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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.
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) is a Jesuit research-institute working on issues related to the Konkani language, literature, culture and education. It is based in Alto Porvorim, on the outskirts of the state capital of Goa, India.
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.
Goa University, main admin block. The university tradition of the Goa University also began during the Portuguese rule, with the installation of several institutions of higher education, the oldest one being the Goa Medical College, dating from 1691, [4] followed by the Mathematical and Military School, founded in 1817, and Goa College of Pharmacy, founded in 1842.
Don Bosco College, Panjim was established in 2001 by Goa Salesian Society. It is the only college in Goa to offer BA in Mass Communication,a program in Media studies. [3] It organised Goa's First Intercollegiate Media Event "Filmbuster" [4] Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce; Goa College of Agriculture; Goa College of Home Science
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.
A prominent road in the city of Panaji in Goa, India is named as Rua Cunha Rivara. [5] The 'Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair' in Portuguese Studies and Indo-Portuguese Comparative Studies has been established at the Goa University in his honour. [6] [7] [8]
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]