Journal of E ducation and Human Development June 2014, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 589-595 ISSN: 2334-296X (Print), 2334-2978 (Online) Copyright © The Author(s). 2014. All Rights Reserved. Published by American Research Institute for Policy Development Role of Interdisciplinary Studies in Higher E ducation in India Auditi Pramanik 1 Abstract In India, the scenario of higher education is continuously evolving with time. As a result, Indian higher education is facing the challenge of interdisciplinary educational approach. This article is an effort to make understand the role of interdisciplinary studies in higher education in India. This new approach of study has become an important and challenging technique in the modern educational system. As the disciplinary specialization restricts faculties from broadening their intellectual horizons, the new interdisciplinary nature of study in higher education has enabled the growth, expansion and stature as a discipline and field of academic inquiry in its own right. Moreover, this approach helps students to broaden their disciplinary perspective as well which, in future will enhance their compatibility for job opportunities. However, implementing the interdisciplinary studies in an institute is quite problematic, such as both lack of interest and expertise of faculties and researchers to do interdisciplinary studies, departmental infrastructure, problem of using technical language etc. create obstacle in the path of implementing interdisciplinary studies in higher education. Now-a-days, the government is taking initiation to promote interdisciplinary studies in higher educational system. Keywords: Interdisciplinary, Monodisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Types of Interdisciplinary E ducation plays an indispensable role in the social and economical development of people and the nation at large. In this regard, the movement of ‘higher education reform’ in India in terms of its linger history of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies are always debatable. In post-independent India, the disciplinary format was reconsolidated in a new way. 1 M.Phil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, Delhi, India. Contact: +91-8800676583, E -mail: auditipramanik@ gmail.com