Who is the first winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani literature

Ravindra Kelekar was the first winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani literature. On 26^th February 1975, the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, recognized Konkani as an independent language. The first Sahitya Akademi Award for a work in Konkani was won by Kelekar for his travelogue, Himalayant, in 1977.