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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DV)

Mangaluru, June 9: "Konkani study chair and research centre will be inaugurated in the Mangalore University on June 12. State minister R V Deshpande will be inaugurating this study chair and research center at the university college campus," said Roy Castellino, the president of Karnataka Konkani sahithya academy.

Castelino was addressing the press meet at press club here on Tuesday, June 9.

Castelino also said "State government has allotted Rs 2 crore in the budget for the Konkani study chair and research centre to materialize the long pending demand of Konkani study chair and research centre."

The centre has the following objectives:

To help in the development of Konkani language and study and research of Konkani linguistic science.

To do the documentation and the study of Konkani people, folk, art,literature and culture. To organize regional,national and international conventions, workshops for Konkani littérateurs, poets and writers.

To create awareness on Konkani language among the students and youth.

To develop educational tools like syllabus, books and methods to teach Konkani language from nursery to post graduation level.

To Organize programmes like doctoral,post doctoral and fellowship programme at university level. Apex body will function as main centre for the linguistic centre.

To Organize online degree including correspondence, postal education programmes.

The academy has also appointed ambassadors to increase the number of Konkani learning students from 6th standards in the schools.

Raghavendra Rao from Mangalore for Dakshina Kannada,Ullas Kamath for Karwar and Prof G Venkatesh Pai for Udupi have been appointed as Konkani ambassadors.

Academy which was instrumental in the installation of the study chair has thanked all the people who helped it in the matter.

Basthi Vaman Shenoy, M P Noronha, Dr B Devadas Pai and others were present at the press meet.