Vishnu Wagh

Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh is a Member of Legislative Assembly from St. Andre constituency of North Goa, India as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a poet, writer, dramatist, journalist, and management consultant/ trainer.^[1][2]

Political career

After 14 years, of being a former general secretary and spokesperson of the Goa Pradesh Congress person, Vishnu Surya Wagh on 30 October 2011, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of senior BJP leaders — Laxmikant Parsekar, MP Shripad Naik, and Manohar Parrikar.^[3]

He won the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 with a margin of 1219 votes from Constituency Number 14, St. Andre Constituency - consisting of the 7 villages of Goa Velha (St Andre), Azossim-Mandur, Neura, Batim, Agacaim (St Lawrence), Pale-Siridao and Curca-Bambolim-Telaulim.^[4]

Since 14-01-2016, he is the Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.^[5]

Social and cultural Activities

Vishnu Surya Wagh has been actively involved in socio-cultural field from many years.^[6] He has held the following positions:

• Former Vice-Chairman of Kala Academy.
• Former President of Gomantak Natya Sammelan and Yuva Marathi Sahitya Sammelan.
• Executive Member of the World Marathi Academy.
• Spokesman of Akhil Bharatiya Bhandari Mahasangh.

Awards

• Bakibab Borkar Award, Mumbai^[7][8]
• Damani Award, Solapur
• Yashwantrao Chavan Award, Pune
• Pune Festival Award
• Dhananjay Keer Award, Mumbai
• Kala Academy Awards
• Gomant Vidya Niketan Award
• Gomantak Marathi Academy Award
• Goa Ratna Award
• Vidya Vachaspati Award
• Yuva Chetna Award

References