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100			_aSwarup, Dev
245			_aConcept of area studies in Indian Universities: An overview
260			_c2011
300			_ap.969-973.
362			_aOct-Dec
520			_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
650			_aRegional geography
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
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