods and Social Innovation; and Centre for Women-centred Social Work