About Suresh Gundu Amonkar
Lived 1935 – 2019 (aged 83–84). Suresh Gundu Amonkar was a translator.
Suresh Gundu Amonkar (22 March 1935 – 8 December 2019) was an Indian educationist, writer, and chairman of Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. He served as the director of State Literacy Mission and Adult Education, as the Chief Commissioner of Goa State chapter of the Bharat Scouts and Guides and as the president of the Council of Boards of Secondary Education (COBSE).
Works He translated several classics into Konkani language, including Dhammapada, Tirukkuṛaḷ, Bhagavad Gita, Gospel of John and Dnyaneshwari. He was a recipient of the Goa State Teacher's Award and the 2012 Jyanpithkar Ravindra Kelekar Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Literature and Education.
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Suresh Gundu Amonkar was born in 1935 in Goa.
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Suresh Gundu Amonkar died on 8 December 2019.
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Suresh Gundu Amonkar was a translator.
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