Pramod means joy or happiness in Sanskrit and is one of the names of the Hindu god Ganesh.
Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, model, actress and television talk show host, who has appeared in many Hindi and a few Kannada, Marathi, Odia, Telugu and Tamil films. She was a contestant on the first season of the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss 1 (2006) and a challenger and finalist in Bigg Boss 14 (2020). She was the prospective bride in Season 1 of the Swayamvar TV series. Sawant has established herself as a sex symbol in Bollywood.
Digamber Kamat is an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012. CM contender, Digambar Kamat won seventh term from Margao. From 2006 to 2019, he was the president of Swimming Federation of India. Currently, he serves as an MLA from the Margao constituency. Digamber Kamat is one of the most well recognised contemporary Goan politicians. Mr Kamat is known for his philanthropic activities for the people of Goa. Kamat is a liberal and passionate about sports, education, culture and music.
The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa.
Sawant is the surname of a Maratha clan, found mainly in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
Swayamvar is a reality television show, where the contestants perform tasks and woe the hopeful bride/groom in return for their hand in marriage. It started airing in India with the Swayamvar Season 1 in 2009 and followed that with Swayamvar Season 2 (2010). In February 2011, Imagine TV announced the launch of the Swayamvar Season 3.
Sudin alias Ramkrishna Madhav Dhavalikar is an Indian politician from the state of Goa, and a senior leader of the MG Party. He is a six-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Marcaim constituency and former deputy CM of Goa.
Jennifer Monserrate is an Indian politician who is a three-term member from the Taleigao Assembly constituency of the Goa Legislative Assembly. She is the incumbent Cabinet Minister for Revenue, IT, Labour and Employment under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. She assumed office of Minister of Revenue and IT in July 2019.
Indian Institute of Technology Goa is an autonomous public university located in Goa. Ever since an IIT was allotted to Goa by the Central government in 2014, the new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Goa started functioning from July, 2016 in a temporary campus housed at Goa Engineering College (GEC). The campus is located at Farmagudi, Goa. Currently, it offers BTech, MTech and PhD courses in various core and one non-core branches majorly in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and Computing.
Pramod Pandurang Sawant is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner, who is serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Goa since 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2012.
Third Manohar Parrikar Ministry is the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the 10th Chief Minister of Goa state and his government won the vote of confidence in the Goa Legislative Assembly on 16 March 2017. His government won the vote of confidence with the support of 22 MLAs in the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly. During the trust vote, Parrikar was supported by the 12 MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party, 3 MLAs of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, 3 MLAs of the Goa Forward Party, 3 Independent MLAs and the sole MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Govind Gaude is an Indian politician. Gaude is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Priol constituency in North Goa district as Independent member. Formerly, he was associated with Indian National Congress and fought 2007 Assembly elections from Marcaim constituency. Currently, he is the Minister of Art and Culture, Civil Supplies and Price Control and Tribal Welfare in Second Pramod Sawant ministry.
The Pramod Sawant Ministry came into existence on 19 March 2019. He was serving as the Speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister, after the death of the sitting chief minister Manohar Parrikar.
Subhash Bhaskar Velingkar was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization in India, belonging to the Gomantak Maratha Samaj community. Goa Prant of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was formed under the leadership of Velingkar.
Bharatiya Janata Party is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Sadanand Tanavade as the president of the BJP Goa on 12 January 2020 who took over from Vinay Dinu Tendulkar. Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019, after the death of Manohar Parrikar.
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress party in 2008. He won against BJP candidate Pramod Sawant by a margin of 1534 votes.
The Eighth Goa Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. It is in-charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
The Second Pramod Sawant Ministry came into existence on 28 March 2022. He was serving as the caretaker Chief Minister of Goa before being sworn in as Chief Minister.
Aleixo A. Sequeira is an Indian politician and businessman who serves as the member and cabinet minister in the second Pramod Sawant ministry of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Nuvem Assembly constituency. He successfully contested on the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election by defeating Revolutionary Goans Party candidate Arvind D'Costa by a margin of 4,397 votes.
