TISS Redraws Rules of Campus Politics, Replaces Students’ Union with Council, Removes Student Reps from Key Admin Bodies
Pallavi Smart | 31 January 2026 | The Indian Express
Campus politics at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is being fundamentally reshaped this year, with the administration rolling out changes that replace the Students’ Union with a Students’ Council, introduce a mandatory non-political affiliation undertaking for candidates, and remove student representatives from key decision-making bodies.
Student body elections have returned to TISS’s Mumbai campus after being on hold for a year, during which the administration revised the Students’ Union Constitution, the rulebook governing student elections and the union’s functioning. The elections are set to be held on February 6.