Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Zone XI (Goa Jaycees) through its premier program- The "Jaycee Creed Awards 2003" to be held on 28th December 2003, at 6.30 P.M. in the Hotel Nova Goa Conference Hall, Panaji-Goa,seeks to recognize the contributions of 5 Outstanding Individuals from Goa and India. The following honorees will be felicitated: 1. Mr Jackie Shroff- Jackie first made his mark with Subhash Ghai's film 'Hero', which became a blockbuster and ran for over a year in most parts of the country. He then thundered onscreen with his powerful, award-winning performances in films like 'Parinda', 'Ram Lakhan', '1942- A Love Story' and 'Rangeela'. The man's charisma has earned him a niche in the industry and established him as one of the top actors of our time. 2. Mr. Alexyz R. Fernandes- Goa's eminent cartoonist who cartoons for daily Herald, weeklies Goa Post and V Ixtt (Konkani) and monthly Goa Today. He has published a few thousand cartoons in Reader's Digest, Indian Express, Illustrated Weekly, Sportsweek, Mid-day, The Afternoon, The Daily, Sunday Observer, Eve's Weekly, Femina, Evening News, Navhind Times, Gulab, Gomantak Times, Weekender, etc . He has participated in numerous shows in Goa, Festival of Cartoons (Switzerland-87), Portugal Telecom Cartoon Festival (Lisbon-96). Cartoons on Goa (Evora, Portugal-1996), etc. He was recently invited at the House of Commons in U.K where Keith Vaz presented Alexyz with gold cuff links and a crystal tumbler, both bearing the House of Commons logo 3. Brahmanand Shankwalkar- Goa's most distinguished Sportsman was first selected to represent India in 1975 as their goalkeeper at the 17th Asian Youth Championship at Kuwait and was a member of the senior Indian football team from 1976 till 1986 and as captain from 1983 to 1986. For his outstanding contribution, the All India Football Federation deservedly honored Brahmanand by declaring him the "Player of the Decade 1985-1995", an award he received at the hands of the Prime Minister at Calcutta on 17th December '96. He is also Goa's first Arjuna Award(India's most prestigious sports award) recipient. 4. Dr Datta Kumar V. Naik - a product of St. Xavier's Mapusa who showed that youngsters given the opportunities in Goa can even receive a Certificate of Recognition from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He is presently a Scientist occupying one of the top positions at NASA. 5. Mr Ravindra Kelekar- Eminent and celebrated Konkani litterateur who has to his credit several books and writings including his most recent Amorer (At Twilight)- a collection of writings. Kelekar has been motivated to write by two factors, one -inspirational creativity and the other, his tenacious ambition to make the Konkani language prosperous in terms of literature. All are cordially invited. Season's Greetings to one and all yours sincerely, Jc HGF Sadashiv Shirsat (Chairman and Zone President- Zone XI) Jc JFM Sudesh Borkar EVP/IPZP Jc HGF Pravin Sabnis (Zone President Elect-2004) Jc Kedar Amonkar ( Host President- Panaji Jaycees) Jc Sandeep Heble( Host President- St- Inez Jaycees) (The Goa Jaycees website is at http://www.goajaycees.org and Indian Jaycees website is at http://www.indianjaycees.org ) ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
