[1][2] Basti Vaman Shenoy was born on 6 November 1934 in Bantwal, a town in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka.

He wanted to pursue higher education and become a teacher but due to his family conditions he had to leave school and join his father to help in his business.

[5] Shenoy was involved in the Indian National Congress, and its trade union wing INTUC activities in Bantwal between 1954 and 1962.

He took initiative to revive the age old "Mall Khamb" and organised performance tours to several places in Karnataka.

In association with Kasturba Medical College he set up an Outreach Specialist Clinic in Vyayama Shala premises in 1988.

[citation needed] In 1974 villages on the banks of River Netravati in Bantwal Taluk got submerged in the flood.

Basti Vaman Shenoy took initiative in setting up several relief camps in the Taluk and supported the industry and trade activities by refinancing the traders through Syndicate Bank.

Jatha submitted the Memorandum demanding Konkani Academy for the state with the Karnataka Government in October 1992.

[citation needed] In 1993 Basti Vaman Shenoy became the President of Konkani Bhasha Mandal Karnataka.

[7] Chief Minister of Karnataka Veerappa Moily announced the establishment of Konkani Academy in the state.

The convention brought together Konkani speaking people from all regions, religion, dialect and sub communities.

The 7 days convention consisting of seminars, debates, cultural presentations, exhibition and food festival was a grand success.

In 1996, Shenoy inaugurated the First North American Konkani Convention at New Jersey, United States.

The Foundation stone marking the beginning of construction work was laid in a ceremony in September 2005 by P. Dayanand Pai.

[15] Basti Vaman Shenoy toured relentlessly to raise funds for this project in India and abroad.

M. Veerappa Moily released a book on Rashtrakavi M. Govinda Pai translated to Hindi from Konkani.

[24] Shenoy was awarded the Rajyotsava Prashasti by Government of Karnataka in 2010[25][26] He is also the recipient of Language Award by Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy in 2008[27] Shenoy died at his home in Thumbe, on 2 January 2022, at the age of 87 due to age related illness.