Who or what is Shenai-Khatkhate?

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Indian Shenai - A Musical Instrument

This is what I found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatkhate:

In Indian Cuisine, Khatkhate खतखतें is an exotic mixed vegetable stew, a Goan and Konkani dish, made with at least five vegetables, grated coconut, jaggery, kokum, tamarind, tirfala (special spices from Konkan region), dried red chillies, garam masala powder, and turmeric powder. The vegetables include raddish (mooli), potato, sweet potato (ratala), carrots, corn on the cobs, pumpkins (bhopala), and seasonal vegetables available at the time. Khatkhate is an excellent dish enjoyed by all Konkani and Goan people, especially Saraswat Brahmins during celebrations of their festivals.

Khatkhate is also the last name found in Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) community from Konkan province of Maharashtra State and the coastal region of Goa in India.

The word shenoy is also spelt as Shenoi in Kerala and Xennai, Shenai, or even Sinai in Goa. It was common in Goa for Shenoys to add the name of their ancestral village or title after Shenoy to denote their origin. Thus we have persons named Shenoy-Kuncoliker and Shenoy-Salgaonker ( denoting village) and Shenai-Khatkhate (denoting title) etc. The word Shenoy is also interchangeable with its Sanskrit counterpart 'Shanbhag' or 'Shanbhogue'.

Another possible origin of the surname Shenoy is from the word shennvi meaning ninety six. This denotes the ninety six families of saraswat brahmins who initially settled in Goa.

All this information I got from http://www.babynology.com/meaning-shenai-f6.html

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Information from : http://www.worldwizzy.com/learn/index.php/Deodatta_V._Shenai-Khatkhate

Dr. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate is a Scientist in the field of Organometallic chemistry, with specialization in innovative synthesis and purification strategies to ultra-pure organometallic compounds used in microelectronics and nanotechnology. Dr. Shenai-Khatkhate has authored numerous scientific publications that comprise refereed papers, reviews, conference presentations, and international patents. His research and scientific articles encompass a broad range of organometallic compounds of various chemical elements from periodic table, such as aluminum, gallium, indium, zinc, cadmium, phosphorous, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silicon, germanium, tin, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, vanadium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, ruthenium, copper, nickel, cobalt, silver, iron, manganese, chromium, lanthanum and other lanthanide metals. Some of his latest scientific breakthroughs include improved cylinder designs for stable delivery of solid organometallic compounds in compound semiconductor fabrication; development of safer liquid "Green Chemistry" alternatives to highly toxic gases (such as arsine, phosphine and germane) in semiconductor industry; and development of novel high purity organometallic precursors for semiconductors and High-k Dielectric thin films.

Shenai-Khatkhate is the name found in Namespedia and on-line dictionay.
http://www.namespedia.com/index.php/Shenai-Khatkhate, http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Deodatta+V.+Shenai-Khatkhate

This is a name from Goa Saraswat community. There are two names in Shenai-Khatkhate, because Shenai and Khatkhate are two separate words and last names.

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