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पंडरिनाथ भुवनेंद्र जनार्धन रसायन शास्त्राचो प्राध्यापक आनी कोंकणी साहिती. ताणे केरळा कोंकणी अकाडेमींत साहित्य पुरस्कार स्थापन केलां आनी एम.एससी. पदवीक 5 रसायन शास्त्राचें पठ्य पुस्तक बरयल्यांत
वृत्ती जीवन.
पंडरिनाथ ल्हानपणा दाकून तेज विद्यार्थी आशीलो. तागेले शिक्षण एर्नाकुलमाचे एस.आर.वि.एच. शाळा आनी महराजास कॉलेजांत जालें. रसायन शास्त्रांत हॉनर्स पदवी पयलें दर्जेंत पास केलें. 1953 इसवींत ताका पिएच.डी. पदवी प्राप्त जालें. मद्रास प्रेसिडेन्सी कॉलेजांत प्राध्यापक जावन वृत्ती जीवन आरंभ केलें. थोडे वरसान ती वृत्ती सोडुन मद्रास विश्वविद्यानिलयांत रसायन शास्त्र विभागाचे मुखेली जावनु मेळो. तो केनडाचे नेशनल रिसर्च कौन्सिलांत संशोधन केलें. मत्स्यालय, म्होंवामुसां घर, उद्यान करचें आनी छायाचित्र काडचें तागेले प्रमुख हव्यास आशीलें. उद्योगा थावन निवृत्ती उप्रांत ताणे आपली आवय भाशेचे साहित्याक हुमेद दाकयली. कोंकणी भाशेंत लेखन बरोवन कोंकण जनता, दिव्टी, पंच्कादायी, कुळगार, कोंकण टाइम्स, सुनापरांत पत्रिकेंत प्रकट केलां. ताणे लीलसुकालें “श्री कृष्णकर्णामृता” कोंकणीक भाशांतर करून प्रकट केलां. “ए हैयर कोंकणी ग्रामर, कथा सरोवर, ए प्राक्टिकल कोंकणी – इंग्लीश एन्सैक्लोपिडीक डिक्शनरी, ए कोंकणी धातु कोश” ताणे रचयिलें इतर कोंकणी कृती. ताणे केरळा कोंकणी अकाडेमींत कोंकणीचे श्रेष्ठ साहित्याक तीन वार्शीक बोमान, द्रौपदी बोमान, श्रीनिवास शेणाइ बोमान आनी पंडरिनाथ भुवनेंद्र पुरस्कार स्थापन केलां. मद्रास विश्वविद्यानिलय, कोचिन विश्वविद्यानिलय, श्री वेंकटेश्वर विश्वविद्यानिलय आनी नागार्जुन विश्वविद्यानिलयांत दूसरे वरसांत एम.एससी. शिकचें विद्यार्थीक पंडरिनाथ भुवनेंद्र जनार्धन सर्विस कमोमरेशन स्कोलरशिप ट्रस्ट दाकून विद्यार्थीवेतन दिवच्याक केनरा बॉंकांत दत्तिनिधी स्थापन केलां.
Pandarinath Bhuvanendra Janardhan was a famous konkani writer and chemistry professor . He has instituted three annual awards with Kerala Konkani Academy. He has authored 5 chemistry text books at the M.Sc. level.
Career
Pandarinath Bhuvanendra Janardhan had a brilliant scholastic and collegiate career in the S.R.V.H. School and Maharaja’s college (Ernakulam) and the Presidency college (Madras). He took a First Class Honours degree in Chemistry, and he was awarded the Ph.D. degree in 1953. After serving in the Presidency college for couple of years, he joined the staff of the Technology College of the Madras University. In 1959 he was made the Head of the department of a Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry. He did his post doctoral reserch in the National Reserch Council of Canada. He has published more than 100 research papers in Indian and foreign journals. He has varied hobbies like acquaria, apiary, horticulture and photography.
After retirement, his latest interest was his mother tongue Konkani. He has published articles in Konkani in Konkan Janatha, Divty, Panchakadayi, Kullagar, Konkan Times and Sunaparanth of Goa. He has translated Leelasuka’s “Sri Krishnakarnamritha” in to Konkani and published in 1987. He has also authored “A Higher Konkani grammer, A Konkani Dhatukosh – A book of Etymology of verb roots, Katha Sarovar – Stories, A Practical Konkani – English Encyclopedic Dictionary”. He has instituted with the Kerala Konkani Academy, three annual awards, Draupadi prize, Srinivas Shenoi Prize and Pandarinath Bhuvanendra Puraskar for the best prose essay. He has established Pandarinath Bhuvanendra Janardhan’s Service Commemoration Scholarship Trust and deposited fund in Canara Bank for the scholarship of M.Sc. student studying in 2nd year in University of Madras, University of Cochin, Sri Venkateshwara University and Nagarjuna University.
