bbk vasco santosh shetkar at bbk margao laxman gawas at bbk sanguem and siddharth halarnkar at bbk mapusa interested children in the age group of 8 to 16 can contact the respective centres by april 30 for admissions mango festival a threeday long state level mango festival will be hosted by the directorate of agriculture from may 13 to 15 at kala akademy at panaji the event will include workshops on the genetic database of mangoes cultivated in goa and various aspects of production technology theorganizers invite farmers as well as institutes or organizations having mango trees to participate in different competitions of mango pride contestants can submit any number of entries in each category but a minimum of 4 mangoes per category is required submissions can be made on may 12 or 13 contact the horticulture department of the directorate for details convocation for italian course the 19th annual convocation of italian language courses will take place on may 5 at the conference hall of goa university administrative block at 4pm vice chancellor of goa university dr satish shetye and the former honorary consul of italy in goa antonio dal negro will preside over the event certificates will be awarded to the students who attended the italian language course at gu both for beginners and for advanced circolo italiano goa will perform a few italian songs the past students of these courses are kindly invited to participate pottery course verodina de sousa to conduct creative hand pottery classes for adults as well as children aged 6 years and above at 10 alfran house behind mayur punjab near alankar cinema mapusa the panaji classes will be held at alfran plaza on the ground floor below gallery attic contact 8806397004 for details goa konkani akademis financial schemes goa konkani akademi invites applications for various schemes for the year 201415 including poilo chovor yevzonn for those wishing to publish their writing sahitya prabha to benefit publishers balsahitya pustak for childrens literature natak mannd book publication yezvonn for writers of drama scripts a scheme to provide financial assistance to conduct workshops on konkani literature culture education etc and also a scheme to support high schools that arrange for interactions for their students with authours and poets application forms will be available at goa konkani akademi 243 patto colony panaji the last date for submission of forms is june 16 theatre orientation course bori development trust will be organizing its second annual theatre orientation course for boys and girls between age group of 13 to 25 from may 10 to 18 from 930am to 1pm at st francis xaviers church hall borim the course is conducted by theatre personality avinash char a limited number of devoted disciplined participants shall be chosen on first come first serve basis the application form may be filled and submitted at the venue latest by may 7 for further details contact agnelo 9822983541 or ligorio dias 9822169127 alumni meet the alumni association general body meeting of nirmala institute