Jayanti Naik, from Amona in the Quepem taluka of Goa, is a Konkani writer and folklore researcher from Goa.
She is a short story writer, dramatist, children's writer, folklorist, translator and was the first person to earn a doctorate from the Goa University's Department of Konkani.
She is also a Sahitya Akademi award winner.
In her career of some three decades, she has produced on average, a book a year.