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The Goa Konkani Akademi (Goa Academy of Letters for Konkani) is an organization set up by the Government of Goa in 1986 to promote the Konkani language in the state of Goa. The aim is to accelerate the pace of development of the language by encouraging writers, researchers, etc, and to bring Konkani people from all regions together.
From June 1999, it has been recognized by the Goa University as a Konknni research institute. This institution gets its name from the sixteenth-century English Jesuit priest, Thomas Stephens (1549–1619), a linguist and Marathi poet. Stephens came to Goa, then a Portuguese colony, on 24 October 1579.
University Location Type Established Specialization Sources Goa University: Goa: State 1985 General [1] India International University of Legal Education and Research of Bar Council of India Trust: Goa: Private 2022 Legal Education [2]
During the period 1988-1992, the DKA was very active. Freddy J. da Costa was the President, Tomazinho Cardozo was the secretary and Prabhakar Tendulkar the treasurer. During this period, DKA published Konkani Orthography in Roman Script, a publication intended for writers to understand the principles and rules of writing Konkani in Roman script.
A noted scholar, polyglot writer, poet, translator, broadcaster and telecaster, Dr Gomes had over 40 published books to his credit. He initially started off as a government official with the Central Government of India, in the Indian Revenue Service, [1] but later on shifted to academia and moved on to joining the Goa University's Konkani department.
Padre Conceição College of Engineering (PCCE) is a private engineering college in Verna, Goa, India, established in 1997.The college is affiliated to Goa University, Taleigao, Goa, and the programmes are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
In honour of Fernandes's contributions, the Goa Konkani Akademi annually organizes the Tiatr Manuscript Writing Competition. Furthermore, the Government of Goa has chosen to commemorate Fernandes by bestowing his name upon the auditorium located at Ravindra Bhavan in Margao. Hence, the venue is now recognized as the Pai Tiatrist João Agostinho ...
The project was supported by Goa University and Nirmala Institute of Education. Late Madhavi Sardesai, then a professor and Head of Department of Konkani at the Goa University, played an important role to launch the project. Prakash Parienkar, the current head of department of Konkani department of Goa University had said at that time: [8]