Padma Shri Award – Fr Romuald D’Souza
Friday, January 29th, 2010The students and faculty of Marian Institute of Health Care Management express their joy on the recognition of Fr. Romuald D’Souza’s contribution to education.
The Padma Shri was conferred to Fr Romuald D’Souza for ‘Literature and Education’ on 26 January 2010 by the Government of India. The Padma Shri is a civilian award for distinguished service.
A felicitation ceremony was organized at the Marian Institute on 28 January in honor of Fr D’Souza at Mayfair. Ms Meena Parulekar and Ms Lyka Da Costa expressed sentiments of pride on behalf of the faculty and the students at the Marian Institute.
Fr D’Souza expressed his own views about being conferred this award and his vision for the education system in Goa.
Here are a few words of wisdom from Fr D’Souza:
“We are not working for awards, we just carry on doing our work.”
“Education is not a matter of acquiring information but learning to create knowledge.”
“In education, the emphasis is on the learner, not the teacher”




