TISSNET 2023 on February 25: Know provisions for PwD & Instructions for GOI Candidates

TISSNET 2023 exam will be conducted tomorrow. The exam will be conducted in offline mode. Candidates belonging to SC/ST category or PWD categiry must check for the important instructions and details about the facilities provision to appear for the TISSNET exam 2023.

TISSNET 2023 exam will be held tomorrow. Candidates belonging toGOI  SC/ST or PWD categories must check for the important instructions as per the Government of India (GOI)

Instructions for GOI Candidates

• Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories whose parental income is less than INR 2.5 lakh per annum (2021-22) and have paid INR 250/- as TISSNET 2023 application fee per programme will be reimbursed of their travel cost as per the rules. Such candidates must fill the travel reimbursement form provided at official website- - Click here
• Other SC/ST candidates need not fill up this travel form as travel expenses will not be reimbursed to them.
• TISSNET applicants are entitled to get reimbursement for sleeper class railway fare or actual cost incurred by the applicants, whichever is lower.
• Refund will not be given for Airfare/AC/Luxury Bus tickets. If travelled in any other mode other than permitted, the reimbursement will be restricted to permitted fare.
• It is mandatory for applicants to submit the original tickets of the two way journey to be eligible to get travel reimbursement.
• Applicants must send the travel allowance form via post or courier along with a photocopy of attested Caste/Tribe Certificate, Income Certificate for the Financial Year 2020-21 and the Original Tickets (onward and return journey) to “the Section Officer (SC/ST Cell), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Post Box No 8313, V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai ‐400 088”, on or before March 14, 2023.
• Candidates not submitting the above form/documents, or submitting later than March 14, 2023 or submitting with incomplete documents will not be eligible for reimbursement.
• Follow up correspondences in this regard for any rectification or additional documentation will not be entertained.

Facilitative Provisions for Person With Disabilities

• Visually challenged, persons with locomotor disability (both arms affected) and dyslexic candidates, and who are using a scribe/writer will be given 30 minutes compensatory time for TISSNET 2023 exam.
• PWD candidates who are eligible to avail the services of a scribe must have submitted  a written application form in the prescribed format and submit it at least 5 days prior to the TISS-NET to Assistant Registrar (Academic) via email at ar.acad@tiss.edu.
• The details guidelines and prescribed format are available on TISS Admission website and the format of scribe certificate may be download from following link:  https://tiss.edu/uploads/files/Certificate-Scribe.pdf
• Candidates are required to bring their own scribe who fulfil the criteria.
• The scribe’s qualification TISS should be one step lower than the minimum eligibility for the examination concerned. TISS will not be in a position to provide scribe at any of the centres for TISS-NET. The writers/scribes are expected to bring a bonafide certificate from their respective college to prove their present course of study as proof of their academic qualification.
• PWD candidates who have been provided with a scribe may be given an additional time of 30 minutes of the Test duration.
• All the rules for candidates (not carrying any type of prohibited items such as electronic devices, cell phone, calculator, camera or any other digital/communication/storage devices etc.) apply to the scribe/writer as well.