India Higher Education Report 2025 Multidisciplinary Higher Education

1. Multidisciplinary Higher Education: An Overview

Pradeep Kumar Misra and Garima Malik

Theme I: Foundations of Multidisciplinary Higher Education

2. Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity in the Methodology of Social Sciences

Vivek Kumar

3. Critical Thinking Pedagogy in Higher Education

Sumit Mitra

Theme II: Global and Local Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Higher Education

4. Applied Public Humanities and Multidisciplinary Higher Education for the 21st Century: Global Perspectives and Pathways

Nishevita Jayendran

5. Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Higher Education: Global and vs. Local

Santosh Panda

6. Multidisciplinary Education and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS): Beyond Colonial Legacies

Yogesh Pahariya and Boski Singh

Theme III: Governance, Leadership, and Multidisciplinary Higher Education

7. Governance and Leadership for Multidisciplinary Higher Education

Karanam Pushpanadham

8. Dovetailing Academic and Administrative Roles: Leadership Matters for Multidisciplinary Higher Education

Aarti Srivastava

9. Multidisciplinary Liberal Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges from a Governance and Leadership Perspective

Dhruba J. Saikia and Rowena Robinson

10. Financing of Multidisciplinary Higher Education

Garima Malik

Theme IV: Technology, Skill Development, and Employment in Multidisciplinary Higher Education

11. Effecting Multidisciplinarity in Higher Education through Technology-mediated Shared Pedagogical Practices

Kshema Jose

12. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Digital Technology in Higher Education: Perspectives and Cases from Teacher Education

Amina Charania

13. Future-ready Workforce through Multidisciplinary Education

Rajesh P. Khambayat

Theme V: Professional Development of Teachers and Pedagogies for Multidisciplinary Higher Education

14. Social Entrepreneurship and Heutagogy as Immersive, Experiential Pedagogies for Multidisciplinary Education

Roopinder Oberoi, Michael Snowden, Jamie P. Halsall, Sarah Falcus, Johanna Clancy, and Ernest Christian Winful

15. Empowering Teachers for Multidisciplinary Higher Education: Lessons from IGNOU Experience

C.R.K. Murthy

16. Developing Professional Competency of Teachers for Multidisciplinary Higher Education

Sujata Srivastava

17. Multidisciplinary Initial Teacher Education in India: Context, Prospects and Challenges

Gunjan Sharma

Biography

Pradeep Kumar Misra is Professor and Director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in New Delhi, India. His research in teacher education, educational technology, and higher education has been recognized globally. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships, such as Fulbright, Commonwealth, DAAD, and Erasmus Mundus.

Garima Malik is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Finance at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi. She holds a PhD in Economics from The Ohio State University in the U.S.A. Her research focuses on governance, new managerialism in higher education institutions, and educational financing.