By
Fr.Francis Rodrigues, Raknno
Mangalore: Fr. Antony Prakash Monteiro Associate
Professor of Physics of the Department of
Physics in St Philomena College, Puttur
and in charge of the College campus has been conferred the
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Physics on the thesis
‘The Study of Meson Spectroscopy in the Frame Work of
Constituent Quark Models’ by the Mangalore
University under the guidance of Dr. K.B. Vijay Kumar.
Academic
record of Excellence:
Rev.
Dr. Antony Prakash Monteiro born in Shirva-Manchakal of Udupi District
on 9th of August 1976 was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Mangalore
on 25th of April 2006. After initial studies in native Shirva
he had his priestly formation in St Joseph’s Seminary,
Mangalore and St Peter’s Seminary, Bangalore. He is a proud
alumnus of Puttur St Philomena College who secured 5th Rank
in B.Sc. from Mangalore University. He achieved
1st Rank and Gold Medal in M.Sc. in Physics from
Mangalore University as regular student of the said University. After
being an assistant pastor for two years at St Francis Xavier Church of
Bejai he took up doctoral research. Nine of his research writings have
been published in the national and international academic
magazines. Eighteen of his research essays have been
presented in the research conferences. He has taught physics
in Mangalore University and number of religious as well secular
institutes of study and formation as guest professor.
Quiz
Specialist:
Fr.Antony
Prakash Monteiro is well known to the
Christina public as ‘quiz priest’. He has
authored Bible quiz books even as a
seminarian. Till now he has authored five Bible quiz books in
three languages (Konkanni, Kannada and English). There are
five other books in Kannada and English on different subjects
that he has authored. Some of his quiz books have seen the
light of five editions.
He is a name in conducting quiz competitions on Bible and
other topics with novel methodology. All through the
year 2009 he conducted ‘Mega Raknno Bible
Quiz’ through Raknno Konkanni weekly which inspired
and persuaded thousands of readers to
open every book of the Bible. On the occasion of the post
centenary silver jubilee (125) of the Diocese of Mangalore, he has
begun to conduct ‘Mega Mangalore Jubilee Quiz’
through Raknno since May this year and it will continue till April 2012
with prizes amounting to more than Rs 125
thousands. He is invited by number of organizers to
conduct quiz competitions on Diocesan as well as deanery levels.
Communication, Bible study, physics and especially quantum physics are
the major interests of Fr Prakash. He is also known for his inspiring
talks during seminars, camps and recollections. At present he
is also serving as the spiritual director of Jesus Youth in Mangalore.
Edited
and Published by Konkanifriends.com Team
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