"Her legacy will live on in the generations she inspired,” read the tribute to academician Dr Armaity Desai on the official Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) social media page. Desai passed away on September 27, 2025 at the age of 91.
"Prof Desai’s passing is a huge loss for Indian academia and particularly the TISS family. It is giants like her who gave the institute direction,” Badri Narayan Tiwari, vice chancellor told The Times of India on September 28.
Dr Armaity Desai: dedicated researcher
Desai, who earned her doctorate in social work from the University of Chicago in 1969, began her......