(Please read FN's account on the topic above underneath my post.) Dear FN
On what account does Anthony Campos De Sa become a Goan apart from the fact that his grandfather was a Goan who may or may not have lived in Goa? Does he claim to be so? Does he indicate any pride in being so? Why should we as Goans leap to grab credit for the achievements of people who may have some Goan ancestry but for all we know have little or no desire to be identified with Goa, which again for all we know may be a dampener to their career prospects. This is worth thinking over isn't it? Regards Augusto >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Message: 2 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:41:11 +0530 From: Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ??????? <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Goan becomes Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Message-ID: <cae9-spoabcyep-sva0ycuprvcewb_yt0wearr0u50u6xcsk...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Goan becomes Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Goanet Anthony de Sa, a son of Goa, has assumed charge as Chief Secretary of the State of Madhya Pradesh. The son of Charles and Sarita Campos de Sa, Anthony is a native of Divar. He belongs to the 1980 batch of the IAS. De Sa was born in Bhusaval, Maharashtra, where his father Charles de Sa, a freedom fighter in pre-Independence British days, was later the Mayor for three terms. He graduated from St Xavier?s College, Mumbai, where he was a gold medallist, and later attended Harvard University in the USA where he took a Master?s degree, topping the University and being honoured with the Littauer Fellowship, one of Harvard?s highest awards. During a long and illustrious career, De Sa served as Collector of Chhindwara, Bilaspur (now in Chhattisgarh), and Jabalpur. He has also been Housing Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh. In the Central Government, he has served as Director in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Controller of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai, and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, where he was in charge of India?s WTO negotiations. He was deputed to the United Nations for five years, and developed and implemented many projects in Africa and in the former Portuguese colony of Timor Leste (East Timor). His wife Malusha, is a teacher, as is his daughter Divya, who is married to Vijay Rodrigues of Margao. His son Rohit is an Engineer. Known as ?Tino? to friends, Anthony is a poet and writer too. Coincidentally, the very first Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, fifty years ago, was also a Goan, RCVP (Ron) Noronha, who also served as the first Civilian Administrator of Goa immediately after Liberation. Contacts: anthonydesa....@gmail.com -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350