-----Original message----- From: S. M. syed hussain Sent: 10/10/2011, 2:50 pm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding TISS Admission
Hai Rambabu, Happy to hear from you. TISS offers a course on disability studies! great to know. Now that some universities have begun to give space for disability studies, we can soon expect the same from others too . Best regards Syed hussain On 10/10/11, rambabu adikesavalu <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Accessindia Members, > Greetings! > I am coming on the list after a very long time. As you would have recieved > the news of my treatment through our friend Rajesh Asudani, I did not > participate in the discussions on our list for quite sometime. > Well, I take this opportunity to thank all those who had sent me messages of > good wishes for my quick recovery and those who had been constantly > enquiring about my progress. > I thought sharing with you a couple of things and hence writing now. > Firstly, most of you had asked about the nature of my sickness and the > treatment. > Well, I was suffering from a diseas called Meningioma in my Right Front > Temporal Region which in other words, called the Cranial region--to be > precise, the region between my right eye and right ear internally. I was > diagnosed with this problem in 2004 and underwent a major Neuro surgery on > 7th June, 2004. I was in the midst of my PhD programme then and I could not > take up the follow up treatment at that point of time. However, in 2007 it > was diagnosed that the same thing has recurred again and it was a very tiny > growth and immediate surgery was not advisable. So, I was preparing myself > for the treatment which would give me a complete cure. > In the meanwhile, I got the job as Assistant Professor at Tata Institute of > Social Sciences, Mumbai by November 2007 and I was doing well in my career. > Last November, I decided to go for the treatment because by then, I have > made all the required arrangements in terms of financial support, physical > fitness to face the treatment and most importantly, certain insured means in > case of any probable consequences. > I underwent the Craniotomy--the name of the Neuro surgery on 11-11-2010. > This time the doctors insisted that I should follow it up with a Radiation > Therapy in order to avoid its further recurrence. Luckily, the tumor was > benign until now. However, my Neurologist and the Radiologist did not rule > out the possibility of a malignant growth next time and hence, the RT became > mandatory. I consulted three Radiologists in Chennai before taking the final > decision. Here, I would like to inform you that I was very clear that > whatever decision is made regarding my treatment, it should be made by me > and I was very firm in my decisions. > Well, the RT was given in 30 doses and started on 27th December, 2010 and > got over on 7th February, 2011. > Friends, I was able to bear the severe pain of Surgery; but the RT which was > not a painful process had a heavy toll on my stamina and my face. I can't > explain the experience in words. However, my morale and spirit never decline > at any point of time. > Well, I rejoined my work on 17th February, and since then, I am doing well. > This Semester I had three papers to teach and I am guiding two M.A. students > for writing their Research Projects. > By the way, I am writing all my experiences mainly because a number of our > listers wanted the nature of my problem. > By the way, coming to the subject line: > Our institute has called for the applications for the Masters Programme for > the year 2012-2014. This time TISS is asking the applicants to apply online. > I am listing the M.A. programmes available in TISS: > School of Social Work: MA in Social Work, MA in Disability Studies and > Action; > School of Social Sciences: > Development Studies, > Women Studies, Counselling, > School of Management and Labour Studies: > Human Resources Management, > Social Entrepreneurship, > Globalisation and Labour Studies > Apart from these, you can apply for MA programmes in Media and Cultural > Studies, Disaster Management, Health Administration, Hospital Administration > etc. > Well, please go to the website at www.tiss.edu where you would find a link > for MA programme 2012-2014 and read the instructions carefully. You can > download the instruction brochure and the model question papers also. > You should scan all the required certificates and upload them while filling > in the application online. > It would be advisable if you could take a print out of the details that you > had filled in and keep a copy for your reference. > If you need any further details regarding this, please contact me at: > [email protected] love and best wishes, > Dr. A.Rambabu > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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