Dalgado Konkani Academy
| Formation | 1988 |
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President
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Premanand A Lotlikar |
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Secretary
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Vincy Quadros |
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Key people
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Freddy J da Costa, Tomazinho Cardozo, Prabhakar Tendulkar |
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 by Msgr. Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado. During the period 1988-1992, DKA was very active. Fr. Freddy J. da Costa was the President, Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo was the secretary and Mr. Prabhakar Tendulkar the treasurer. During this period, DKA published 'Konkani Orthography in Roman Script' with the intention of bringing about a desirable unity among the writers, so that the writers could understand the principles and rules of writing Konkani in Roman script.
Tomazinho Cardozo was the second president and Mr. Jose Salvador Fernandes and Mr. Prabhakar Tendulkar were the secretary and treasurer respectively. The current president is Premanand A. Lotlikar, while Mr. Vincy Quadros has been entrusted the task of the secretary. There have been calls for the government of Goa to stop discriminating against Romi Konkani and officially recognise the DKA.
The Managing Committee for the period 2014-2017 is as follows : President : Mr. Premanand A. Lotlikar, Vice President : Fr. Conceicao D' Silva, Secretary : Mr. Vincy Quadros, Treasurer : Mr. Walter Menezes, Other Members : Alfonso Braganza, Pandharinath D. Lotlikar and Pio Esteves. Ms. Selza Lopes is the nominated member of the Executive Committee. The Members representing the Romi Konkani Institutions are : Tomazinho Cardozo, Daniel F. De Souza, Vassalo Carvalho and Anthony Miranda
The Executive Board outlined the aims and objectives of the DKA in 2004 as follows:
"The first and foremost objective of DKA is to promote Konkani language in Roman script, which is neglected, side tracked and given step motherly treatment. Konkani written in Roman script goes back to 1560. Without its Roman script history, Konkani would not have got the recognition by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi in 1975. It has the rich cultural heritage and it has become integral and unavoidable part of Goan culture, specifically of Christians. The vast majority of Goan Christians read Konkani written in Roman script. Hence it has to be preserved fostered and developed.
DKA will make all efforts to provide support, financial and otherwise, for writers of Konkani in Roman script. It will work untiringly to obtain for them their just and lawful demands, dues and rights. DKA will recognize those institutions, which are working for the promotion and development of Konkani Language, literature and culture in Roman script. It will initiate various activities in literary, cultural and social field through all the modern means of social communication.
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