The Master plan for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences at  Hyderabad presented here is based on the projection of educational program and student admissions for the next five years. The academic facilities and the attendant requirements for student hostels and faculty and staff residences with their common amenities constitute the initial hub of campus development. A school for the children of the families living on campus and from the surrounding village communities and facilities for social interaction and marketing opportunities for neighboring villagers are attached to this hub. The guiding principles for the development of the Master Plan are - social cohesion and environmental responsibility. The character of the campus layout is that of an informal, modest community, with a tight-knit pattern of open and built spaces, where buildings rise to a maximum of four storey above ground at the periphery. The connecting routes and the positioning of the different residential and institutional facilities of the campus  encourages interaction and emphasizes a sense of community while maintaining the integrity and independence of the distinct community groups – teachers, students, faculty residences, student hostels, school, village haat. The architectural character of the buildings and the open spaces - materials, scale, and formal configuration - takes cues from local practice and is intended to convey a sense of an evolution from and belongingness to the landscape and its settlement culture.   The natural ecology of the land, which is degraded at present and short of vegetative cover over large tracts, is recovered by the management of water. Bunds and holding ponds along the natural seasonal watercourse are the means of retaining and entraining rain water in the ground, from which the plantation of forest and shade giving trees along the roads and paths and culture of fruits and vegetables is engendered. An indigenous ecology is encouraged, ensuring the survival of its flora and fauna which will be surveyed and recorded by TISS.