Dear friends, Greetings from Goa Chitra On behalf of The President & The Executive Council of the VINCENT XAVIER VERODIANO FOUNDATION are pleased to invite you for the function of conferment of the 2012 VINCENT XAVIER VERODIANO AWARD on ‘Goa 1556’ founded by journalist Frederick Noronha on Monday. 5th November 2012 at 5.30 p.m. at The Goa Chitra Museum, Benaulim. Mr. Alito Siqueira, associate professor, Dept. of Sociology, Goa University has kindly consented to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest in the presence of the Guest of Honour, leading psychiatrist and English Novelist, Dr. Belinda Viegas. The function shall commence at 5.30 p.m on the 5th of November 2012, at Goa Chitra Museum. The event is open to all on prior confirmation. For further details and confirmation contact 08322772910, 08326570877 or email goachi...@gmail.com. Sincerely, Victor Hugo Gomes (Curator, Goa Chitra) 2012 VINCENT XAVIER VERODIANO AWARD The Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award is awarded by the Vincent Xavier Verodiano Foundation. The objective of the award is to promote the wellbeing of mankind through individual advancement in the field of art, music, literature, science, medicine or humanities. The award was founded by Dom Martin in 1989, in memory of his late father, Vincent Xavier Verodiano. The winner is announced on the 20th day of September, and the award is conferred on the 5th day of November. This year the prestigious Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award has been conferred on Goa 1556 in recognition of its pioneering commitment to record Goa’s variegated past, project its kaleidoscopic present, and accentuate its pendulous future. Goa 1556 is an alternative publishing venture, founded by veteran journalist Frederick Noronha. The company name was inspired by the arrival of the Gutenberg Printing press to Goa in the year 1556 – the first of its kind in all of Asia. As Mr. Noronha succinctly put it, the primary goal of his publishing company is to “democratise the production of knowledge”. The editorial modulation of Goa 1556 is non-fiction writing related to Goa, with emphasis on books which “shed interesting new light on various aspects that help better understand the complex region called Goa.” As of August 2012, Goa 1556 has amassed an assortment of 45 titles to its credentials. Mr. Alito Siqueira, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Goa University has kindly consented to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest in the presence of the Guest of Honour, leading psychiatrist and English Novelist, Dr. Belinda Viegas. The function shall commence on the 5th of November 2012, 5.30 p.m. at Goa Chitra Museum. The event is open to all on prior confirmation. For further details and confirmation contact 08322772910, 08326570877 or email goachi...@gmail.com Invitation attached