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Director of Fire, Emergency Services Raiker awarded Ph D
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (193+ words) Doctorate awarded for research benefitting disaster management in Goa Director of Fire & Emergency Services Nitin Vassudev Raiker has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in Sociology by NIILM University, Kaithal-Haryana. Dr Raiker's research study titled "Sociological Impact…...
UG admissions: 15, 000 apply across colleges in State
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (185+ words) Centralised process underway for 202627 Around 15, 000 applications have been received for undergraduate admissions across 40 government and aided colleges for the academic year 202627. The centralised admission process, which began on March 23, will continue until April 13. The Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) is…...
Life for Goan Ph D student in Montr'al has been more than just research - 1
2+ week, 1+ day ago (214+ words) GLOBAL GOENKARS IN FOCUS "Hailing from Chandel in Pernem-Goa, the writer completed his M. Tech from the IIT Bombay and a Ph D in Applied Mathematics and Operations Research at Polytechnique Montr'al, Canada. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at GERAD,…...
Congress objects to non-subject teachers evaluating board exams
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (196+ words) The Goan -: : Congress objects to non-subject teachers evaluating board exams Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari handing over the memorandum to Director of Education Shailesh Zingde. Congress leader Janardhan Bhandari has raised concerns over non-subject teachers being assigned the correction and evaluation…...
Cloud over apprenticeship scheme as numbers drop
3+ week, 5+ day ago (398+ words) At a time when apprenticeship programmes are meant to boost employability, the Goa government has revealed two worrying gaps as part of its ambitious apprenticeship initiative -- a drop in the number of apprentices across departments and the absence of any…...
Temple body seeks impact study on proposed Mirabag bandhara
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (69+ words) The Goan -: : "Temple body seeks impact study on proposed Mirabag bandhara Committee petitions Sanguem Dy Collector Members of the Sangameshwar Devasthan Committee submit a representation to the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Sanguem. "KTC employees plan dharna over 7th Pay…...
Govt drafting AI Policy 2026; focus on AI in schools
4+ week, 1+ day ago (223+ words) The Goa government is in the process of finalising the draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy 2026 with a focus on strengthening AI education, skill development, and innovation in the State, IT Minister Rohan Khaunte told the Assembly on Friday. Responding to…...
New hope for orphans; govt unveils job, education quota
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (341+ words) In a major announcement in the State Budget, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday proposed reservation in government jobs for orphaned persons and the creation of a special quota for them in the education sector from the upcoming financial year....
BITS deaths: Collector report details campus safeguards
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (36+ words) The Goan District panel says institute has complied with SC's mental health guidelines, monitoring to continue South Goa Collector Egna Cleetus leads DLMC review of student welfare measures at BITS....
KLS GIT team Dev Bytes secures 2nd at national Pan-IIT AI/ML hackathon
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) GIT Chairman Rajendra Belgaumkar and KLS team with the winning students. Bringing laurels to KLS Gogte Institute of Technology (KLS GIT), Team Dev Bytes from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering secured second position at Convolve 4. 0, a Pan-IIT AI…...