Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant presented the highest & prestigious Gomant Vibhushan Award to Shri. Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar in the field of Folk Art for the year 2019-20 & Pt. Prabhakar Janardan Karekar in the field of Indian Classical Music for the year 2021-22 on the occasion of #GoaStatehoodDay, organised by the Directorate of Art and Culture in collaboration with the Department of Information and Publicity in the presence of Minister for Art & Culture Shri. Govind Gaude, Minister for WRD, Shri. Subhash Shirodkar, Fisheries Minister, Shri. Nilkant Halarnkar, Transport Minister, Shri. Mauvin Godinho, MLA, Shri. Digambar Kamat, Chief Secretary, Shri. Puneet Kumar Goel, IAS, Secretary Art & Culture Shri. Menino D’Souza, IAS, Secretary, Information & Publicity, Shri. Subhash Chandra, IAS; Director, DIP, Shri. Dipak Bandekar, Director, Art & Culture, Shri. Sagun Velip at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula.
Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated Exhibition of photographs on the achievements of Shri. Vinayak Khedekar and Pt. Prabhakar Karekar, in the presence of Minister for Art & Culture Shri. Govind Gaude, Minister for WRD, Shri. Subhash Shirodkar, Fisheries Minister, Shri. Nilkant Halarnkar, Transport Minister, Shri. Mauvin Godinho, MLA, Shri. Digambar Kamat, Chief Secretary, Shri. Puneet Kumar Goel, IAS, Secretary Art & Culture, Shri. Menino D’Souza, IAS, Secretary Information & Publicity, Shri. Subhash Chandra, IAS at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula.
