PANAJI
Rahman Abbas, a Ratnagiri-born young Urdu and English novelist from Maharashtra, will inaugurate the 22nd Konkani Yuva Sahitya Sammelan on March 17 at 10 am. The two-day annual literary event of students and youth initiated by Goa Konkani Academy will be organised and held at Dnyanprasarak Mandal’s College at Assagao. Naresh Naik, Assistant Professor teaching Konkani at Goa University and a young writer hailing from Canacona, will be awarded at the inaugural function, the prestigious ‘Yuva Sahitya Puraskar’, instituted in memory of Meghashyam Naik. Marcose Gonsalves, 46-year-old writer, dramatist and journalist, has been chosen to be President of the 22nd Konkani Yuva Sahitya Sammelan. The inaugural function will also be graced by Shrikrishna Pokle, Chairman of Dnyanprasarak Mandal. Dr Dilip Arolkar, Principal of DMC College is Reception Committee Chairman while Purushottam Verlekar, assistant professor in Geology and a young writer, is Working Chairman. Arun Sakhardande, Chairman of Goa Konkani Academy as well as Vasant Bhagwant Sawant, Vice Chairman of GKA would also grace the occasion.
