Mangalore : Basti Vaman Shenoy of Mangalore and Rocky Miranda of Mysore will be confered with the Goa Konkani Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2011.

The Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature will be conferred on Pundalik Narayan Naik, the poet and playwright. But unfortunately due to his protest against the Goa state government’s move towards English medium schools and Konkani medium schools, he has has refused to accept this award

A literary awareness award will be given to Rocky Miranda. The Shenoy Goembab Bhasha Seva Puroskar Award will be given to Soter Baretto.

The Madhav Manjunath Shanbag Konkani Bhasha Seva Purasaka will be conferred on Basti Vaman Shenoy, the president of the Vishwa Konkani Kendra of Mangalore and the Konkani Seva Saunshtha Puraskar will be conferred on Konkani Seva Kendra of Sanquelim. This  award comprises a cheque for Rs. 25,000, a citation, and a shawl.

The other reciepients of the literary awards are Nayana Adarkar for her short story Spandan, Ullas Nayak for his one-act play Ge Maye, Naman Dhavaskar for his essay Muktman, Dr. Archana Gaonkar for her research work titled 110 Vakahdi Vanaspat, and Sudha Kharangate for her children’s literary work Kanni eka Sunneachi. This literary award comprises a cheque for Rs. 10,000, a citation, and a memento.

The Yuva Chaitanya Puraskar comprises Rs. 15,000 each will be conferred on Gourish Vernekar and Ananth Agni.