The Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow is a 74 years old organization. It was founded by the Late Prof. D.N. Majumdar, a pioneer in the field of Indian Anthropology and tribal research, in the year 1945. It is one of the foremost organizations working on various aspects of Indian Society and Culture in general and Tribal and Dalit development in particular. The Society has about 800 life members spread all over the world which consists of social scientists, anthropologists, social workers, archaeologists, bureaucrats etc. The society regularly publishes 3 journals, runs a public library, a museum, conducts conferences, memorial lectures regularly and conducts projects.
Regular publication of three journals (The Eastern Anthropologist; Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics; Manav)
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A two days National Webinar on 'COVID -19: Socio-Cultural and Biological Issues' was organised by the Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow on behalf of Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow by the organizing secretary Professor Sukant Chaudhary on 30 June and 1 st July 2020. Around 600 participants from all over the world were there.
Beside the inaugural and valedictory sessions there were two planery sessions addressed by 17 distinguished speakers. In the inaugural session, Shri G.B. Pattanaik, Former, VC of the University of Lucknow and President of the Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society said that we have
The National E-Seminar on "Ecological Crises and Climate Change in the Himalayan Region" organised by Society for Himalayan Environment and People's Action (SHERPA) in collaboration with Department of Sociology, University of Lucknow and Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society (EFCS) started on 16 th December,2020.
In his inaugural address Shri G. Patnaik, IAS (Retd.) President SHERPA & EFCS former Vice Chancellor, University of Lucknow said that SHERPA was created with the objective of understanding Himalayan ecology and man-environment relationship.