Indian education system has seen profound change and made laudable progress since Independence. India holds a third position after China and USA in terms of enrolment and ranks first in terms of the number of higher education institutions.  However, alongside growth, it is equally important to note that there have been many gaps bothering the smooth functioning of the Indian higher education sector. For instance, even with a large network of educational institutions we are still grappling with the issues of access, equity, quality, sound infrastructure. Similarly, education system is chiefly characterized by hardcore separation of disciplines where students have no alternatives to venture beyond a set stream or course despite possessing the desire and the knack. Hence, during recent times many concerted efforts and interventions have been made to address the many issues surrounding Indian higher education. In this regard, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has made some ground-breaking recommendations that can respond well to these prevailing shortcomings in higher education sector. For instance, the NEP 2020 endorses the idea of multi-disciplinary approach to education where students can have more holistic knowledge base in tune with their interests and propensities. Thus, multi-disciplinary education approach is believed to make education essentially student-centric, one of the much sought after goals of education. Some states have already gone ahead with implementing the recommendations of the NEP, however in Sikkim, the stakeholders are still skeptical about its implementation. Sikkim’s higher education sector is still at its nascent state with many institutions struggling to find permanent campus location. Infrastructural impediments, experienced faculty, absence of sound research culture are other possible threats to higher education. In view of this, the present paper centers around the rationale for adopting multidisciplinary approach to education to reconstruct higher education by breaking strict compartmentalization or silos of higher education. Additionally, the paper also highlights on how multidisciplinary education approach can revive Sikkim’s higher education sector, and also deliberates on the challenges that lay therein.

Keywords: Multidisciplinary, NEP 2020, Higher Education, Silos, Sikkim.