Eric Alexander Ozario is a Konkani music composer and cultural activist, and the founder of Mandd Sobhann, a leading Konkani cultural organization. He also founded Kalaangann, a Konkani heritage center.
Ozario was instrumental in Konkani being approved as an optional language in school education in the state of Karnataka. He has also been the secretary general of the Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS – Global Konkani Organisation) for many years.
In 2009 Ozario participated in a movement to protest a plan to cut trees in Mangalore. Ozario's biography, The Indefatigable Crusader was released in 2014. He has been recognized by many associations with honors and awards such as ‘Konkani Kala Samrat’, Konkani Ratna, State Rajyotsava Prashasti,( 1993), Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Award (1999) , and so on.
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