Punjab can well claim to have a kaleidoscopic culture, which is very vibrant in its nature and spirit, just like its landscape that boasts of a grea t variety. Its indigenous traits go back to a recorded period of at least 500,000 years. The resultan t inherent quality of its mode of life, its language and the formation of its civic society, has its very own individuality and a singular personality that distinguish it from the corporeal patterns of other places.

To conduct research in the history, culture, political issues of Punjab (both sides of the divide) an institution named after a great Punjabi philanthropist wa s established as “ Dyal Singh Research & Cultural Forum ” (DSRCF), whose Chief Patron is the Chairman, Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).