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Q. How do you envisage the future of HR professionals in coming years?

Globalization and its aftermath have given golden opportunity to Human Resource professionals to prove their worth for the business. This has been now realized that HR is not simply back-office function or support function, rather it is a strategic function as well. With the expanding scope of manufacturing as well as services / IT sector in India and abroad, Human Resource professionals are ready to take on the challenges being posed by the industry.

On M.A. in HRM & LR

Q. Can you tell us something about the Two-Year full-Time M.A. in HRM & LR Programme at TISS, Mumbai, and what kind of career options it opens up for those who join the course?

HRM & LR Programme of the Institute is designed to develop students into professionally-competent and socially-sensitive management graduates, fully-equipped to take on the challenges of the corporate world. This programme presents an outstanding prospect to explore the critical areas of contemporary human resources management, in concert with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the key functions of management and business.

The Famous Bodhi Tree at TISS, Mumbai

The broad objectives of this M.A. Programme are to sensitize students to the social, political, economic, and ecological environments of the society; to enable students to become effective business leaders and decision-makers to contribute to organizational effectiveness; to facilitate the use of systems thinking among the students to evolve possibilities while addressing various personal and organizational challenges; to develop a global perspective among students to respond the global challenges; and to impart values of intellectual honesty, justice and fairness. The School has undertaken a major restructuring of its curriculum to realize these objectives while responding to the changes in the external environment and in consonance with the mission of the Institute.

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Interview dated July 24, 2008.