In a relief for contractual teaching and non-teaching staff at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), the institute has planned to further extend the contracts of 115 employees until 2026. The announcement comes on the heels of additional funding assurances from the Tata Trusts, averting the earlier deadline of March 31, 2025, set just last month.

The development follows months of uncertainty for 55 faculty members and 60 non-teaching staff. Their contracts, initially funded by the Tata Education Trust (TET), were terminated on June 28, with services slated to end on June 30. TISS officials cited a funding lapse as the reason for the layoffs, explaining, “These staff were appointed under projects funded by the Tata Trust. The funding for these projects has stopped in the last few months.”