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After FTII, JNU, it's TISS' turn in the hotseat
Updated On: 15 September, 2016 09:31 AM IST | | Pallavi Smart
<p>Outgoing TISS director, S Parsuraman hints at uncertainty in future; students worried political inclinations could decide next appointment</p>


S Parsuraman has written a 3-page letter to internal departments
Even as other hallowed institutes are going through tumultuous times over divided politics, it is now the turn of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to be plunged into uncertainty. With director S Parsuraman bidding adieu to the institute, students as well as faculty members are worried about the change of guard. In the backdrop of recent upheavals due to political interference in institutes such as the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the outgoing TISS director has also hinted at uncertainty on campus and the need to strengthen relations with the government by taking up their projects.
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