An Interdisciplinary Approach in Sociology and Economics, with Reference to SHGs and Microfinance

This paper highlights the interdisciplinary approach in research with an illustration of self-help groups and microfinance. It has taken two subjects namely sociology and economics into consideration. Self-help group is a subject matter under sociology and microfinance is a subject covered under economics and commerce. Hence this paper discusses about the scope for interdisciplinary research on this topic. Creativity and innovation in research are also discussed. Point to be noted is that this paper has been written by professors of different departments