Eric Alexander Ozario (18 May 1949 â 29 August 2025) was an Indian Konkani music composer, cultural activist, trade unionist and the founder of Mandd Sobhann, a leading Konkani cultural organization. He also founded Kalaangann, a Konkani heritage centre. Ozario was instrumental in Konkani being approved as an optional language in school education in the state of Karnataka. He had also been the secretary general of the Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS â Global Konkani Organisation) for many years.
Ozario was born in 1949 in Mangalore. He developed an early interest in Konkani music and cultural identity, which later influenced his lifeâÂÂs work. His legacy as a composer and cultural activist began with the foundation of Mandd Sobhann, through which he promoted Konkani music locally and internationally.
In 2009, Ozario participated in a movement to protest a plan to cut trees in Mangalore. Ozario's biography, The Indefatigable Crusader was released in 2014.
Ozario died from kidney disease on 29 August 2025, at the age of 76, in Mangaluru.