S. S. DESAI

Birth Date : 25/07/1917
Death Date : 31/05/1996

S. S. DESAI WAS BORN IN THE VILLAGE BALLI,(GOA). HE COMPLETED HIS PRIMARY EDUCATION IN BALLI & HIGHER EDUCATION DONE IN PORTUGUESE IN MARGOA AND PANJI. HE READ SEVERAL BOOKS IN MARATHI, POTUGUESE, FRENCH & ENGLISH. IN 1944 HE WENT TO PUNE TO BECOME A JOURNALIST HE WORK AS A SUB EDITOR FOR VARIOUS MARATHI DAILYS NAMELY; THE LOKSHAKTI, THE SAMACHAR, PRABHAT, THE SANYUKTIK MAHARASHTRA. HE LEFT JOURNALISM IN THE YEAR 1946 AND JOINED HANDS WITH `BHARATIYA SANSKRUTI KOSH’ COMMITE WHICH WAS RUN BY MAHADEVSHASTRI JOSHI, WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT. THEN HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITEE AS THE RESEARCH ASSISTANT. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE POST OF A FULL TIME RESEARCHER BY THE SAME COMMITTEE.