| Pen Name | Melvyn Rodrigues |
| Date of Birth | Jul 8, 1962 |
| Education | B.B.M.(Business Management), M.A. (Sociology) |
| Profession | Director, Operations - Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd. |
| Awards | Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Goa (1989), Konkani Kuttom, Bahrain (2006), Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademi Honorary Award for Literature (2006); Dr TMA Pai Foundation Best Konkani Book Award (2009); Sahitya Akademi Award (2011); Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani Poetry Award (2016); Sandesha Award for Konkani Literature (2022); Madhav Manjunatha Shanbhag Konkani Seva Puraskar from Goa Konkani Akademi (2023) |
| Poetry Works | Mogapello (ಮೊಗಾಪೆಳೊ) - 1988; Phintam (फिंतां) - 2000; Vaatt (ವಾಟ್) - 2003; Prikriticho Paas (ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಚೊ ಪಾಸ್) - 2008 & 2019; Vinchnnar Kavita (ವಿಂಚ್ಣಾರ್ ಕವಿತಾ) - 2012; Devi Ninkasi (ದೇವಿ ನಿನ್ಕಾಸಿ) - 2015; Ugtem Daar - 2018 (Translation of K.S. Narasimhaswamy's Kannada Poetry 'Tereda Bagilu' into Konkani); Jivatallo - 2021 (Translation of Chennaveera Kanavi's Kannada Poetry 'Jeeva Dhwani'. |