Two-day seminar on life and works of V.J.P. Saldanha in Mangaluru
The seminar will be held at the Robert Sequeira Hall, St. Aloysius (deemed to be university), said a release.
As part of the seminar, the Akademi is organising a book exhibition cum discount sale till August 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Sahodaya Hall on the St. Aloysius campus. Books in Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, English and Hindi will be exhibited.
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