Website Policies

Copyright Policy

  • Thee contents of this website may not be reproduced partially or fully, without due permission from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR). The contents of this website can not be used in any misleading or objectionable context. If referred to as a part of another publication, the source must be appropriately acknowledged. However, the permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to any material which is identified as being copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments/ copyright holders concerned.


Privacy Policy

  • This website does not automatically capture any specific personal information from you (like name, phone number or e-mail address), that allows us to identify you individually. You can visit this site without revealing any Personal Information and/ or prior registration process, unless you choose to provide such information. Also, this site does not use any cookies. TIFR will not identify users or their browsing activities, except when a law enforcement agency may require it to do so.

    Your email address may only be recorded if you choose to willingly provide it like for instance subscriptions to public notice boards like tender and career. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it.

    Note: The use of the term "Personal Information" in this privacy statement refers to any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonably ascertained.


Hyperlinking Policy

  • Links to other websites from our website:

    At many places in this website, users may find links to other websites/ portals. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR) is not responsible for the contents and reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed therein. Mere presence of the link or its listing on this website should not be assumed as endorsement of any kind. TIFR does not guarantee that these links will work all the time and TIFR has no control over availability of linked pages.

  • Links to our website from other websites:

    Linking directly to the information that is hosted on this website is permitted, however TIFR would like to be informed of the details of the links provided by you by sending an email at web (at) tifr.res.in. You may check our website periodically thereafter if the linked page has been removed or altered. TIFR shall make no effort whatsoever to keep you apprised of the changes or updations in its website. Also, TIFR does not permit its pages to be loaded into frames on your site. The pages belonging to this website must load into a newly opened browser window of the user.


Content Review Policy (CRP)

  • All possible efforts are being taken to keep the content on the Website current and up-to-date. This Content Review Policy defines the roles and responsibilities of the website content review and the manner in which it needs to be carried out. Review Policies are defined for the diverse content elements. The entire website content would be reviewed for syntax checks once a week by the Office of TIFR.

    The Review Policy is based on different type of content elements, its validity and relevance as well as the archival policy. The matrix below gives the Content Review Policy:

    Web Information Manager
    Email: web[at]tifr.res.in

    S. No Content Element Frequency of Review Approver
    1 About  TIFR Half Yearly Content Manager
    2 TIFR issued  Guidelines  Quarterly / Immediate-if  new Policies introduced Content Manager
    3 Notifications As and when required Content&n5sp;Manager
    4 Publications/Reports Quaterly / As and when required  Content Manager
    5 Contact Details As and when required  Content Manager
    6 News Updates Weekly / Immediate in case of an event Content Manager
    7 Tenders / Careers Quarterly / Immediate in case required Content Manager
    8  RTI related Quarterly / Immediate in case required Content Manager


Content Archival Policy (CAP)

  • The content components are created with metadata, source and validity date. Validity of some of the components may not be known at the time of creation. Such content is treated as perpetual and the validity date shall be ten years from the date of creation. The content shall not be displayed on the Website after the validity date. Some of the short lived content components like tenders, recruitment, draft for discussion etc which will not have any relevance on the website after the event or intended purpose. The content components like documents, reports, what’s new are to be regularly reviewed as per the Content Review Policy.

    The content is to be reviewed at least two weeks prior to the validity date and if required revalidate the content and modify the validity date. If content is not relevant, then the content is archived and no longer published on the Website.The expired contents components such as documents, CA related information, and Office of TIFR issued procedures etc need to be archived. The content Element on the Website has different Entry/Exit Policy and Archival Policy as enlisted below:-

    Web Information Manager
    Email: web[at]tifr.res.in

    S. No Content Element Entry Policy Exit Policy
    1 About  TIFR As decided by the web page committee Seven (07) years since date of entry into archival.
    2 TIFR issued  Guidelines Overruling Office Memorandum or Notification issued. Seven (07) years since date of memo/ notification
    3 Notifications Overruling Office Memorandum or Notification issued. Five (05) years since date of entry into archival.
    4 Publications/Reports Completion of its validity period. Five (05) years since date of entry into archival.
    5 Contact Details Daily Automatic
    6 News Updates As soon as it is published. Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.
    7 Tenders / Careers As soon as it is published. Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.
    8 RTI related As and when required by the RTI office Automatically after the expiry of the validity period.


Content Moderation and Approval Policy (CMAP)

  • The content to be published on the website is contributed by the Content Manager in a consistent fashion to maintain uniformity and to bring in standardization. In order to present the content as per the requirement of the viewer, the content is categorized and to retrieve the relevant content efficiently, and the content is contributed to the website through a Content Management System which would be web-based having user-friendly interface.

    Once the content is contributed it is approved and moderated prior to being published on the Website. The moderation could be multilevel and is role based. If the content is rejected at any level then it is reverted back to the originator of the content for modification.

    Web Information Manager
    Email: web[at]tifr.res.in

    S. No Content Element Moderator Approver Contributor
    1 About  TIFR Web Information Manager TIFR Content  Manager
    2 TIFR issued  Guidelines  Web Information Manager Web page committee Content  Manager
    3 Notifications Web Information Manager Web page committee Content  Manager
    4 Publications/Reports Web Information Manager Web page committee Content  Manager
    5 Contact Details Web Information Manager Web page committee Content  Manager
    6 News Updates Web Information Manager Web page committee Content  Manager
    7 Tenders / Careers Department Head Admin & Finance Content  Manager
    8  RTI related Web Information Manager Web page committee PIO