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| Formation | 1988 |
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President | Vincy Quadros |
Secretary | William Fernandes |
Treasurer | Celso Fernandes |
Key people | Freddy J da Costa, Tomazinho Cardozo, Prabhakar Tendulkar, Premanand A. Lotlikar, Vincy Quadros |
The Dalgado Konknni Akademi is an organisation located in Panjim, Goa that works for the development and promotion of Konkani in the Roman script.
The academy was established in 1988 and named after Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado. [1] 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.
Tomazinho Cardozo was the second president and Jose Salvador Fernandes and Prabhakar Tendulkar were the secretary and treasurer respectively. Premanand A. Lotlikar was the President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi for three consecutive terms of 3 years each (2008 to 2017) while Vincy Quadros has been the secretary from the year 2014. There have been calls for the government of Goa to stop discriminating against Romi Konkani and officially recognise the DKA. [2]
The organisation aims to promote the study and development of the Konkani language in Roman script; recognize schools that promote the Konkani language; and hold cultural activities for the Konkani language, its literature, and the culture of its writers and speakers.
The main events organised by the Dalgado Konknni Akademi are:
Celebration of the following days:
Annual Awards:
These awards are instituted to give recognition for the work done by the writers and others in the field of Romi Konkani literature, cultural activists, heritage activist, young talent, best Romi Konkani institution and journalism.
The Akademi has also initiated the Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskrutik Sammelan (Konkani Literary and Cultural Conference) which has been held since the year 2008. Vincy Quadros was the President of First Sommelan. Akademi also organises Writers Conference every year for the benefit of Romi Konkani Writers. [3]
Apart from this, the academy holds literary competitions on short story, poetry, essays, once act plays and novels. [4] and organises poets' meets. [5] The DKA also publishes a large number of Konkani books. [6] [7] The academy also organises contests such as novel writing and story reading in order to increase the readership and simultaneously to inculcate the habit of reading Konknni in Roman Script. The year 2015 made a way for State level Konkani Reading Competition. Those secured first three places are selected for Final Round at Akademi's Panjim office. Cash prizes and certificates are awarded at all levels. [8] [9] The DKA has ties with the Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr [10] and coordinates several activities with it.
The Akademi is located in the old Education Department Building's second floor, near the Goa Pharmacy College on the second floor of the building based in the Goa state capital of Panjim or Panaji.
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