Manju Naik Gaonkar

Manju Balkrishna Naik Gaonkar (9 September 1931 – 15 February 2001) was an Indian politician from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Canacona Assembly constituency from 1967 to 1972. He also served as the Deputy speaker in the Goa Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1971.

Early and personal life Manju Balkrishna Naik Gaonkar was born at Kanacona, Goa (now Canacona). He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Karnataka University, he was also an alumnus of Rani Parvati Devi College of Arts & Commerce, Belgaum. Gaonkar was also a polyglot and spoke Marathi, Portuguese, English and Hindi. He was married to Kamala Gaonkar and resided at Nagarcem, Canacona, Goa.

Positions held Member of the Business Advisory Committee, 1967 Member of the Rules Committee, 1967 Chairman of the Privileges Committee, 1967 Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, 1971–72 Member of Rules Committee, 1971–72 Member of Library Committee, 1971–72