Mangalore:  A Youth Folk festival- Yuva Janapad Utsav was held at the St Aloysius College Auditorium in Mangalore on August 24, Friday under the auspices of the  Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy (KKSA)and Konkani Sangh of St Aloysius College. Fr Walter Andrade President of the Financial Committee St Aloysius College and Kasargod Chinna, President of Konkani Academy, inaugurated the function.

In his address, Kasargod Chinna exhorted students and teachers to encourage the latent talent in the students and guide them in the right direction. He also emphasized the need to hold more and more Konkani programmes in order to protect the language and its culture.

Satish Bhat, Principal of Canara College,  Anitha Kini, advocate and others were present on the occasion. A Konkani cultural and folk programme was presented on the occasion.