It is a multidisciplinary field with contributions from ecology, demography, anthropology, geography, international relations, political science, history, sociology and public management. Development Studies in India is more ‘problem-oriented’ rather than ‘discipline-oriented’. This area of study is concerned with bringing intellectual power to solve major societal problems by selecting suitable theory, techniques and methods as a foundation for studies, which improve our understanding. It is normative and is not just concerned with knowledge generation for its own sake, but with knowledge creation as an influential tool to improve social and natural conditions.