Goa Engineering College or Goa College of Engineering is a public college in Goa,India,offering courses in engineering disciplines and affiliated to Goa University. Founded in 1967 and situated at Farmagudi plateau,Ponda,it is the oldest engineering college in Goa,with over 2,200 students.
Media in Goa refers to the newspapers,magazines,radio stations,cable and television networks and online media in India's smallest state. Over the past two-and-half decades,the Goa-linked online media has also grown.
Churchill Braz Alemao is a former Chief Minister and former MP of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was the MLA of Benaulim constituency in the state of Goa.
Lambert Mascarenhas was an Indian journalist,independence activist,and writer.
Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh was a poet,writer,dramatist,journalist,politician,management consultant,and trainer. He was a former member of the Legislative Assembly in Goa from 2012 to 2017 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Owing to his fragile health,he had been on a break from his active career since 2016,until his death in 2019. His book,Sudhir Sukta,was a topic of much debate in 2017—2018 for its offensive language and content.
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.
Vijai Sardesai is an Indian politician who is currently a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Fatorda constituency and belongs to the Goa Forward Party. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister of Goa in the Government of Goa,until his withdrawal from the cabinet of ministers on 13 July 2019.
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.
Mall De Goa is a shopping mall in Porvorim in the Indian state of Goa. It is the largest shopping mall in Goa and was the second mall in the state after Caculo Mall in the capital Panaji. The mall was opened on 27 February 2016. It contains more than 82 retail outlets including food courts,restaurants,family entertainment zones and an INOX multiplex.
The political parties based in Indian state of Goa
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.
Goa Forward Party is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa,led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial,if controversial,role in the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the March 2017 election results in Goa. The party's motto is "Goem,Goemkar,Goemkarponn". The party was launched on 25 January 2016 and its symbol is the coconut.
Vinoda Datarama Paliencar is an Indian politician and a former cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa. He is also a former Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Siolim constituency from 2017 to 2022,and belongs to the Goa Forward Party. Paliencar was the Minister for Fisheries and Water Resources Department. He is a classical singer. Paliencar is the in-charge of the OBC wing of the Goa Forward Party.
Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane is an Indian politician and a cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa headed by Pramod Sawant. He is the son of Pratapsingh Raoji Rane who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and an incumbent Indian National Congress party MLA in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Vishwajit Rane was the Minister of Health,Agriculture &Craftsmen Training in the Government of Goa led by Digambar Kamat from June 2007 to March 2012. Rane resigned as the MLA of the Valpoi Constituency and also from the Indian National Congress on 16 March 2017.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
The Revolutionary Goans Party is a regional party in the Indian state of Goa. The party was first registered in January 2022. The party contested 38 seats in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election,winning the St Andre constituency. The party's "anti-migrant" policies have been classified as similar to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
The Seventh Goa Assembly was the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget,the Assembly appropriates money for social programs,agricultural development,infrastructure development,etc. It was also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
Matheus Correia,known professionally as Comedian Selvy,was an Indian comedian,actor,playwright,singer,director,and producer who primarily worked on the Konkani stage and is regarded as one of the greatest Konkani comedians of his generation. He was noted mainly for his comedy performances and was deemed as Goa's most loved comedian.
Farrel Benito Furtado E Gracias is an Indian politician and teacher who is a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Velim Assembly constituency from 1989 to 1994. Furtado holds the distinction of being the first and only woman legislator to be elected from the Velim constituency.
The Yuva Srujan Puraskar (Navsarjan Chetana Puraskar) is an annual award conferred by the Department of Art and Culture of the Government of Goa. The main objective of this award is recognizing and observing the achievements of young individuals hailing from Goa who have demonstrated exemplary prowess in the domain of art and culture.
