Established in 1996 to create an alternative perspective from a synthesis of natural and social science concerns, Inter Disciplinary Analysts (IDA) is Kathmandu-based research and consultancy firm which has been undertaking studies that are interdisciplinary in nature and which demands research approaches that while well-grounded in different disciplines and are able to cut across disciplinary boundaries.

IDA has been providing services on monitoring and evaluation, in-depth analysis, institutional development, capacity building, and policy analysis that involves a quantitative or qualitative approach or a combination of these two approaches while catering to the public, private, government, and non-government institutions.