01082pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001600040245006400056260000900120300001500129362001200144520072500156650002300881773004400904180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSwarup, Dev  aConcept of area studies in Indian Universities: An overview  c2011  ap.969-973.  aOct-Dec  aArea Studies is the multidisciplinary study of an area, from the point of view of varied disciplines such as history, economics, political science, anthropology, culture studies, linguistics, demography etc. These programmes have thrust areas and their faculty is usually drawn from specialists in two or more disciplines. Area Study Centres have functioned as resource centres, created data-bases and disseminated information about the areas under study. They have contributed to the development of scholarship and trained generations of scholars on given area and in turn have facilitated the formulation of policies. The article elucidates the concept of the area so as to make it understood. Creatively. - Reproduced  aRegional geography  aIndian Journal of Public Administration