Programme Head: Narendar Pani

The programme on interdisciplinary economics is supported by the Reserve Bank of India. While much of interdisciplinary economics, as a field, concentrates on using economic concepts to understand other social science disciplines, the focus of this programme is on using concepts from other social sciences to provide a more inclusive view of economic issues.

By bringing into economic analysis elements of a situation that would normally be seen to be in the domain of other social sciences, the programme hopes to capture the critical role that social, political, technological and environmental issues play in the working of the economy. The programme includes an effort to use ethnography and other methods from social anthropology to provide a richer analysis of farmers' suicides.

A project has also been undertaken on the garment industry in Bangalore which uses not just economic analysis but also concepts from urban sociology to provide greater, and more inclusive, insights into the process of globalisation.

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Evaluation of the Impact of Processes in the MGNREGS in Karnataka: A Study conducted for the Planning, Programme, Monitoring and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka.

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