Konknni literary conference (From Archives)

Jnanpith awardee Ravindra Kelekar will inaugurate the 9th all-India Konknni Literary Conference on February 7, to be held at Kundapur in Karnataka.

The conference is being organized by the All India Konknni Parishad where Karnataka chief minister Dr B S Yediyurappa is likely to be the chief guest.

The conference follows close on the heels of Ravindra Kelekar bagging the prestigious Jnanpith Award. His copious writings include a novelette, the transcreation of Mahabharata in two volumes, travelogues, biographies and several collections of essays.

The conference will be presided over by Ramesh Velluskar, a popular Konknni writer and poet. Velluskar has bagged several awards from Kala Academy and Konknni Bhasha Mandal.  He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for Savulgori, a collection of Konknni poems, in 1992.

Union minister of state for labour Oscar Fernandes and home minister of Karnataka V S Acharya will be the guests of honour.

Digamber Kamat, chief minister of Goa will be the chief guest at the valedictory function on February 8.

R V Deshpande, former industries minister of Karnataka will be the guest of honour. President of All India Konknni Parishad and member of the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik will also be present.

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