Mangaluru : Children’s literature should present social reality instead of explaining the fantasy world, said Malayalam writer N S Madhavan. He was speaking at a seminar on “writing for children today”, during the two-day Vishwa Konkani Literary Festival organised by the World Konkani Centre here on Sunday. He said that children are exposed to excess […]

Mangaluru : Youngsters should focus on emerging technologies — namely robotics and artificial intelligence — which are changing the dynamics of employment, said T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education, here on Sunday. Speaking at a function to distribute scholarships by Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Mr. Pai said that the employment dynamics are fast changing […]

Mangaluru : The youngsters to cleave the path of success from failures, said Editor and TV anchor Sonia Shenoy on Saturday. She was addressing the gathering mostly consisting students and a motley group of successful professionals from diverse fields during ‘Prerna – A vision TVM initiative’ organised jointly by Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund (VKSSF) […]

Mangalore : Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Shakti Nagar, Mangalore has announced two Annual Awards in the name of Sri Basti Vaman Shenoy who completed 80 years recently. The Awards are constituted to recognize outstanding contributions by Konkani-speaking individuals or organisations managed by Konkanies in fields such as Education, Governance, Social Service, Health Care, Science, Journalism, Literature […]

Mangalore: Vishwa Konkani Awards were presented to noted Konkani writers Pundalik N Naik, novelist and playwright and Uday L Bhembre at a function at TV Raman Pai Hall in Mangalore on December 12, Wednesday, under the aegis of the Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation. The function was organized on the occasion of the 80th birthday […]

Mangalore : U Ramdas Kamath, chairman of Scholarship Award Ceremony said that Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, organized by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore was awarded ‘Merit Cum Means Scholarships’ worth Rupees Two Crore to over 1300 students from economically backward family. Speaking at the press meet held at Hotel Ocean Pearl after the award distribution […]

Mangalore : The Konkani novel ‘Hawthan’, authored by Mahabaleshwar Sail was released at a ceremony held in World Konkani Centre here on August 27, Saturday. Sandhya Pai, managing editor of  Taranga Kannada weekly released the translated version. After the release, Sandhya Pai said that novels or books reflects one’s experiences in life and some of […]

Mangalore : The Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship fund has targeted to give training for 5,000 youths under the programme Kshamatha’, employable skills programme for Konkani youth in the year 2010-2013, said TV Mohandas Pai, chairman, Manipal Universal learning. Speaking at the press meet held at Hotel Ocean Pearl on August 26, Friday, he said that […]