Tanaji Halarnkar

He was involved with organising Konkani literary events, authored books, and did his Ph.D. on the gram panchayats (village councils) of Goa.

Following his death in October 2020, the Times of India credited him with having spent "12 years of his life in [the] preparation of the Konkani encyclopedia".

[1] The Konkani Encyclopedia was later donated to the public domain under a Creative Commons license by the Goa University.

[1] This was seen as particularly important after Konkani in the Devanagari script was granted official-language status in Goa and speedily needed to cope with the challenging demands of being used in the administration.

[3] Wikimedia notes that the Konkani Vishwakosh is a four-volume hard copy encyclopedia—totalling in all 3632 pages—that has been published by the Goa University.

[2] The Vishwakosh has served "as a primary source of information and one of the most important documented texts for a community of nearly 2.5 million Konkani speakers spread across India and worldwide".

He was also the president of the twenty-third session (adhiveshan) of the All India Konkani Parishad held in Mangalore in April 2002.