BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Amalgamating all the four fields of studies (LEGH- Literature, Environment, Gender and Human Rights) this organization tends to be the world’s largest platform of its kind. Interdisciplinary and Multi-disciplinary aspects are its bases. We have our Executive Councils in all the Twenty-eight (28) Indian states and Eight (8) Union Territories-overall 85 EC in India. Also, we are working in 18 countries (plus 7 proposed ones) across the globe.   

We have Six (6) major sections:

1. Academic Events – Organizing Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops etc. across the country as well as abroad. Annual event abroad- for which we provide travel grant.
2. Publication Division – Publication with SAGE, Routledge, F&T, and other reputed publishers across the world. Our own Journal ‘LEGH: The Dwellers of Wood‘ to be published by SAGE. Also our newly launched Bilingual Journal Paryālocana (पर्यालोचन) proposed to be published by Oxford University Press.
3. Field Work / Research Projects – Conducting research projects as well as sponsoring any valuable project proposals of the scholars. Major and Minor research grants are also available.
4. Academic Grants every year– We provide travel grants every year to visit foreign universities for any research project or to attend our own organized conferences in abroad. In January 2025, we introduced new Grants as well:
   1. Ecosophical Research & Travel Grant (ERTG)
   2. Ecosophical Translation Grant (ETG)
   3. Ecosophical Creative Writing Fellowship (ECWF)
   4. EcoDramaturgy Fellowship (EDF)
   5. Ecosophical Community Fellowship (ECF)
   6. EcoSustainability Grant (ESG)
   7. Fully Funded Researcher’s Grant (ERG) – Introduced in January 2026
5. ETS – Ecosophical Theatre Society (ETS) is an initiative by our organization president and his team, including some IPTA artists. Those who become the lifetime members of EFSLE, having keen interest in theatre, are considered to be an integral part of this theatre society. Independent artists can also join the group separately. https://www.efsle.org/ets/
6. ELC (Ecosophical Linguistic Circle) – This linguistic circle is dedicated to those who are interested in the newly emerged areas of Ecolinguistics, Neuroecolinguistics, Neosociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics. EFSLE life members, interested in any of these or related fields of study, will be considered as the members of this circle. Independent linguists or researchers can also join the circle separately. https://www.efsle.org/elc/

Our Upcoming Major Projects:

1.  Ecosophical History of India: The Cultural, Literary, socio-psychological and Geocritical Concerns (For all the streams)
2. Railroad Ecology in India (Though it has an multidisciplinary approach but it’s Esp. designed for the Researchers and academicians from Geography stream)
3. In Hindi and Sanskrit Literature: ‘भारतीय पर्यान्वीक्षण का इतिहास’- तीन–वर्षीय शोध परियोजना 2026-29 में A Three year- Research Project..संस्कृत साहित्य (वेद, वेदांग, उपवेद, उपनिषद्, पुराण, ब्राह्मण, आरण्यक, स्मृति, दर्शन शास्त्र और लौकिक साहित्य) में पर्यालोचनात्मक विमर्श एवं चिंतन: एक संपूर्ण रुपरेखा – A Two-year Research Project.
4. Translation Project of the Eco-critical Texts- Vernacular Indian Languages to English & Visa-Versa.
5. Ecomusicology and the Tribal & Indigenous Culture of India.
6. Ecolinguistics and the Cognitive Reception: Approaching the Indian Languages and their Evolution (For linguistics and Psychology researchers)
7. Oceanic Culture and its Socio-Ecoliterary and Geo-political Concerns
8. Ethnobotany and Plant Humanities: An Ecosophical Concern for Climate Change 
9. Ecodramaturgy and Eco-theater: A Quintessential Stage for the Subaltern Voices portraying their Community-Nature Cordiality
10. Oceanography and the Blue Humanities: Literary Geographies of Islands and Marine Ecology
11. Nisarga-Vīra: Combating Climate Change through the Eco-pedagogical Approach  

[These all 11 Research Projects are to be launched in 2026-27 only. The interested candidates can write to us: info@efsle.org]

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP:

http://www.efsle.org/benefits-of-membership/ 

A Lifetime Membership in EFSLE will support new initiatives, brings you deserved recognition, and financial protection. As a Lifetime Member you will receive:

• Enrollment in a distinctive constituency of professionals committed to the advancement of environmental cultural and literary studies through education.
• Benefit of enhancing your API score as per the UGC norms, esp. for the Researchers, Assistant Professors and Associate Professors.
• Chance to get publish (if selected) in our Scopus Indexed, UGC Care listed and Peer Reviewed Journals.
• Eligible for various Research Grants – Ecosophical Research & Travel Grant (ERTG), Ecosophical Translation Grant (ETG), Ecosophical Creative Writing Fellowship (ECWF), EcoDramaturgy Fellowship (EDF), Ecosophical Community Fellowship (ECF), EcoSustainability Grant (ESG) and EFSLE Researcher’s Grant (ERG)
• All the PhD scholars across the nation joining EFSLE as its lifetime members are eligible to apply for EFSLE Researcher’s Grant (ERG) every year.
• Recognition at the opening receptions at Annual EFSLE Conferences or any event.
• Special recognition in the Lifetime Member Honor Roll on the EFSLE website.
• Automatic access to existing and new benefits provided to individual members by EFSLE.
• Free Membership of Ecosophical Theatre Society (ETS) is available for all the lifetime members who have interest in this field.
• Only a Lifetime member can be a part of EFSLE Executive Council in his/her respective states/ Regions.
• As a life-time member you may send your own research proposal for sponsorship and if selected the appropriate grant will be provided.
• LT members can get a benefit of EFSLE collaboration to conduct any academic event in their respective institutions.
• LT members are privileged to get an opportunity for our Annual Travel Grant (if selected) to participate our annual international event aboard.
• An LT member will have to pay a lesser registration fee for any of our annual event in collaboration with any other institution across the nation. If the event is completely sponsored by EFSLE, our LT members need not to pay any registration fee.

(*For more details please read our Bylaws on our website.)